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Occasions: August 2026
- August 3
Safar 20 Arbaeen - August 5
Safar 22 Anniversary of the Constitutional Decree - August 7
Safar 24 The Thursday calamity (pen and paper) - August 8
Safar 25 Journalists’ Day - August 11
Safar 28 Martyrdom of Imam al-Hasan - August 11
Safar 28 Demise of the Prophet Muhammad - August 11
Safar 28 Event of Saqifa of Banu Sa‘ida - August 13
Safar 30 Martyrdom of Imam al-Rida - August 14
Rabiʻ I 1 Attack on the house of Lady Fatima and martyrdom of Muhsin - August 14
Rabiʻ I 1 The Hijra and Laylat al-Mabit - August 16
Rabiʻ I 3 Kaaba burned by Yazid’s army - August 17
Rabiʻ I 4 Return of Iranian prisoners of war - August 18
Rabiʻ I 5 Demise of Lady Sakina - August 19
Rabiʻ I 6 Anniversary of the 1953 coup - August 21
Rabiʻ I 8 Martyrdom of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari - August 22
Rabiʻ I 9 Eid al-Zahra - August 22
Rabiʻ I 9 Start of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi - August 23
Rabiʻ I 10 Marriage of the Prophet and Lady Khadija - August 23
Rabiʻ I 10 Commemoration of Avicenna; Doctors’ Day - August 25
Rabiʻ I 12 Demise of the Prophet (12 Rabi al-Awwal narration) - August 25
Rabiʻ I 12 The Prophet arrives in Medina - August 25
Rabiʻ I 12 Prophet’s birthday (Sunni view) and Unity Week - August 27
Rabiʻ I 14 Death of Yazid ibn Mu‘awiya - August 27
Rabiʻ I 14 Mukhtar’s uprising to avenge Imam Husayn - August 27
Rabiʻ I 14 Commemoration of al-Razi; Pharmacy Day - August 30
Rabiʻ I 17 Birth of Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq - August 30
Rabiʻ I 17 Birth of the Prophet Muhammad - August 30
Rabiʻ I 17 Day against Terrorism (martyrdom of Rajai and Bahonar) - August 31
Rabiʻ I 18 Death of al-Mu‘tasim