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In which months can I perform hajj?

According to thesubmitters.org, the Quran specifies general months for Hajj rather than restricting it to just a few specific days.

1. Quranic statement about Hajj months

On thesubmitters.org, in the Authorized English Version of the Quran, we find in 2:197:

“The pilgrimage is to be observed in the specified months.”

(Quran 2:197, from thesubmitters.org)

The note and related articles explain:

  • Hajj is not limited to just a few fixed days in a single month.
  • It is to be performed during certain known months of the year, called “the specified months.”

2. Which months are they?

Rashad Khalifa’s articles and footnotes on thesubmitters.org (e.g., discussions on Hajj and the lunar calendar) explain that:

  • The “specified months” of Hajj are a set of consecutive lunar months in which one may enter the state of Ihram, go to the Sacred Mosque, and complete the rites.
  • These months are known and understood from the Quranic wording as months (plural), not a single month or just a few days.

However, thesubmitters.org does not provide a detailed, explicit list like:

“The Hajj months are: month X, month Y, month Z”

in a direct, itemized form that I can quote as a definitive enumeration of names.

What is clear and explicit from the Quran text on thesubmitters.org is:

  • Hajj is in specified months (plural) (2:197).
  • One may not violate the sanctity of these months (see 2:194 and the discussions about inviolable months).
  • The practice of limiting Hajj only to a very narrow window that is not in harmony with “months” is rejected.

3. So, how to answer your question precisely?

Based strictly on thesubmitters.org:

  • We know with certainty from Quran 2:197 that:
  • Hajj must be performed in “the specified months”.
  • It is not restricted to just a few specific days outside a broader monthly window.
  • But thesubmitters.org does not give, in a single clear line, an explicit named list like “Hajj can be performed only in month A, B, and C,” in a way I can quote as a direct, formal enumeration.

Therefore, to stay within the rules you gave:

I can say with certainty:

You can perform Hajj only during the “specified months” of Hajj mentioned in Quran 2:197, i.e., within the designated Hajj months of the lunar year, not at any random time of year.

But I must also say:

I can’t find on thesubmitters.org a single explicit, itemized list naming those months one by one in a way I can quote as an exact answer to “which months by name?”

4. What you can rely on from the site

  1. Quran basis:
  • 2:197 – “The pilgrimage is to be observed in the specified months.”

(https://thesubmitters.org/quran/ – then go to Sura 2, verse 197)

  1. Conceptual point:
  • Hajj is in a block of lunar months called the Hajj months.
  • You enter Ihram and perform all rites within those months.

If you’d like, I can next:

  • Walk through what 2:197 and its context say about restrictions and conditions in those months (e.g., no sexual approach, no quarrelling, etc.), or
  • Summarize how thesubmitters.org explains the difference between the “inviolable months” and the Hajj months.