For Muslims: What is the celebration of Maal Hijrah?

Question

a few muslim friends celebrating this...

Answer 1

The Muslim New Year is a cultural event which some Muslims partake on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic Calendar. Although there is no religious significance attached to this day, many Muslims use the day to remember the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the Hijra, or emigration, he made to the city now known as Medina. Recently, in many areas of Muslim population, people have begun exchanging cards and gifts on this day.
However, not all Muslims partake of this event. Shia Muslims do not partake in such activities since the month is observed as a month of mourning in honor of Imam Hussain, who was martyred in the Battle of Karbala on Muharram 10th. Sunni Muslims believe that this is the day that the first Caliph Abu Bakr died.
Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Muharram migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start dates for Muharram are as follows (all future dates are estimates and depend on sightings of the new moon), though strictly speaking the month starts at sunset on the previous day:

Answer 2

maal hijrah means the first day of the muslim calendar(the hijrah calendar)
the thing that muslim celebrate is not the date or the new year...but we think about the prophet when he migrate from mecca to madinah..we think about his braveness and how he defend the muslims and himself from the islam's enemy...

Answer 3

It's the Muslim New Year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_New_Year

Answer 4

i'm not sure the way you said 'for muslims:' is right, coz i'm muslim, but i don't have a clue about what your on about...

sorry couldn't help, i think i need to get closer to religion and stuff...