WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The lunar calendar of the Muslims began with the Hijra of the Pro phet. The first day of the month of Muharram of the year of the Hijra i.e. the migration of the Prophet, was the first day of this calendar.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Prophet’s migration or hijra in 622AD marks the beginning of the Hijri year calendar and gives the calendar its name.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Solar Hijri calendar is a solar calendar used in Iran and Afghanistan which counts its years from the Hijra or migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Islamic Hijri calendar was created during the rule of the third caliph of the Muslim world, Umar ibn al-Khattab, as a means to mark the beginning of the Muslim community’s prominence on the world scene and establish Islamic names for months in a calendar year.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Hijri era is calculated according to the Islamic lunar calendar, whose epoch (first year) is the year of Muhammad’s Hijrah, and begins on the first day of the month of Muharram (equivalent to the Julian calendar date of July 16, 622 CE).