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The two Jumada months (Jumada al-Ula and Jumada al-Akhira)

شهرا جمادى الأولى وجمادى الآخرة

Jumada al-Ula is the fifth month and Jumada al-Akhira the sixth, named for the season of freezing cold in which they fell when the months were named. The law prescribes no special worship in them, and the seerah records campaigns and expeditions in them. 1 2

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At a glance

Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Global / Diaspora

Sacred time

The naming

Jumada al-Ula and Jumada al-Akhira are the fifth and sixth months, named for the freezing of water in the cold season at the time the names were set; they are also called the two Jumadas. 1

In the seerah

Campaigns recorded by the seerah scholars fell in Jumada al-Ula, and expeditions and events in Jumada al-Akhira; neither has a special devotional rank. 3

Their rule

They are non-sacred months in which fighting and work are permitted, and whoever wishes may fast in them voluntarily like any other month. 2

People and things also explored

Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· The sacred months· The last ten nights of Ramadan· The first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja· Dhu al-Hijja (the twelfth month: the pilgrimage, the first ten days and the day of 'Arafa)· Dhu al-Qa'da (the eleventh month and one of the four sacred months)· The Hijri calendar· Hilal (the crescent and the lunar month for the law)

Sources

  1. The Remaining Traces of Past Centuries (Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, Cairo, 1st ed. 2008, digital copy)
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3)
  3. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
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islam.museum contributors. “The two Jumada months (Jumada al-Ula and Jumada al-Akhira)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/jumada-months/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.

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