Well, the Hijri date 16 Shawwal 1388 corresponds to the Gregorian date Saturday, 4 January 1969. This date lies in the tenth month of the Hijri year 1388 AH, which is Shawwal of 1388 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Saturday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1388/10/16 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.
If you are still not sure about the date then you can use our Arabic date converter.
The following is the conversion of the Gregorian date 4 January 1969 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 16 Shawwal 1388 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّۭا
Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?
Surah Maryam(19:29)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Ablutions (Wudu')
Chapter: To wash the private parts with water after answering the call of nature
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy used to accompany him with a tumbler full of water. (Hisham commented, "So that he might wash his private parts with it.)"
Sahih al-Bukhari 150
