Islam ndi imodzi mwa zipembedzo za padziko lonse, pafupifupi maholide onse akugwirizana ndi kupembedza kwa Allah ndi mneneri wake Muhammad. Kuti adziwe kuti maholide amakondweretsedwa ndi chisilamu, wina ayenera kudziwa kuti masiku awo ali ofanana ndi kalendala ya mwezi wa Islam ndipo sagwirizana ndi kalendala ya Gregory, yosiyana ndi iyo masiku khumi ndi awiri. Otsatira a chiphunzitso cha Islamist amatchedwa Asilamu.
Maholide a Islam
Asilamu padziko lonse lapansi ali ndi maholide awiri akuluakulu a Islam, omwe nthawi zambiri amatchedwa maholide opatulika - Uraza Bairam (phwando losweka ) ndi Kurbanbairam (phwando la nsembe). Pa chifukwa china, anali Kurban-bairam omwe adatchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kuchokera ku maholide awiri a Islam ndipo mwachikhalidwe amalingaliridwa ngakhale okhulupirira ziphunzitso zina zachipembedzo paholide yaikulu ya Islam. Kurban-bairam ili ndi miyambo yake yapadera, yomwe imayang'aniridwa ndi Asilamu. Tsikuli limayambira m'mawa osambira (ghusl), ndiye kuti zovala zatsopano zimayikidwa ngati kuli kotheka, ndipo mzikiti amapezeka, pomwe pemphero limamvetsera, ndiyeno ulaliki wapadera wokhudzana ndi mwambo wa Kurban-bairam. (Eid al-Arafat amadziwika usiku wa Eid al-Arafat: Oyendayenda amapita kukwera phiri la Arafat ndi Namaz, ndipo Asilamu ena onse akulamulidwa kuti azisala kudya tsiku lino.) Pambuyo pa pemphero lachisangalalo ndi kumvetsera ulaliki, mwambo wa nsembe umayamba - Dulani nyama yowonongeka (yamphongo, ng'ombe kapena ngamila), popanda zolakwa zakunja (olumala, diso limodzi, ndi nyanga yosweka, etc.) komanso odyetsedwa bwino. Amadzaza ndi mutu kumka ku Makka. Mwachikhalidwe, gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a zinyama zopereka nsembe popanga chakudya cha phwando la banja, gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu siliperekedwa kwa achibale olemera ndi oyandikana nawo, gawo lachitatu limaperekedwa monga mphatso.
Zikondwerero zachipembedzo ku Islam
Kuwonjezera pa maholide aakulu a Muslim, pali anthu oterewa monga:
Mawlid - Kukondwerera Tsiku la Kubadwa kwa Mtumiki Muhammad (kapena Muhammadi);
Ashura - Tsiku la Chikumbutso cha Imam Hussein ibn Ali (mdzukulu wa Mtumiki Muhammad). Ikukondwerera pa tsiku la 10 la Muharram (mwezi wa kalendala ya Islam), yomwe ikugwirizana ndi chikondwerero cha Chaka chatsopano cha Muslim (zaka khumi zoyambirira za Muharram);
Miraj ndi tsiku lolemekezeka la Mtumiki Muhammadi kukwera kwa Allah ndi chochitika choyambirira cha ulendo wake wochokera ku Makka kupita ku Yerusalemu.