The Literal Meaning: Rabi means 'Spring'. When the names were being given, this month, Rabi 'al Awwal, and the month that followed saw the end of Spring and thus name Rabi 'al Akhir (thani).

Significance of the Month: Sayyadina Rasulullah (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi wa sallam), a Mercy of all Mankind was Born in this month. He migrated from Makkah Mukarramah to Madinah Munawwarah and departed from this world 63 year later. Sayyadina Rasulullah (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi wa sallam) blessed birth is celebrated by Muslims in all four corners of the globe and is known as Eid Milad an-Nabi.

Important dates and Anniversaries (Urs) of Rabi al-Awwal

 2nd   -  Yaum ; Hadrat Khawaja Bahauddeen Naqshbandi

  5th   -  Urs   Hadrat Khawaja Alauddin Sabir Kalyari,Kalyar Shareef

  5th   -  Urs ;  Hadrat Sakina binte Hadrat Imam Hussein

  6th   -  Wissal Hadrat Sayyad Badshah Pir, Durban

  6th   -  Chatti Shareef ; Khawaja Gharib Nawaz, Ajmer Shareef

  7th   -  Urs ;  Shah Hamdani,Kashmir

  8th   -  Yaum-e-Imam Hassan Askari

11th   -  Ghiyarwee Shareef ; Shaykh Abd'al Qadir al-Jilani  

12th   -  Eid Milad Un Nabi; Birth of the Beloved Prophet
                (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi wa Sallam )
     
12th   -  Birth ; Hadrat Imam Jafar Sadiq

13th   -  Birth ; Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal

14th   -  Urs ;  Hadrat Khawaja Qutbuddin Bakhtyar Kaki Delhi

19th   -  Birth ; Hadrat Khawaja Alauddin Sabir Kalyari

21th   -  Wissal ; Hadrat Shah Abdul Haqq Muhaddith Dehlvi

22th   -  Urs ; Sayyada Bibi Rabiya Basri

22th   -  Urs ; Hadrat Muhiyuddin Nasar

25th   -  Urs ; Lal Shah Baaz Qalander,Sevan Shareef

25th   -  Urs ; Hadrat Ache Miya Maherarwi, Maherah Shareef

26th   -  Urs ; Hadrat Bu Shah Ali Qalander

27th   -  Urs ; Hadrat Muhiyuddin Abu Nasr, Baghdad Shareef

29th   -  Urs ; Umm al Mu'mineen Hadrat Juwariyah,Madinah Munawwara