Hijri New Year's History and Tradition

Different rules of Islam relate to the Hijri year, which is related to Arabic date and Chandrum. In all cases, Muslim Ummah is dependent on the Hijri year, in religious rituals, joy and festivals. Among the elements which promote the Muslim Ummah, it is one of the fewest. The importance of the world Muslim Ummah culture and the importance of Hijri in Muslim life is immense. Hijri is associated with Tahajib Tamaddunic tradition of the Muslim Ummah.
The sum of people's life time. By making use of time for human needs, Allah tayala naturally has been divided into different parts. Such as day, night, month, year etc. We call years or years. The word is the origin of the word Urdu Baras, the word salse is Persian and six is ​​Arabic; Years, years and years are used in Bengal. Allah Pak has said, 'He has made the sun illuminating and making the Moon illuminated and fixed its measurements so that you can know the calculation and time of the year. Allah did not create it in vain. He explained these illustrations in detail for the wise community. (Surah Yunus, verse: 5). 'And the sun travels to its specific destination, it is the control of the Almighty omniscient. And for the moon I have specified the number of monuments; Finally, it becomes a dry curved old dredd branch. '(Sura Yasin, verse: 38-39).
In ancient Arabia, there was no traditional custom. Years in the name of special events were named. Such as year of leave, year of permission, year of elephant etc. When the second caliph of Islam, Hazrat Umar (ra) took charge of Khilafat, then many new states and territories were included in Islamic caliphs far and wide. There was a problem in the state's emergency documents and there was no mention of any date. According to a statement from historian Al-Beruni, it is known that Hazrat Abu Musa, Ashari (ra) in a letter to the Umar (ra) complains, "There is no mention of any date for which you are sending us letters, That is why we have many difficulties. "Understanding the importance of the matter, Khalifa Umar (ra) tried to launch a charter.
The famous Islamic scholar Allama Shibli Naomani (R.) in his famous al-Farooq, about the circulation of the Hijri year, during the reign of Hazrat Umar (d.), A draft of an official letter was submitted to Khalifa Umar in Shaban of 16 AH, Was; No. was not mentioned. Sharp ?? The farsighted caliph asked, How can it be understood at some point in time that it was presented before him? Without getting any good answer, Hazrat Umar organized a discussion meeting with the companions of the companions and other top-class wise people. This historic decision was taken 16 years after the migration of 10 Jumadal Ula Mutabik 638 AD. Hazrat Ali (ra) advised to calculate Sun from the year of Hijrah. At that time, according to the practice in Arabia, the Prophet (peace be upon him) advised to start the Islamic year (beginning of the Hijri) from the month of holy month and to take Zilhaj month as the last month. (Bukhari and Abu Daud).