Haven't memorized the Hijri month yet? Let's Learn from This Story Method!

The Hijri year is a Muslim year, like the Christian year in general, the Hijri year also has 12 months. But ironically, nowadays not a few Muslims forget the names of the hijri months or some even don't know them.

Well, related to this, of course we need a method to memorize the hijri months easily. Especially, for parents who have children. Of course, this method can be useful for teaching the hijri months to their children.

One method that can be used to make it easier to memorize the hijri months is the story method.

Here's an interesting story to easily memorize the hijri months:

Once upon a time a family lived happily, the head of the family named MUSHO. He has a pious wife named RORO. And has a helper named JUJU. From their marriage, two cute twins were born, because the twins have the same name, ROSYA & ROSYA. A few years later, a cute, chubby and adorable third child was born, named DZUL-DZUL.

From the story above, how have you memorized the story? Well, to test your grasping power in the story above, please answer the questions below:

1. Who is the man who is the head of the family?

2. What is the name of the woman who became his wife?

3. Who is their house maid?

4. What are the names of the twins?

5. Who is the third child of the married couple?

Actually, the names above are an abbreviation of the hijri months. Here's the explanation:

MUSO : Muharram-Soffar

RORO: Robiul early-Robiul late

JUJU: Jumadil early-Jumadil late

The twins named ROSYA and ROSYA, don't let the first ROSYA upside down: Rojab- Sya'ban

While the second Rosya: Ramadan-Sawwal

And finally there is DZUL DZUL: Dzulqo'dah- Dzulhijjah

So, how do you remember the story and memorize the hijri months? Good luck!