Shia Days
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Saturday August 22, 2026

Gregorian
August 22, 2026
Lunar Hijri
Rabiʻ I 9, 1448
Solar Hijri
Mordad 31, 1405

Eid al-Zahra

Death of an enemy of the Ahl al-Bayt Strength of evidence: Weak

A narration presents this day as the death of an enemy of the Ahl al-Bayt; some identify it with the killing of Umar ibn Sa‘d by al-Mukhtar. Sayyid Ibn Tawus criticised the chain and the dating of the report.

Other views
Historians date the death of the second caliph to late Dhu al-Hijja.
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Start of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi

Eid Strength of evidence: Strong

The day after Imam al-Askari’s martyrdom, when the Imamate of the twelfth Imam began.

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