1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Muthanna’ al- Hannat from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘The months of al-Hajj are well known’ (2:197); they are Shawwal, Dhu al-Qa’dah and Dhu al-Hajj ah. No one has the right to perform al-Hajj in months other than these ones.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn ‘Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar, from Abu 'Abdillah (AS) regarding the words of Allah, most Majestic and Glorious, ‘The months of al-Hajj are well-known, so those who owe the obligation of al-Hajj in these months...’ (2:197) He (a.s.) has said that Talbiyah, marking the offering, and leading the offering animal are obligations. Whichever is done the duty of al-Hajj is complete. Al-Hajj is not performed except in the months that Allah, most Majestic and Glorious, has called ‘well-known months’ which are Shawwal, Dhu al-Qa’dah and Dhu al-Hijjah.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Ali has narrated through the same chain of his narrators has said the following: “He (the Imam) ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the months of al-Hajj are Shawwal, Dhu al-Qa’dah and ten days of Dhu al-Hajj ah. The visiting months commence from twentieth of Dhu al-Hajj ah onward and includes the month of Muharram, Safar, Rabi’ al-Awwal and ten days of Rabi‘ al-Akhir.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.