Hajj 2018 (1439) Makkah Live Funeral Prayer Masjid Al Haram The Hajj (/hædʒ/;[1] Arabic: حَجّ‎ Ḥaǧǧ "pilgrimage") is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca,[2] the holiest city for Muslims, and a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey, and can support their family during their absence.[3][4][5] Literally speaking, Hajj means heading to a place for the sake of visiting. In Islamic terminology, Hajj is a pilgrimage made to Kaaba, the ‘House of God’, in the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The rites of Hajj, which go back to the time of Prophet Abraham who built Kaaba after it had been first built by Prophet Adam, are performed over five or six days, beginning on the eighth and ending on the thirteenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar[6].It is one of the five pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah, Salat, Zakat and Sawm. The Hajj is the second largest annual gathering of Muslims in the world.[7] The state of being physically and financially capable of performing the Hajj is called istita'ah, and a Muslim who fulfils this condition is called a mustati. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah).[8][9] The word Hajj means "to intend a journey", which connotes both the outward act of a journey and the inward act of intentions.[10] The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th (or in some cases 13th[11]) of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Islamic year is about eleven days shorter than the Gregorian year, the Gregorian date of Hajj changes from year to year. Ihram is the name given to the special spiritual state in which pilgrims wear two white sheets of seamless cloth and abstain from certain actions.[8][12][13] The Hajj (sometimes spelt Hadj or Haj also in English) is associated with the life of Islamic prophet Muhammad from the 7th century, but the ritual of pilgrimage to Mecca is considered by Muslims to stretch back thousands of years to the time of Abraham. During Hajj, pilgrims join processions of hundreds of thousands of people, who simultaneously converge on Mecca for the week of the Hajj, and perform a series of rituals: each person walks counter-clockwise seven times around the Kaaba (the cube-shaped building and the direction of prayer for the Muslims), runs back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwah, drinks from the Zamzam Well, goes to the plains of Mount Arafat to stand in vigil, spends a night in the plain of Muzdalifa, and performs symbolic stoning of the devil by throwing stones at three pillars. The pilgrims then shave their heads, perform a ritual of animal sacrifice, and celebrate the three-day global festival of Eid al-Adha.[14][15][16][17] Pilgrims can also go to Mecca to perform the rituals at other times of the year. This is sometimes called the "lesser pilgrimage", or ‘Umrah (Arabic: عُـمـرَة‎).[18] However, even if they choose to perform the Umrah, they are still obligated to perform the Hajj at some other point in their lifetime if they have the means to do so, because Umrah is not a substitute for Hajj.[19] Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Timing of Hajj 4 Rites 4.1 Ihram 4.2 First day of Hajj: 8th Dhu al-Hijjah 4.3 Tawaf and sa'ay 4.4 Second day: 9th Dhu al-Hijjah 4.5 Third day: 10th Dhu al-Hijjah 4.6 Fourth day: 11th Dhu al-Hijjah 4.7 Fifth day: 12th Dhu al-Hijjah 4.8 Last day at Mina: 13th Dhu al-Hijjah 4.9 Journey to Medina 5 Arrangement and facilities 5.1 Visa requirements 6 Transportation 7 Modern crowd-control problems 8 Significance 9 Hajj and the Saudi economy 10 Number of pilgrims per year 11 Hadith 12 Differences between the Hajj and Umrah 13 Hajj Badal 14 Gallery 15 See also 16 Notes 17 References 18 Further reading 19 External links The page "Al hajj 2018" does not exist. You can ask for it to be created, but consider checking the search results below to see whether the topic is already covered. Murabit al-Hajj Muhammad Ould Fahfu al-Massumi (c. 1913 – July 17, 2018), known as al-Murabit al-Hajj or al-Hajj Ould Fahfu, was a Mauritanian Islamic scholar who had 2 KB (157 words) - 23:57, 16 August 2018 Hajj Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar.It is one of the five pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah, Salat, Zakat and Sawm. The Hajj is the 83 KB (8,599 words) - 12:36, 15 August 2018 Dhu al-Hijjah Kaaba. The Hajj is performed on the eighth, ninth and the tenth of this month. Day of Arafah takes place on the ninth of the month. Eid al-Adha, the "Festival 12 KB (1,756 words) - 15:18, 20 August 2018