Well, the Hijri date 16 Shawwal 1397 corresponds to the Gregorian date Thursday, 29 September 1977. This date lies in the tenth month of the Hijri year 1397 AH, which is Shawwal of 1397 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Thursday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1397/10/16 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.
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The following is the conversion of the Gregorian date 29 September 1977 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 16 Shawwal 1397 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.
Surah Al-Anbiyaa(21:9)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sales and Trade
Chapter: The sin of Riba, its witness and its writer
Narrated Samura bin Jundab:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "This night I dreamt that two men came and took me to a Holy land whence we proceeded on till we reached a river of blood, where a man was standing, and on its bank was standing another man with stones in his hands. The man in the middle of the river tried to come out, but the other threw a stone in his mouth and forced him to go back to his original place. So, whenever he tried to come out, the other man would throw a stone in his mouth and force him to go back to his former place. I asked, 'Who is this?' I was told, 'The person in the river was a Riba-eater."
Sahih al-Bukhari 2085
