Editing Shia Islam (section)

=== Holidays ===
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Shia Muslims celebrate the following annual holidays:
* [[Eid ul-Fitr]], which marks the end of fasting during the month of [[Ramadan (calendar month)|Ramadan]]
* [[Eid al-Adha]], which marks the end of the ''[[Hajj]]'' or pilgrimage to Mecca
* [[Eid al-Ghadeer]], which is the anniversary of the Ghadir Khum, the occasion when Muhammad announced Ali's Imamate before a multitude of Muslims.<ref>{{cite book |first=Paula |last=Sanders |date=1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fnBFANHMn4C&pg=PA121 |title=Ritual, politics, and the city in Fatimid Cairo |page=121|publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-0791417812 }}</ref> Eid al-Ghadeer is held on the 18th of Dhu al-Hijjah.
* The [[Mourning of Muharram]] and the [[Day of Ashura]] for Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of [[Husayn ibn Ali|Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī]], brother of [[Hasan ibn Ali|Ḥasan]] and grandson of Muhammad, who was killed by the army of Yazid ibn Muawiyah in [[Karbala]] (central Iraq). Ashura is a day of deep mourning which occurs on the 10th of [[Muharram]].
* [[Arba'een]] commemorates the suffering of the women and children of Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī's household. After Ḥusayn was killed, they were marched over the desert, from Karbala (central Iraq) to Shaam ([[Damascus]], Syria). Many children (some of whom were direct descendants of Muhammad) died of thirst and exposure along the route. Arbaein occurs on the 20th of [[Safar]], 40 days after Ashura.
* [[Mawlid]], Muhammad's birth date. Unlike Sunnī Muslims, who celebrate the 12th of [[Rabi' al-awwal]] as Muhammad's day of birth or death (because they assert that his birth and death both occur in this week), Shia Muslims celebrate Muhammad's birthday on the 17th of the month, which coincides with the birth date of [[Ja'far al-Sadiq|Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq]], the [[The Twelve Imams|6th Shīʿīte Imam]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Bernard |last1=Trawicky |first2=Ruth |last2=Wilhelme Gregory |date=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDbKexa1jfcC&pg=PA233 |title=Anniversaries and holidays |page=233|publisher=American Library Association |isbn=978-0838910047 }}</ref>
* [[Fatimah|Fāṭimah]]'s birthday on 20th of [[Jumada al-Thani]]. This day is also considered as the "'women and mothers' day"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.khamenei.ir/news/4724/Lady-Fatima-inspired-women-of-Iran-to-emerge-as-an-extraordinary|title=Lady Fatima inspired women of Iran to emerge as an extraordinary force|date=18 March 2017|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825203650/http://english.khamenei.ir/news/4724/Lady-Fatima-inspired-women-of-Iran-to-emerge-as-an-extraordinary|archive-date=25 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ali|ʿAlī]]'s birthday on 13th of [[Rajab]].
* [[Mid-Sha'ban]] is the birth date of the 12th and final Twelver imam, [[Muhammad al-Mahdi]]. It is celebrated by Shia Muslims on the 15th of [[Sha'aban]].
* [[Laylat al-Qadr]], anniversary of the night of the revelation of the Quran.
* [[Eid al-Mubahila]] celebrates a meeting between the ''[[Ahl al-Bayt]]'' (household of Muhammad) and a Christian deputation from Najran. Al-Mubahila is held on the 24th of Dhu al-Hijjah.