Well, the Hijri date 18 Shaban 1418 corresponds to the Gregorian date Thursday, 18 December 1997. This date lies in the eighth month of the Hijri year 1418 AH, which is Shaban of 1418 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Thursday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1418/08/18 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 18 December 1997 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 18 Shaban 1418 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌۭ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ
It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!
Surah Yaseen(36:53)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Friday Prayer
Chapter: Is the bath necessary for those who do not present themselves for the Jumu'ah prayer
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said "We are the last (to come amongst the nations) but (will be) the foremost on the Day of Resurrection. They were given the Holy Scripture before us and we were given the Quran after them. And this was the day (Friday) about which they differed and Allah gave us the guidance (for that). So tomorrow (i.e. Saturday) is the Jews' (day), and the day after tomorrow (i.e. Sunday) is the Christians'." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) remained silent (for a while) and then said, "It is obligatory for every Muslim that he should take a bath once in seven days, when he should wash his head and body."
Sahih al-Bukhari 896, 897
