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Photos: Crescent Moon for Sha’ban 1436 AH

14-July-201519-May-2015 by Habib bin Hilal

The crescent moons of Sha’ban 1436 AH were sighted from various places in Indonesia on this evening, Tuesday, 19 May 2015. There were also positive sightings from Australia and New Zealand. Therefore, 1 Sha’ban 1436 AH begins on Wednesday, 20 May 2015, based on hilal sighting. No positive sightings were reported from the previous evening. … Read more

Sha’ban, “the Month of Irrigating”

14-July-201513-June-2013 by Habib bin Hilal

The month of Rajab is the month for planting, the month of Shaâ€™ban is the month of irrigating crops, and the month of Ramadan is the month of harvesting the crops. Shaâ€™ban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar and considered one of the special months for which we find particular sunan of the … Read more

Photo of Crescent Moon for Sha’ban 1434 AH

14-July-201511-June-2013 by Habib bin Hilal

On the evening of Sunday, 9 June 2013, several people had reported the sighting of the new crescent moon (hilal). No sighting was reported for Saturday, the day before. From Libya, Muhammad Odeh and his colleagues succeded in obtaining CCD image of the crescent moon for Sha’ban by daylight observation as well as evening observation. … Read more

Sha’ban 1433 Monthly Islamic Calendar

27-April-201618-June-2012 by Habib bin Hilal

As the month of Shaban 1433 AH approaching us, here is a PDF of the monthly islamic calendar available to download. The month of Sha’ban this year corresponds to 21 June 2012 to 19 July 2012 and has 29 days. These are based both of Ummul Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia and the suggested Global … Read more

Crescent Visibility for Sha’ban 1433 AH

17-June-2012 by Habib bin Hilal

Peta Terlihatnya Hilal - Bulan Sabit - Sya'ban 1433 Hijriyah

Alhamdulillaah, the month of Rajab 1433 AH has been passing out and will soon be replaced with the month of Sha’ban. Because the islamic calendar is based on moon movement then the entry into new month is determined by when the crescent moon will be visible. The astronomical new moon for Sha’ban occurs at 15:02 … Read more

Ramadan is Coming: 4 New Greeting Cards

20-August-200912-August-2009 by Habib bin Hilal

O Allah, how fast the time has passed by. It is only a week away, and your blessed month of Ramadan is in front of our doors. A month that is welcome by muslims months before its coming. As your last Prophet (pbuh) tought us, we used to pray: O Allah, bless us in the months of Rajab and Sha’ban, and bring us to witness the month of Ramadan. It is our great wishes and joy that we can meet Ramadan once again this year.