Question

The Muslim calendar, Hijri, begins from ……………………….
a. 612 CE
b. 622 CE
c. 632 CE
d. 642 CE

Answer 1

Hint:
 Islamic calendar, also known as Hijri calendar, Lunar Hijri, Muslim or Arabic, is a lunar calendar which consists of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the correct days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the period of fasting and the correct time for Hajj.


Complete step by step solution:
The Islamic calendar uses the Hijri age, the era designated as Islamic New Year in 622 CE. That year, Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina and founded the first Muslim community (ummah), an event celebrated as hijrah. In the West, current dates are usually labeled AH (Latin: Anno Hegirae, "in the year of the Hijrah") parallel to Christian (AD), common (CE) and Jewish eras (AM) times. In Muslim countries, it is sometimes called H in its Arabic form. In English, the years before Hijrah are called BH ("Before Hijrah").

Each month in the Islamic calendar begins with the birth of a new lunar cycle. Traditionally, this is based on actual observations of the crescent (hilal), which marks the end of the previous lunar cycle and thus the previous month and thus starts a new moon. Therefore, each month can have 29 or 30 days, depending on the visibility of the moon, the astronomical position of the earth, and the weather conditions. However, some sects and groups, especially the Muslim Bohra, namely the Alavis, Dawoodis and Sulaymanis and Ismaili Shia Muslims, use the tabular Islamic calendar in which the odd month has thirty and even the moon has 29.


Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
The eighth month in the Hijri calendar, shaban literally refers to scattered or divided. In ancient Arabia, this month marked the year the Arab tribes scattered in search of water. In the tenth month of the Hijri calendar, Shawwal literally means lifting or lifting, because that is when the camel usually bears a fetus.