Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1448

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Dhul-Hijjah (ذُو الحِجَّة), “the one of the pilgrimage”, is the twelfth and last month of the Islamic calendar and one of the four sacred months. It is the month of the Hajj, of the first ten days, the most blessed of the year, of Arafat and of Eid al-Adha.

On this page: the Dhul-Hijjah 1448 calendar day by day, the dates for the coming years, and what to know about this month.

One of the four sacred months

Dhul-Hijjah, one of the 4 sacred months of the year

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said in his Farewell Sermon:

“The year has twelve months, of which four are sacred: Dhul-Qi'dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram, three consecutive months, and Rajab of Mudar, which comes between Jumada and Sha'ban.”

Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim

The first ten days, the best of the year

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

“There are no days on which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these days”, that is, the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.

Narrated by al-Bukhari

The pilgrims perform the Hajj in them, and those who are not in pilgrimage are encouraged to fast the ninth day, the day of Arafat.

“The fast of the day of Arafat erases the sins of two years: the past year and the year to come.”

Narrated by Muslim

Eid al-Adha, the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah

The tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah is the day of Eid al-Adha, the greatest festival of the year: it is forbidden to fast on it. It is the day of the sacrifice, followed by the days of Tashreeq (the 11th, 12th and 13th) during which fasting is also forbidden. It is also the time of the takbir: the scholars recommend multiplying “Allahu Akbar” from the Fajr prayer of the day of Arafat to the Asr prayer of the last day of Tashreeq.

The Farewell Pilgrimage, the year 10

In Dhul-Hijjah of the year 10, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed his only Hajj, called “the Farewell Pilgrimage”, with more than one hundred thousand Companions. It is in the valley of Arafat that he delivered his historic sermon, recalling the sacredness of the life, the property and the honor of the Muslims, and it is there that the verse of the completion of the religion was revealed:

Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Surah al-Ma'idah, 5:3

A little over two months later, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away in Medina: Dhul-Hijjah thus remains the month in which the religion was completed and in which the pilgrimage took its definitive form, the one the pilgrims follow until today.

Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1448 calendar, day by day

Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1448 counts 29 days according to the forecast calculation: its first day falls on 8 May 2027.

The date of 1 Dhuʻl-Hijjah by year

The 12 Months of the Hijri Calendar

These dates are astronomical predictions based on the tabular calendar. The start of each hijri month depends on local crescent observation: a one-day shift is possible between countries.