12th(260 a.

12th(260 a.h.): martyrdom of imam hassan al-askari (a.) 17th (52 b.h.) : birthday of prophet muhammad (p.) 17th (83 a.h.) : birthday of imam jaf'ar al-sidaq (a.) rabi 'al-thani: 8th (232 a.h.) : birthday of imam hassan al-askari (a.) jamada al-ula: 5th ( 5 a.h.) : birthday of zainab al-kubra (a.) 13th (11th a.h.) : martyrdom of fatima al-zahra (a.) jamada al-thaniyyha: 20th (8 b.h.) : birthday of fatima al zahra (a.) rajab: 1st (57 a.h.): birthday of imam muhammad al-baqir (a.) 3rd (254 a.h.) : martyrdom of imam ali al-hadi al-naqi (a.) 10th (195 a.h): birthday of imam muhammad al-jawad (a.) 13th (23 b.h.): birthday of imam ali ibn ali talib (a.) 14th (62 a.h.): death of zainab al kubra (a.) 27th (62 a.h.):mi'raj, the midnight ascension of prophet muhammad (p.) to heaven.

shaban: 3rd (4 a.h.) : birthday of imam al-hussain (a.) 5th (38 a.h.): birthday of imam zayn al-abidin (a.) 15th (225 a.h.): birthday of imam al-medhi (a.) ramadan: 15th(3 a.h.): birthday of imam hassan al-mujtaba (a.) 21st ( 40 a.h.): martyrdom of imam ali (a.) 19, 21 & 23 : the nights of qadr shawwal: id al-fitr, celebration of the first day after ramadan 25th (148 a.h.) :death of imam jafar al-sadiq (a.) dhul qidah : 11th (148 a.h.): birthday of imam al-rida (a.) 29(216a.h.): martyrdom of imam muhammadal-jawad(a.) dhul-hijjah: 7th (114 a.h.): martyrdom of imam mohammad al-baqir(a.) 10th: id al-adah, the day of sacrifice on the occasion of haj (piligrimage) 15th: ( 212 a.h.): birthday of imam al-hadi al-naqi(a.) 18th: id gahdir khum, celebration of imam ali (a.) succession day.

muharram: 9th : tasu'a, ninth of muharram. 10th ( 61 a.h.): ashura-martyrdom of imam al hussain (a.) 25th (94 a.h.) : martyrdom of imam zayn al-abidin al-sajjad (a.) safar: 7th (128 a.h.): birthday of imam musa al-kadim(a.) 20th : day arba'in, 40th day after imam husayn's (a.) martrydom at kerbala, iraq. 28th ( 11 a.h.): death of the prophet muhammad(p.) 29th : martyrdom of imam al-rida (a.) Funeral Regulations in the name of god, most gracious, most merciful " every soul shall taste death ".

the qur'an, 3:184 islam as a way of life, has legislated many rules in order to honor humans from birth to death. among these rules are funeral regulations. the holy qur'an reads: " every soul shall taste death, at the end, to us shall be you be returned back. but those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, to them shall we give chambers of paradise underneath which, rivers flow, therein dwelling forever.