Dhu al-Hijjah

Dhu al-Hijjah

English

Alternative forms

• Dhu al-Hijja
• Dhu'l-Hijjah

Etymology

From Arabic ذُو الْحِجَّة‎ (ḏū l-ḥijja).

Proper noun

Dhu al-Hijjah

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).

See also

(Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qida, Dhu al-Hijjah ^{(Category: en:Islamic months)}