Jumada al-Awwal

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Jumāda l-Ūlā (), or Jumada I, is the fifth month of the Islamic calendar. Jumada al-Ula spans 29 or 30 days. The origin of the month's name is theorized by some as coming from the word jamād (), meaning "arid, dry, or cold", denoting the dry and parched land and hence the dry months of the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar. Jumādā () may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze during this time of year. The secondary name Jumādā al-Ūlā may possibly mean "to take charge with, commend, entrust, commit or care during the arid or cold month". However, this explanation is rejected by some as Jumādā al-Ūlā is a lunar month that does not coincide with seasons as solar months do.

In Turkish, the name of the month is cemâziyelevvel (); it was abbreviated as ca in Ottoman Turkish.

Timing

The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the tropical year, Jumada al-Awwal migrates backwards throughout the seasons in a cycle of about 33 solar years. The estimated start and end dates for Jumada al-Awwal are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia:)

Islamic events

• On 1 Jumada al-Awwal 8 AH (September 629), the Battle of Mu’ta took place in the village of the same name (in present-day Jordan), in which the Muslim army (dispatched by Muhammad) fought against the army of the Byzantine Empire and their Ghassanid vassals reportedly in retribution for the murder of a Muslim emissary by a Ghassanid chief, Shurahbil ibn ‘Amr. The battle was won by the Byzantines, and amongst the losses the Muslims incurred were three of the most prominent Companions of Muhammad: Zayd ibn Haritha (his adopted son, known as the fourth person to become a Muslim); Ja‘far ibn Abi Talib (his cousin), and ‘Abd Allah ibn Rawaha (present at the second pledge at al-‘Aqaba), whom Muhammad had specifically appointed to be generals of the Muslim army in the battle, so that if one of them should be killed, the other would take his place.
• On 5 Jumada al-Awwal, Zaynab bint Ali was born.
• On 8 Jumada al-Awwal, Amir al-Kulal died. Amir Kulal.
• On 10 Jumada al-Awwal 11&nbsp;AH, Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, died in Medina at the young age of 23 years according to Sunni Muslim sources.
• On 13 Jumada al-Awwal 11&nbsp;AH, Fatima was buried by her husband Ali.
• On 15 Jumada al-Awwal, Ali ibn Husayn was born.
• On 20 Jumada al-Awwal 857, Mehmed II conquered Constantinople.

See also

• Jumada al-Thani

References

External links

• Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar)