Back Dzul Hijjah ACE ذو الحجة Arabic دولحجة ARY ذو الحجه ARZ Зул-ХӀижжа AV Zilhiccə Azerbaijani ذیحججه AZB Зөлхизә (ай) Bashkir Haji (bulan) BEW Julhajjah BJN
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| Dhu al-Hijjah | |
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 The Kaaba during Hajj | |
| Native name | ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة (Arabic) |
| Calendar | Islamic calendar |
| Month number | 12 |
| Number of days | 29–30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent) |
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Dhu al-Hijjah (also Dhu al-Hijja Arabic: ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة, romanized: Ḏū al-Ḥijja IPA: [ðu‿l.ħid͡ʒ.d͡ʒah]) is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar.[1] Being one of the four sacred months during which war is forbidden, it is the month in which the Ḥajj (Arabic: حج, lit. 'pilgrimage') takes place as well as Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى, lit. 'The Festival of the Sacrifice').
The Arabic name of the month, Dhu al-Hijjah, means "Possessor of the Pilgrimage" or "The Month of the Pilgrimage".[1] During this month, Muslim pilgrims from all around the world congregate at Mecca to visit the Kaaba. The Hajj rites begin on the eighth day and continue for four or five days. The Day of Arafah takes place on the ninth of the month. Eid al-Adha, the "Festival of the Sacrifice", begins on the tenth day and ends on the thirteenth day.[1]
The name of this month is also spelled Dhul-Hijja. In modern Turkish, the name is Zilhicce.[1]
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