Well, the Hijri date 2 Shawwal 1418 corresponds to the Gregorian date Friday, 30 January 1998. This date lies in the tenth month of the Hijri year 1418 AH, which is Shawwal of 1418 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Friday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1418/10/02 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 January 1998 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 2 Shawwal 1418 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْمَوْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.
Surah Al-Jumu'a(62:8)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Beginning of Creation
Chapter: Five kinds of animals are harmful and allowed to be killed in Haram
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It is not sinful of a person in the state of Ihram to kill any of these five animals: The scorpion, the rat, the rabid dog, the crow and the kite."
Sahih al-Bukhari 3315