The Pilgrimage is in the four known months. So, whosoever decides to perform the Pilgrimage in them, then there shall be no sexual approach, nor vileness, nor quarreling in the Pilgrimage. Any good that you do, God is aware of it; and bring provisions for yourselves, though the best provision is awareness; and be conscientious of Me O you who possesses intelligence.
Translation endnotes
[2:197] Haj should be performed in the beginning of the restricted months: Zil Hijja, Muharram, Safar, and Rabi Awwal (2:189). Thus, Haj can be performed four times a year. Limiting Haj to once a year on a specific day, as traditionalists do, rather than four months, has created negative consequences such as inadequate service, hotels, dirt and chaos. See 9:37. The story about the black stone is a myth. Showing such a reverence to a stone or a tomb and asking for help from the dead is idolatry. Unfortunately, the International Discussion Conference (Hajj) has been distorted into a satanic ritual about 4 stones: kissing a black stone, circumbulating around a cubic building made of stones, and stoning a vertical stone pretending to be Satan. (1:5; 2:24; 10:106; 6:56; 7:194-197; 18:52; 22:73; 26:69-74; 28:88; 35:14,40; 39:38; 40:66; 46:5; 72:18; 2:149-150; 5:3; 16:120; 22:78; 66:6).