Well, the Hijri date 16 Shawwal 1423 corresponds to the Gregorian date Friday, 20 December 2002. This date lies in the tenth month of the Hijri year 1423 AH, which is Shawwal of 1423 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Friday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1423/10/16 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 20 December 2002 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 16 Shawwal 1423 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Surah Al-Muddaththir(74:46)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)
Chapter: The advent of the Prophet (saws)
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was inspired Divinely at the age of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, and then was ordered to migrate, and he migrated to Medina and stayed there for ten years and then died.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3851
