Well, the Hijri date 17 Safar 1417 corresponds to the Gregorian date Wednesday, 3 July 1996. This date lies in the second month of the Hijri year 1417 AH, which is Safar of 1417 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Wednesday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1417/02/17 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 3 July 1996 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 17 Safar 1417 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًۭا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ
Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.
Surah Al-Anbiyaa(21:58)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Fasting
Chapter: Fasting the last days of the month
Narrated Mutarrif from `Imran Ibn Husain:
That the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him (Imran) or asked a man and `Imran was listening, "O Abu so-and-so! Have you fasted the last days of this month?" (The narrator thought that he said, "the month of Ramadan"). The man replied, "No, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "When you finish your fasting (of Ramadan) fast two days (in Shawwal)." Through another series of narrators `Imran said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, '(Have you fasted) the last days of Sha'ban?"
Sahih al-Bukhari 1983
