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What is Hajj?
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There are several websites which have information on the Hajj. This pilgrimage to Mecca which happens once a year is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. There is no limitation on how many times the Hajj should be attempted. All Muslims are required to perform the Hajj at least once during their lifetime, if they can afford the expenses involved. However, rich people who can afford to perform this pilgrimage several times during their lifetime, and some in fact go every few years. With improved transportation services a large amount of people perform the Hajj every year and the Saudi government has made efforts to regulate the number of people coming to the Hajj.
More information on the number of times people perform this pilgrimage can be got from this link, where this question has been answered.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100730055444AAV206r
Detailed information about the Hajj can be got from the websites mentioned below:
http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/hajj/
http://www.islam.com/hajj/hajj.htm - This website has a lot of detailed information about the Hajj, its significance and philosophy, who should perform it, timing of the Hajj and the sequence of rites associated with it.
http://www.30-days.net/islam/basics/hajj/
Quote: The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah in the Arabic language).
The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th and last month of the Islamic calendar. Because the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, eleven days shorter than the Gregorian calendar used in the Western world, the Gregorian date of the Hajj changes from year to year. Ihram is the name given to the special state in which Muslims live while on the pilgrimage.
The Hajj 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 (Ibrahim). 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 which acts as the Muslim direction of prayer, runs back and forth between the hills of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, drinks from the Zamzam Well, goes to the plains of Mount Arafat to stand in vigil, and throws stones in a ritual Stoning of the Devil. The pilgrims then shave their heads, perform a ritual of animal sacrifice, and celebrate the three day global festival of Eid al-Adha.: endquote
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj
There are several websites which have information on the Hajj. This pilgrimage to Mecca which happens once a year is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. There is no limitation on how many times the Hajj should be attempted. All Muslims are required to perform the Hajj at least once during their lifetime, if they can afford the expenses involved. However, rich people who can afford to perform this pilgrimage several times during their lifetime, and some in fact go every few years. With improved transportation services a large amount of people perform the Hajj every year and the Saudi government has made efforts to regulate the number of people coming to the Hajj.
More information on the number of times people perform this pilgrimage can be got from this link, where this question has been answered.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100730055444AAV206r
Detailed information about the Hajj can be got from the websites mentioned below:
http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/hajj/
http://www.islam.com/hajj/hajj.htm - This website has a lot of detailed information about the Hajj, its significance and philosophy, who should perform it, timing of the Hajj and the sequence of rites associated with it.
http://www.30-days.net/islam/basics/hajj/
Quote: The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah in the Arabic language).
The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th and last month of the Islamic calendar. Because the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, eleven days shorter than the Gregorian calendar used in the Western world, the Gregorian date of the Hajj changes from year to year. Ihram is the name given to the special state in which Muslims live while on the pilgrimage.
The Hajj 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 (Ibrahim). 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 which acts as the Muslim direction of prayer, runs back and forth between the hills of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, drinks from the Zamzam Well, goes to the plains of Mount Arafat to stand in vigil, and throws stones in a ritual Stoning of the Devil. The pilgrims then shave their heads, perform a ritual of animal sacrifice, and celebrate the three day global festival of Eid al-Adha.: endquote
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj
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