Historical Anniversaries of Sha'ban

Sha'ban 1

• 693 AH - Demise of Ibn Tawus (July 4, 1294)
• 1266 AH - Demise of Ayatullah Muhammad Hasan Najafi Isfahani (the author of Jawahir al-kalam) (June 12, 1850)
• 1385 AH - Demise of Shaykh Muhammad Hadi Hakim Farzaneh (November 25, 1965)

Sha'ban 2

• 2 AH - Announcing the practice of fasting as an obligation (February 1, 624)
• 255 AH - Death of al-Mu'tazz, 'Abbasid caliph (July 20, 869)
• 296 AH - Birth of Khwaja 'Abd Allah al-Ansari (May 1, 909)

Sha'ban 3

• 3 AH - Birth of Imam al-Husayn (a) (January 22, 625)
• 7/9 AH - Demise of Umm Kulthum bt. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah (s) (December 9, 628 or November 18, 630)
• 60 AH - Entrance of Imam al-Husayn (a) to Mecca for hajj (May 12, 680)
• 1319 AH - Birth of Ayatullah Sayyid Husayn Khadimi (November 15, 1901)

Sha'ban 4

• Birth of Al-'Abbas (a) 26/647

Sha'ban 5

• Birth of Imam al-Sajjad (a) 38/659

Sha'ban 6

• Demise of Ayatollah Sayyid ‘Abbas Husayni Kashani 1431/2010

Sha'ban 7

• Demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Yusuf Madani Tabrizi 1434 AH

Sha'ban 9

• Performing 'Aqiqah for Imam al-Husayn (a) 3/625
• Demise of Qadi b. Barraj 481/1088
• Demise of Ayatollah Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani 1372/1953

Sha'ban 10

• Imam al-Mahdi's (a) Tawqi' (letter) to Shi'a people

Sha'ban 11

• Birth of 'Ali al-Akbar (a) 32/653
• Demise of 'Allama Muhammad Taqi Majlisi 1070/1660

Sha'ban 12

• Demise of Ayatollah Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Najafi Isfahani 1332/1914

Sha'ban 13

• Birth of Ayatollah Sayyid 'Abd Allah Shirazi 1309/1892

Sha'ban 14

• Demise of Ayatollah Mirza Aqa Turabi 1382/1963

Sha'ban 15

• Birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a) 255/896
• Demise of 'Ali b. Muhammad al-Samuri, the fourth deputy of Imam al-Mahdi (a) 329/941
• Demise of Ayatollah Shaykh 'Ali Akbar Ilahiyan 1380/1961
• Birth of Ayatollah Muhammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlashi in 1313/1896
• Demise of Hujjat al-Islam wa al-muslimin Shaykh Ahmad Kafi 1398/1978
• Demise of Ayatollah Hasan Nuri Hamadani 1411/19991

Sha'ban 17

• Demise of Ayatollah Hasan 'Ali Isfahani (Nukhudaki) 1361/1942
• Demise of Ayatollah Mulla 'Ali Akhund Hamadani 1398/1978

Sha'ban 18

• Demise of Husayn b. Ruh al-Nawbakhti, the third deputy of Imam al-Mahdi (a) 326/938
• Demise of Ayatollah Mulla Mahdi Naraqi 1209/1795
• Demise of Ayatollah Hasan Sa'id Tihrani 1416/1996
• Demise of Ayatollah Sayyid 'Abbas Sadr Husayni 1432/2011

Sha'ban 19

• Battle of Banu Mustaliq 6/628
• Demise of Ayatollah Hasan 'Ali Murwarid 1425/2004

Sha'ban 20

• Demise of Ayatollah Mulla Muhammad Akhund Kashi 1333/1915

Sha'ban 22

• Demise of Ibn Shahrashub 588/1192
• Demise of Ayatollah Muhammad Jawad al-Balaqi 1352/1933

Sha'ban 23

• Demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Jawad Musawi Gharawi 1426/2005
• Demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Naqi Fayd al-Islam 1405/1985

Sha'ban 25

• Martyrdom of Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Husayni Bihishti and his companions 1401/1981

Sha'ban 26

• Demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Mahdi Rawhani 1421/2000
• Martyrdom of Ayatollah Sayyid Mahdi Hakim 1409/1989

Sha'ban 28

• Death of al-Mughira b. Shu'ba 50/670
• Demise of Ayatollah Mulla Husayn Quli Hamadani 1311/1894
• Birth of Ayatollah Nasr Allah Shahabai 1350/1932
• Demise of Ayatollah Shaykh Murtada Zahid 1371/1952
• Demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Mahdi Shirazi 1380/1961

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