Birthday of Imam al-Jawād (peace be upon him) - 10th of Rajab The 10th of Rajab is the anniversary of the birth of our ninth Imam, Imam Muhammad b. Ali, known as at-Taqī and al-Jawād. The former title is used for someone who is adorned with the quality of taqwā (self-guarding themselves against that which…

Birthday of Amīr al-Mu’minīn (a) - 13th of Rajab This day marks the birthday of Amīr al-Mu’minīn, the Commander of the Faithful, Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him). He was the first and only person to have been born in the Kaʻbah. He was born on Friday, the 13th of Rajab, 30…

Dua Tawassul

Passing of Sayyidah Zaynab al-Kubrā (peace be upon her) - 15th of Rajab Lady Zaynab was the third child of Imām ‘Alī and Lady Fāṭimah (a). She was born in the 5th or 6th year after Hijrah, and passed away on the 15th of Rajab, 62 AH, one year after the tragic events of ‘Āshūrā,…

Martyrdom of Imam al-Kāẓim (a) - 25th of Rajab The period of Imamah of the seventh Imam was during the rule of some of the most powerful and oppressive caliphs of the Banul ‘Abbas, such as al-Manṣūr and Harūn ar-Rashīd. Under the ruthless rule of these dictators, not only were many internal uprisings across the…

Passing of Haḍrat Abū Ṭālib - 26th of Rajab The 26th of Rajab marks the day in which Haḍrat Abū Ṭālib, the father of Amīr al-Mu’minīn (a) and the uncle of the Messenger of Allah (s), passed away. Abū Ṭālib was one of the chiefs of the Quraysh and from the family of the Banū…

Eid al-Mab’ath

Birthday of Sayyida Zaynab – 1st Sha'baan (according to some traditions) The birth of Lady Zaynab (s) is popularly considered to be on the 1st Sha'baan in the 5th or 6th year after the Prophet’s (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) migration to Medina. She was the daughter of Imam ‘Ali…