Rabi' al-awwal

The Rabī ʿ al - awwal, also Rabī ʿ I., Arabic ربيع الأول, DMG Rabī ʿ u ʾ l - awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar, thus follows the Safar and is detached from the Rabī ʿ ath - Thani. The Rabī ʿ al - awwal is nicknamed al-Sharif, " the Noble ".

Importance

On the twelfth day of Rabī ʿ al - awwal Mohammed should have been born, so place this day the Mawlid an-Nabi hard place; month of birth of the Prophet (the exact day of his birth is disputed) is also known as Shahr al - mawlid, " month of birth ", is known. Regional however, is the anniversary of the death of the Prophet in that day thought of, so called, for example, in some regions of India, where the day barah wafat. The definition of the Nativity of the Prophet was based on the earlier custom of putting an unknown birthday on the same date as the date of death.

In Morocco, boys are preferred circumcised al - awwal in Rabī ʿ, which is probably due to the belief that Muhammad was born without a foreskin. In Rabi ʿ al - Auwal for some of the tenth and twentieth day are considered negative.