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{{Infobox month
| image = Ibn Arabi with students.jpg
| alt =
| caption = [[Ibn Arabi]], a Muslim scholar, died in this month
| native_name = {{Native name|ar|رَبِيع ٱلثَّانِي}}
| calendar = [[Islamic calendar]]
| num = 4
| days = 29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)
| season =
| gregorian =
| holidays =
| prev_month = [[Rabiʽ al-Awwal]]
| next_month = [[Jumada al-awwal]]
}}
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'''Rabiʽ al-Thani''' ({{lang-ar|رَبِيع ٱلثَّانِي|Rabīʿ ath-Thānī|lit=The second Rabi}}, also known as '''Rabi' al-Akhirah''' ({{lang-ar|رَبِيع ٱلْآخِرَة|link=no|Rabi' al-ʾĀkhirah|lit=The final Rabi}}), '''Rabi{{ayin}} al-Akhir''' ({{lang|ar|رَبِيع ٱلْآخِر|Rabīʿ al-ʾĀkhir}}), or '''Rabi' II''' is the fourth month of the [[Islamic calendar]]. The name ''Rabī‘ al-Thani'' means "the second spring" in [[Arabic]], referring to its position in the [[pre-Islamic Arabia]]n calendar.

In the days of the [[Ottoman Empire]], the name of this month in [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] was ''Rèbi' ul-a<u>h</u>er'', with the Turkish abbreviation ''Rè'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Youssof, R.|title=Dictionnaire portatif turc-français de la langue usuelle en caractères latins et turcs|year=1890|place=Constantinople|page=[https://archive.org/details/DictionnairePortatifTurc/page/n497 479]}}</ref> or ''Reb.-ul-Akh.'' in western European languages.<ref>{{cite book|author=Young, George|title=[[Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman]]|publisher=[[Clarendon Press]]|volume=1|year=1905|language=fr|page=[https://archive.org/stream/corpsdedroitott01turkgoog#page/n20/ xiv]}}</ref> In modern Turkish, it is ''Rebiülahir'' or ''Rebiülsani''.

==Meaning==
The word "Rabi" means "[[Spring (season)|spring]]" and Al-thani means "the second" in the [[Arabic language]], so "Rabi' al-Thani" means "the second spring" in [[Arabic]]. As the Islamic calendar is a purely [[lunar calendar]], the month naturally rotates over solar years, so Rabīʽ al-Thani can fall in spring or any other season. Therefore, the month cannot be related to the actual season of spring.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://waqfeya.net/book.php?bid=6355|title=المنجد في اللغة - المكتبة الوقفية للكتب المصورة PDF|website=waqfeya.net}}</ref>

==Timing==
The [[Islamic calendar]] is a purely [[lunar calendar]], and months begin when the first crescent of a [[new moon]] is sighted. Since the Islamic [[lunar year]] is 11 to 12 days shorter than the [[tropical year]], Rabī' al-Thānī migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Rabī' al-Thānī are as follows (based on the [[Islamic calendar#Saudi Arabia's Umm al-Qura calendar|Umm al-Qura]] calendar of Saudi Arabia<ref>[https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/ummalqura.htm Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia]</ref>):

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
|+Rabī' al-Thānī dates between 2020 and 2024
|-
!scope="col"|[[Anno Hegirae|AH]]
!scope="col"|First day ([[Common Era|CE]]/[[Anno Domini|AD]])
!scope="col"|Last day ([[Common Era|CE]]/[[Anno Domini|AD]])
|-
!scope="row"|1442
|16 November 2020
|15 December 2020
|-
!scope="row"|1443
|{{0}}6 November 2021
|{{0}}4 December 2021
|-
!scope="row"|1444
|26 October 2022
|24 November 2022
|-
!scope="row"|1445
|16 October 2023
|14 November 2023
|-
!scope="row"|1446
|{{0}}4 October 2024
|{{0}}2 November 2024
|}

==Islamic events==
* 08 or 10 Rabī' al-Thānī, the birth of the [[Imamate (Twelver doctrine)|Eleventh Imam]] [[Hasan al-Askari]]
* 10 or 12 Rabī’ al-Thānī, death of [[Fatimah bint Musa]]
* 11 of Rabī’ al-Thānī, death of [[Abdul-Qadir Gilani]], the [[Sufism|Sufi sheikh]] who is believed to be the "saint of saints"
*15 of Rabi' al-Thani, death of Habib Abu Bakr al-Haddad
*27 of Rabi' al-Thani, death of [[Ahmad Sirhindi]]
* 28 or 29 of Rabī’ al-Thānī, death of [[ibn Arabi]], the great philosopher from Spain who died and rests in [[Damascus]], Syria.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheikh Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi (RA) - URS 22 Rabi al-Thani|url=http://www.lovemeditation-naqshbandi.com/sheikh-muhyiddin-ibn-al-arabi-ra-urs-22-rabi-al-thani/|website=LoveMeditation-Naqshbandi {{!}} Maida Vale Naqshbandi Rabbani Group {{!}} Islamic History {{!}} Sufi Events {{!}} Sufi Saints History|date=29 January 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/islam_tabcal.htm Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar)]
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