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8 Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1440 AH · ≈ Saturday 17 November 2018
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The Prophet ﷺ reaches Qubāʾ, completing the Hijra الوصول إلى قباء

Fourteen days on the desert road end at a small oasis village — the journey that begins the calendar itself.

8 Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1 AH≈ 23 Sep 622DayTraditionalProphetic era · Hijaz · Observance
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Death of Imam Mālik ibn Anas وفاة الإمام مالك

The imam of Madinah, author of the Muwaṭṭaʾ, dies in the city he almost never left, in his mid-eighties.

Rabīʿ al-Awwal 179 AH≈ May 795MonthAttestedAbbasid · Hijaz · Death

Construction of Masjid Qubāʾ begins بناء مسجد قباء

During the days at Qubāʾ the first mosque of Islam is laid out — "founded upon taqwā from the first day".

Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1 AH≈ Sep 622MonthTraditionalProphetic era · Hijaz · Founding
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12Mawlid — traditional birth date of the Prophet ﷺʿĀm al-Fīl · ≈ 570 CE
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