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-All Muslims are required to perform at least once in their lifetimes if they are able to.

-This religious journey is forbidden to  non-Muslims

-When pilgrims reach the boundary of the holy territory they change into a two-piece white garment and sandals.

-Until they complete the hajj, the pilgrims cannot change their appearance, the pilgrims are also not allowed to argue or fight.

-mecca is holy city for Muslims and no non Muslims are allowed to enter

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The fifth pillar of islam is the annual pilgrimage to mecca, called the hajj.

The hajj is a trip every muslim adult must take once in there life

Bring different people togeter to celebrate religion

Hajj literally means, “to continuously strive to reach one’s goal.” The Hajj, or Pilgrimage to Mecca, is a once-in-a-lifetime obligation for those who have the physical and financial ability to undertake the journey.

At the end of the hajj, the pilgrimś head is shaved and they throw stones at 3 pillars in Mina which represent devils.  Lastly, they go back to Mecca to circle the Ka´bah and then they leave.

muslims of all kinds gather together once a year to worship allah together

The hajj is a re-enactment of the rituals of the great prophets and teachers of faith

Hajj makes muslims realize the importance of life on earth, and the afterlife by getting rid of signs of social status, wealth, and pride

The hajj is a complex act of piety(a belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence) and can be
performed only in the last month of the muslim calendar.

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-if you have enough money and are physically able, you must go.  if not, someone they know that's going will stand in for them.

-When they get to Mecca, they walk around the Ka’bah seven times

-involves a series of ritual activities that pilgrims called hajjis must perform over a period of six days during the 12th month of the Muslim calendar, Dhu al-Hijja ("pilgrimage month").

-Muslims enter a state of holiness they call ihram.  During this time, men dress with two white sheets wrapped around their body and women wear long white robes making sure to cover their faces and hands.  in addition, none of them can cut their hair and nails.

-Then they kiss or touch the Black Stone in the Ka’aba and pray

-between the 8th and 12th days of the hajj, pilgrims visit 3 holy place outside Mecca including Mina.  They also sacrifice an animal in memory of the sacrifice Abraham made.

-The Quran and Sunna provide authorization for the hajj rituals

-The Quran and Sunna provide authorization for the hajj rituals
-The essential hajj rituals are performed in and around the city of Mecca.They include...

1) statement of intention and purification of the body,

2) inaugural circumambulation (to walk all the way around) of the Kaaba seven times,

3) running between the hills of Safa and Marwa seven times,

4) encampment at Mina,

5) standing at the plain of Arafat at midday on 9 Dhu al-Hijja,

6) spending the evening at Muzdalifa (between Arafat and Mina),

7) stoning the three "satanic" pillars at Mina,

8) animal sacrifice

9) farewell circumambulation of the Kaaba.

-Then they run seven times between two hills called Mount Safa and Mount Marwah

-Believed to have been initiated by figures in the islamic history (Adam, Abraham, hagar and especially mohammed)

-At the end of the hajj, the pilgrimś head is shaved and they throw stones at 3 pillars in Mina which represent devils.  Lastly, they go back to Mecca to circle the Ka´bah and then they leave.

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-“About 2 million people perform the hajj each year.”

-it starts 8th day of Dhu al-Hijjah which is last month of the Islamic year

-it ends on the 13th day

-Only a few thousand were able to go but today there are more people (2.5 million) because there's more availability of motorized transportation (such as the automobile and airplane)

-2.5 million Muslims perform the hajj each year.

-To accommodate large numbers of pilgrims, the government of Saudi Arabia has spent more than $100 billion dollars since the 1950's to modernize and expand the pilgrimage facilities.

-¨Once a believer has made the pilgrimages he may add the title ḥājjī to his name¨

-about 800 pilgrims were killed two large groups at crossroads in mina caused the deaths on way to stoning

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Before modern times, the journey to Mecca could be hazardous (pilgrims might be attacked by thieves or die of disease)

-employed lots of defense and personnel as well as modern technology -drones and electronic bracelets for an extra safe hajj

about 800 pilgrims were killed two large groups at crossroads in mina caused the deaths on way to stoning

more than 700 deaths of the pilgrims in a stampede near Mecca.

The hajj has been threatened from Islamic State militants and  following a giant crane collapse at mecca's Grand mosque that killed people

poor health - someone else had to read sermon

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- Believed to have been initiated by figures in the islamic history (Adam, Abraham, hagar and especially mohammed)

-The most important part of the hajj is when pilgrims ask for God’s forgiveness on Mount Arafat.  Mount Arafat is where Muhammad gave his last sermon or religious speech

-pilgrims symbolically relive the experience of exile and atonement

-A ritual that is designed to promote the bonds of Islamic brotherhood and showing that everyone is equal in the eyes of Allah.

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