1st Practice summary

The Hajj

 
Each year around 2million Muslims from all over the world perform one of Islam’s five requirements.
This is called the Hajj in Mecca city which is located in Saudi Arabia. All Muslims, physically fit and financially able can do the Hajj. The starting day is the twelfth month of the Islamic year and lasts about 6 days. Dangerous driving and crowd control are major problems for the Saudi government.
Muslims should not enter Mecca unless they cleanse themselves. First hajjis walk 7 times around the Ka’aba, the large black cube in Mecca. They also go 7 times walking between the hills of Safa and Marwah. After that they go to Mina and stay all night. On the morning of next day, they travel to the plain of Arafat, site of Mohamed’s last sermon.
That evening they group go to Muzdalifah. Back at Mina the hajjis throw seven pebbles at the Jamraat. Returning to Mecca, the Hajjis do Tawaf around the Ka’aba and also walk between the hills of Safa and Marwah. After that they return to Mina for 3 days of prayers. The final ritual is the farewell Tawaf around the Ka’aba.

 

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