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The White Days

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “specific days of each arabic month and they are holy days according to the prophet mohammed and these days are”. Today it says “considered more important”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Full Moon at Norway”. It now reads “Special virtuous days of Muslim calendar”.
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The White Days of certain months such as Rajab, Sha'ban, and Ramadan, are considered more important, and are days of celebration. The White Days or Ayyām al-Bīḍ ( ) are specific days of each Islamic month; they are holy days according to the Islamic prophet , Muhammad . These days are the 13th, 14th and 15th of every month in the Islamic calendar . Shia Muslims believe that the white days of the lunar months of Rajab , Sha'ban and Ramadan are very virtuous. They are called the white days because of the colour of the full moon on these days. The moon becomes very white and can be seen by the naked eye.1 "ایام البیض چه روزهایی است ؟ - خبرگزاری صدا و سیما" (in Persian) .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “specific days of each arabic month and they are holy days according to the prophet mohammed and these days are”. Today it says “considered more important”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Full Moon at Norway”. It now reads “Special virtuous days of Muslim calendar”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

specific days of each arabic month and they are holy days according to the prophet mohammed and these days are

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considered more important

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