Well, the Hijri date 2 Dhul Hijjah 1359 corresponds to the Gregorian date Monday, 30 December 1940. This date lies in the twelfth month of the Hijri year 1359 AH, which is Dhu Al-Hijjah of 1359 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Monday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1359/12/02 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 30 December 1940 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 2 Dhul Hijjah 1359 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ
Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.
Surah As-Saaffaat(37:11)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Rubbing hands and feet with dust (Tayammum)
Chapter: Tayammum is for the hands and the face
Narrated `Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
that while he was in the company of `Umar, `Ammar said to `Umar, "We were in a detachment and became Junub and I blew the dust off my hands (performed the rolling over the earth and prayed.)"
Sahih al-Bukhari 340
