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Occasions: January 2026
- January 1
Rajab 12 Imam Ali enters Kufa - January 1
Rajab 12 Gregorian New Year - January 2
Rajab 13 Birth of Imam Ali - January 3
Rajab 14 Martyrdom of General Qasem Soleimani - January 4
Rajab 15 Martyrdom of Imam al-Sadiq (15 Rajab narration) - January 4
Rajab 15 Demise of Lady Zaynab - January 4
Rajab 15 Death of Mu‘awiya ibn Abi Sufyan - January 4
Rajab 15 Change of the qibla from Jerusalem to the Kaaba - January 7
Rajab 18 Death of Ibrahim, son of the Prophet - January 7
Rajab 18 Death of al-Ma’mun - January 8
Rajab 19 Death of al-Mu‘tamid - January 9
Rajab 20 Uprising of the people of Qom - January 10
Rajab 21 Martyrdom of Amir Kabir - January 13
Rajab 24 Conquest of Khaybar by Imam Ali - January 14
Rajab 25 Martyrdom of Imam Musa al-Kazim - January 15
Rajab 26 Demise of Abu Talib - January 16
Rajab 27 Mab‘ath: start of the Prophet’s mission - January 16
Rajab 27 Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet - January 17
Rajab 28 Imam Husayn leaves Medina for Mecca - January 22
Shaʻban 3 Birth of Imam al-Husayn - January 23
Shaʻban 4 Birth of al-Abbas ibn Ali - January 24
Shaʻban 5 Birth of Imam al-Sajjad - January 30
Shaʻban 11 Birth of Ali al-Akbar