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رَوَى زُرَارَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ « اَلْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَعْلُومٰاتٌ » قَالَ « شَوَّالٌ وَ ذُو اَلْقَعْدَةِ وَ ذُو اَلْحِجَّةِ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُحْرِمَ بِالْحَجِّ فِيمَا سِوَاهُنَّ».

Zurara narrated from Abu Ja'far (a.s) regarding the words of Allah (swt), the Exalted: "Hajj is [during] well-known months" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:197). Imam (a.s) said: "Shawwal, Dhu al-Qa'dah, and Dhu al-Hijjah. No one is permitted to enter Ihram for Hajj outside of these months."

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: «وَ شَهْرٌ مُفْرَدٌ لِعُمْرَةٍ رَجَبٌ ».

In another narration: "And a month designated specifically for Umrah is Rajab."

وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَا خَلَقَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي اَلْأَرْضِ بُقْعَةً أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ اَلْكَعْبَةِ وَ لاَ أَكْرَمَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهَا وَ لَهَا حَرَّمَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ، اَلْأَشْهُرَ اَلْحُرُمَ اَلْأَرْبَعَةَ فِي كِتَابِهِ « يَوْمَ خَلَقَ اَلسَّمٰاوٰاتِ وَ اَلْأَرْضَ » ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنْهَا مُتَوَالِيَةٌ لِلْحَجِّ وَ شَهْرٌ مُفْرَدٌ لِلْعُمْرَةِ رَجَبٌ ».

Imam (a.s) said: "Allah (swt), the Exalted, has not created on the earth a spot more beloved to Him than the Ka'bah, nor more honored by Him. For its sake, Allah (swt), the Exalted, sanctified the four sacred months in His Book 'on the day He created the heavens and the earth' (Surah At-Tawbah 9:36). Three of these months are consecutive for Hajj, and one is designated specifically for Umrah, which is Rajab."

وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: « فَسِيحُوا فِي اَلْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ » قَالَ «عِشْرِينَ مِنْ ذِي اَلْحِجَّةِ وَ اَلْمُحَرَّمَ وَ صَفَرَ وَ شَهْرَ رَبِيعٍ اَلْأَوَّلِ وَ عَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ اَلْآخِرِ وَ لاَ يُحْسَبُ فِي اَلْأَرْبَعَةِ اَلْأَشْهُرِ، عَشَرَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ ذِي اَلْحِجَّةِ ».

Imam (a.s) said regarding the words of Allah (swt), the Exalted: "So travel freely throughout the land for four months" (Quran 9:2): "These are twenty days of Dhu al-Hijjah, the month of Muharram, Safar, the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, and ten days of Rabi' al-Thani. The ten days of the beginning of Dhu al-Hijjah are not counted among the four months."

وَ رَوَى أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ اَلْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ فَرَضَ اَلْحَجَّ فِي غَيْرِ أَشْهُرِ اَلْحَجِّ قَالَ «يَجْعَلُهَا عُمْرَةً ».

Abu Ja'far al-Ahwal narrated from Abu Abdullah (a.s) regarding a man who enters Ihram for Hajj outside of the months of Hajj. Imam (a.s) said: "He should make it an Umrah."