What is Hajj? and what does it involve?

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Hajj

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By Isabelle Rose.X

The Hajj;

         The Hajj is probably the largest most spectacular and interesting gathering of people all at one time in one place in the world. Every year about two million Muslims travel to Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. The city of Mecca, in present-day Saudi Arabia, is the holy city for Muslims because it was the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad the founder of Islam. Muhammad lived in Mecca until he had a revelation from God, which his companions wrote down in Arabic in the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, Muhammad also died in Mecca.

The Ka’aba, Islam's holiest shrine, is a large cubical building at the centre of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, . It is the principal destination of Muslim pilgrims performing the Hajj; Pilgrims circle the Ka’aba and attempt to kiss a small black stone believed to have been kissed by the Prophet Muhammad. The Ka’aba is a large, black granite stone structure set on a marble base. The four corners point North, East, South and West.

 

; I got this picture of the BBC website.

This week-long event occurs two months and ten days after Ramadan ends, during the Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah, and its culmination is a holiday known as Eid ul-Adha. The Hajj consists of several ceremonies, meant to symbolize the essential concepts of the Islamic faith, and to commemorate the trials of Prophet Abraham and his family. Over two million Muslims perform the pilgrimage annually, and the rest of the over one billion Muslims world-wide celebrate the Eid holiday in conjunction with the Hajj.

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 People can only take part in the hajj if they are physically and mentally able to, such as the insane or the ill are not able to go. They take part as the hajj is one of the five pillars. The five pillars are very important in a Muslim faith it is a part of there submission to Allah, Muslims follow the five pillars which help them with the way they live there life and the unity of the Muslim community. The Five Pillars of Islam are also the five obligations that every Muslim must satisfy in order to live ...

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