Look up: Dh al-ijjah

1. Dh al-ijjah
   (from the article `Muslim calendar`) ...months, each month beginning approximately at the time of the New Moon. (The Iranian calendar, however, is based on a solar year.) The months are ... ...one can afford it` and provided a person has enough provisions to leave for his family in his absence. A special service is held in the Sacr...
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2. Dhu al-Hijjah
   `Dhu al-Hijjah` () is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. This is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, marking the end of the year. It is in this month in which the Hajj (pilgrimage) takes place. "Dhu al-Hijjah" literally means "Possessor of the Pilgrim...
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