Dhu'l-Hijja
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Alternative forms
- Dhulhijja, Dhulhijjah, Zulhijja, Zulhijjah
- Dhu'l-Hijjah, Dhul-Hijja, Dhul-Hijjah
- Dhu al-Hijja, Dhu al-Hijjah, Dhul Hijja, Dhul Hijjah
Etymology
From Arabic ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja), from Arabic ذُو (ḏū, “possessed of”) + Arabic الْحِجَّة (al-ḥijja, “the pilgrimage”).
Proper noun
Dhu'l-Hijja
- The twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar, during which the hajj takes place.
- 1958–1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 54:
- Having performed the rites of Pilgrimage, on the twentieth day precisely of Dhu'l-Hijjah I went out of Mecca in company with the commander of al-Iraq.
- 2003, Arshad Khan, Islam 101: Principles and Practice, page 60:
- Stay at Arafat on 9th Dhu al-Hijjah from after dawn to slightly after sunset (when pilgrims proceed to Muzdalfa).
- 1958–1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 54:
Translations
twelfth month of the Islamic calendar
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See also
(Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l-Hijja (Category: en:Islamic calendar months)
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