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Hajj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hajj Arabic: hajj Background The hajj's important lies in its allowing the believer to approach the assumed centre of the world, as well as the place where the Koran's divine revelations began and continued about 12 years.
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One of a Muslim's duties, as described in the Five Pillars of Islam, is to go on Hajj at least once during his or her lifetime. Council on American-Islamic Relations estimated in 2006 that "some 10,000 American Muslims go on Hajj each year."
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The Rituals of Hajj and Umrah
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Introduction to the history, meaning, and rituals of the hajj, pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, the fifth Pillar of Islam. The hajj is commanded in the Qur'an - "And pilgrimage to the House is a duty unto God for mankind, for him who can find the way thither" (3:97) - and its rites were established by Muhammad,
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We endeavor to make this Hajj Portal a single point of contact for all your Hajj needs. Many of us only have the opportunity to perform one Hajj trip, and its difficult to get it right when you don't know what to expect.
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Although Makkah is always filled with visitors, the annual Hajj begins in the twelfth month of the Islamic year (which is lunar, not solar, so the Hajj and Ramadan fall sometimes in summer, sometimes in winter). The rites of the Hajj, which are of Abrahamic origin, include circling the Ka’ba seven times,
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Tamattu` means performing `Umrah during the Hajj season, and on the Day of Tarwiah a pilgrim gets into the state of Ihram for Hajj. In this type of Hajj, a pilgrim should declare his intention to perform both Hajj and `Umrah together. Only when he throws the Jamrah of Al-`Aqabah,
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The Hajj, or pilgrimage to Makkah is a central duty of Islam whose origins date back to the time of Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH). The Hajj in Pictures a gallery of photographs showing various sites, rites and stages of Hajj.
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