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Mina: About two million Muslim pilgrims have officially started the annual ceremony Pilgrimage Hajj rituals on Monday heading out of Mecca after circumambulation IslamIts holiest site, the Kaaba, and you converge on a vast tent camp in the nearby desert to spend a day and night in prayer.
One of the world’s largest religious gatherings returned to full capacity this year for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic three years ago.
The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and all Muslims are required to perform the five-day Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lives if they are physically and financially able to do so.
For pilgrims, it is a deeply moving spiritual experience that exonerates sins, brings them closer to God, and unites the world’s more than 1.8 billion Muslims. Some spend years saving money and waiting for permission to embark on the journey.
Rituals during the pilgrimage largely commemorate the Qur’an’s accounts of Islam Ibrahimdaughter Ismael And Ismail’s mother He immigrated.
Pilgrims have been making the ritual circuit around the Kaaba since their arrival in Mecca in recent days. As performed by the last of them on Monday, the pilgrims made their way on foot or by bus to Mina, where they will stay in one of the largest tent cities in the world. They will pray day and night before they travel on Tuesday to Mount ArafatWhere the Prophet Muhammad is said to have delivered his last sermon.
Mina is wide and open, with little respite from the desert heat and scorching sun. The soldiers sprayed water on the pilgrims to cool them.
Egyptian businessman Yahya Al-Ghannam said he was at a loss for words to describe his feelings upon his arrival in Mina.
He said, “Tears will flow from my eyes with joy and happiness.” “I don’t sleep. I haven’t slept for 15 days, just an hour a day” I was overwhelmed by the emotions surrounding the pilgrimage.
After Arafat, pilgrims collect pebbles from a site known as Muzdalifah to use in throwing the symbolic pebbles representing Satan at Mina. The last three days of the Hajj coincide with the Eid al-Adha holiday, when Muslims around the world slaughter livestock and distribute the meat to the poor.
One of the world’s largest religious gatherings returned to full capacity this year for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic three years ago.
The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and all Muslims are required to perform the five-day Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lives if they are physically and financially able to do so.
For pilgrims, it is a deeply moving spiritual experience that exonerates sins, brings them closer to God, and unites the world’s more than 1.8 billion Muslims. Some spend years saving money and waiting for permission to embark on the journey.
Rituals during the pilgrimage largely commemorate the Qur’an’s accounts of Islam Ibrahimdaughter Ismael And Ismail’s mother He immigrated.
Pilgrims have been making the ritual circuit around the Kaaba since their arrival in Mecca in recent days. As performed by the last of them on Monday, the pilgrims made their way on foot or by bus to Mina, where they will stay in one of the largest tent cities in the world. They will pray day and night before they travel on Tuesday to Mount ArafatWhere the Prophet Muhammad is said to have delivered his last sermon.
Mina is wide and open, with little respite from the desert heat and scorching sun. The soldiers sprayed water on the pilgrims to cool them.
Egyptian businessman Yahya Al-Ghannam said he was at a loss for words to describe his feelings upon his arrival in Mina.
He said, “Tears will flow from my eyes with joy and happiness.” “I don’t sleep. I haven’t slept for 15 days, just an hour a day” I was overwhelmed by the emotions surrounding the pilgrimage.
After Arafat, pilgrims collect pebbles from a site known as Muzdalifah to use in throwing the symbolic pebbles representing Satan at Mina. The last three days of the Hajj coincide with the Eid al-Adha holiday, when Muslims around the world slaughter livestock and distribute the meat to the poor.
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