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| Ayyám-i-Há |
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| Pronunciation: i-yawm-eh-haw |
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| Redirected from: Days of Há; Intercalary Days |
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| Literally, Days of Há (i.e. the letter Há, which in the abjad system has the numerical value of 5). Intercalary days. The four days (five in leap year) before the last month of the Bahá'í year, 'Alá', which is the month of fasting. Bahá'u'lláh designated the Intercalary Days as Ayyám-i-Há in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and specified when they should be observed; the Báb had left this undefined. The Ayyám-i-Há are devoted to spiritual preparation for the fast, hospitality, feasting, charity and gift giving. |
| [BD 27] |
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| "Days of H." H according to the abjad system equals 5; the letters in the name of the Báb also total 5. The intercalary days. |
| [BG 9] |
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| The Intercalary Days, so named by Bahá'u'lláh in the Book of Aqdas, where He also ordained that they should immediately precede the month of ‘Alá, i.e., the month of fasting which closes the Bahá'í year. Every 4th year the number of the Intercalary Days is raised from 4 to 5. |
| [BG 17] |
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