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Occasions: May 2027
- May 1
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 24 International Workers’ Day - May 2
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 25 Dahw al-Ard (spreading of the earth) - May 2
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 25 The Prophet sets out for the Farewell Pilgrimage - May 2
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 25 Martyrdom of Morteza Motahhari; Teachers’ Day - May 5
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 28 Commemoration of Shaykh al-Saduq - May 6
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 29 Martyrdom of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad - May 7
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1 Marriage of Imam Ali and Lady Fatima - May 12
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 6 Death of al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi - May 13
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 7 Martyrdom of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir - May 14
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 8 Imam Husayn leaves Mecca for Iraq - May 15
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 9 Day of Arafah; martyrdom of Muslim ibn Aqil - May 15
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 9 Commemoration of Ferdowsi; Persian Language Day - May 16
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 10 Eid al-Adha - May 16
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 10 Imam Ali proclaims Surat al-Bara’a - May 17
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 11 Communications and Public Relations Day - May 18
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 12 Commemoration of Omar Khayyam - May 21
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 15 Birth of Imam Ali al-Hadi - May 22
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 16 Commemoration of Mulla Sadra - May 24
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 18 Eid al-Ghadir - May 24
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 18 Wahhabi raid on Karbala - May 24
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 18 Death of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi - May 24
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 18 Killing of Uthman ibn Affan - May 24
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 18 Liberation of Khorramshahr - May 28
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 22 Martyrdom of Maytham al-Tammar - May 30
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 24 Day of Mubahala - May 30
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 24 Revelation of the Verse of Wilaya (Imam Ali’s ring) - May 31
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 25 Public pledge of allegiance to Imam Ali as caliph - May 31
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 25 Revelation of Surat al-Insan (Hal Ata)