Nasi'

For the Coptic month known as el-Nasi in Egyptian Arabic, see Egyptian intercalary month. For other uses, see Nasi (disambiguation).
"Muhammad forbids the intercalation of an additional month in the lunar year," from a 16th-century manuscript

Nasiʾ (Arabic: ٱلنَّسِيء, an-Nasīʾ, "postponement"), also Romanized Nasii, or Nasie, was an aspect of the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar, mentioned in the Quran in the context of the "four forbidden months".[1] In pre-Islamic Arabia, the decision of "postponement" had been administered by the Banu Kinanah,[2] by a man known as the al-Qalammas (pl. qalāmisa).[3] Different interpretations of its meaning have been proposed.

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