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'''Safar''' ({{lang|ar|صفر}}) is the second month in the [[Islamic calendar]]. Also means "Journey" in many languages from the Indian Subcontinent.
Safar literally means ‘the void month’. The origin of this word has two theories: the first says that when the pagan Arabs went on their looting expeditions they would leave their houses empty or ‘sifr’ meaning void. The second theory says that the word is derived form the Arabic word for yellow called ‘sufr’: as when it was first named it fell in the time of autumn, hence the derivation the word yellow as all the leaves at that time turned yellow. It is held to be the unluckiest month of the calendar, as in this month [[Adam (Bible)|Adam]] was turned out of the [[Garden of Eden]].
==Timing==
The [[Islamic calendar]] is a [[lunar calendar]], and months begin when the first crescent of a [[new moon]] is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the [[solar year]], Safar migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Safar are as follows (all future dates are estimates):
* 1426 [[Islamic_calendar#Numbering_the_years|AH]] – First day: [[March 12]], [[2005]]; last day: [[April 9]], [[2005]]
* 1427 [[Islamic_calendar#Numbering_the_years|AH]] – First day: [[March 2]], [[2006]]; last day: [[March 30]], [[2006]]
* 1428 [[Islamic_calendar#Numbering_the_years|AH]] – First day: [[February 19]], [[2007]]; last day: [[March 19]], [[2007]]
* 1429 [[Islamic_calendar#Numbering_the_years|AH]] – First day: [[February 9]], [[2008]]; last day: [[March 8]], [[2008]]
==Islamic Events==
* 01 Safar, Households of [[Muhammad]] entered [[Yazid]]'s Palace at Syria.
* 07 Safar, Seventh Shia Imam [[Musa_al_Kazim]] was born.
* 09 Safar, Victory to [[Imam Ali]] over [[Battle of Nahrawan]].
* 13 Safar, Death of [[Sakina bint Husayn]].
* 17 Safar, Death of eighth Shia Imam [[Ali Raza]].
* 20 Safar, [[Arba'een]] is observed by [[Shi'a Islam|Shiite Muslims]], forty days after the [[Ashurah|Day of Ashurah]].
* 28 Safar, Death of [[Muhammad]] & Imam [[Hasan]]. (According to [[Shi'a Islam]])
==External links==
*[http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/islam_tabcal.htm Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar)]
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