Well, the Hijri date 1 Shawwal 1359 corresponds to the Gregorian date Thursday, 31 October 1940. This date lies in the tenth month of the Hijri year 1359 AH, which is Shawwal of 1359 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Thursday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1359/10/01 is calculated using the Umm Al-Qura calendar and the sighting of the moon. One thing to remember is that this Arabic date may occur on different Gregorian date depending upon the region and country and obviously the moon.
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The following is the conversion of the Gregorian date 31 October 1940 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 1 Shawwal 1359 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍۢ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ
When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you.
Surah Yaseen(36:14)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah
Chapter: The religious learned men should not differ
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) brought the Ansar and the Quarish people into alliance in my house at Medina, and he invoked Allah for one month against the tribe of Bani Sulaim in (the last rak`a of each compulsory) prayer.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7340, 7341
