Dhu'l-Hijja

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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

  1. 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).

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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 months)

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