Hijri New Year

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, today is the last day of the year according to the Hijri Calendar. Tonight is the Hijri new year. This calendar is the calendar of Muslims. May Allāh ﷻ make this year blessed, in shā’a Llāh. May it be the means for goodness. May there be the victory of Islām.

May the Sāhib come, in shā’a Llāh. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim says, “We wait every night.” We also wait year after year. Even that is good.

This calendar is counted from the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It started from the time he ﷺ honored Madinah with his ﷺ migration. ‎Before that, people counted days and years as given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. But Islamically, it is from the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It is for the worship of mankind, for what they will do. He ﷺ determined the days, months, weeks.

Before, they put them according to their own minds. Sometimes they would change some things as they wished. But after that, after the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, this did not happen anymore. All our worships, orders, prohibitions are according to this calendar. To value this calendar is among the orders of Islām. Because many have strived to ruin it, but Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has preserved it. And it will continue until the Day of Judgment, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission.

In these blessed days, today is the last day of Dhul Hijjah. Who wants can fast, but the important fasting is that in the month of Muharram. It is more virtuous. Especially 9-10 or 10-11. Not fasting the day of Ashurah (the 10th) alone; but fasting either one day before 9-10, or one day after 10-11 or all three at once. These are also days of great reward. They are virtuous days.

May Allāh ﷻ make it blessed upon us. May it be of victory for Islām. Victory is always in Islām. People in Islām have won. No matter how much they seem to be suffering, those who are with Allāh ﷻ always win. May Allāh ﷻ make our year blessed.

May our days be always of barakah, in shā’a Llāh. May it be a means of goodness. May we be protected from the evil of shayṭān. May we be protected from fitnah, in shā’a Llāh. May it be a means of goodness. May we live in barakah without being in need of anyone, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

25 June 2025/ 29 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446

Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul