Definitions
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- noun the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years
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Examples
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The hajj takes place during Dhu'l-Hijja, the last month of the Muslim calendar year (which is based on lunar cycles, meaning the hajj dates change annually).
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"When any one of you intending to sacrifice the animal enters in the month (of Dhu'l-Hijja) he should not get his hair or nails touched (cut)"
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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