The 5th Pillar Of Islam is The Pilgrimage to Makkah ( Hajj ) The Annual Pilgrimage ( Hajj ) to Makkah is an obligation once in a lifetime for those who are physically and financially able to perform it. About two million people go to Makkah each year from every corner of the globe. Although Makkah is always filled with visitors, the annual Hajj is performed in the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar ( Hijrah) . Pilgrams wear special simple clothes which strip away distinctions of class and culture so that all stand equal before Allah subhanahu wa taala. The rites of the Hajj include circling the Kaaba seven times and going between the hillocks of Safa and Marwa, as Hagar did during her search for water. Then the pilgrims stand together in Arafa and ask God for what they wish and for His forgiveness, in what is often thought of as a preview of the Day of Judgment. The end of the Hajj is marked by a festival, Eid Al-Adha, which is celebrated with prayers. This, and Eid al-Fitr, a feast-day commemorating the end of Ramadan, are the two annual festivals of the Muslim calendar. Sahih Al Bukhari Volume 2, Book 26, Number 807 : ======================== Narrated by Salim Ibn Umar used to do Rami of the Jamrat-ud-Dunya (the Jamra near to the Khaif mosque) with seven small stones and used to recite Takbir on throwing every pebble. He then would go ahead till he reached the level ground where he would stand facing the Qibla for a long time to invoke (Allah) while raising his hands (while invoking). Then he would do Rami of the Jamrat-ul-Wusta (middle Jamra) and then he would go to the left towards the middle ground, where he would stand facing the Qibla. He would remain standing there for a long period to invoke (Allah) while raising his hands, and would stand there for a long period. Then he would do Rami of the Jamrat-ul-Aqaba from the middle of the valley, but he would not stay by it, and then he would leave and say, I saw the Prophet doing like this. ======================== Sahih Al Bukhari Volume 2, Book 26, Number 814 : ======================== Narrated by Ibn Abbas A menstruating woman was allowed to leave Mecca if she had done Tawaf-al-Ifada. Tawus (a sub-narrator) said from his father, I heard Ibn Umar saying that she would not depart. Then later I heard him saying that the Prophet had allowed them (menstruating women) to depart. ======================= Sahih Al Bukhari Volume 2, Book 26, Number 816 : ======================== Narrated by Abdul-Aziz bin Rufai I asked Anas bin Malik, Tell me something you have observed about the Prophet concerning where he offered the Zuhr prayer on the Day of Tarwiya (8th Dhul-Hijja). Anas replied, He offered it at Mina. I said, Where did he offer the Asr prayer on the Day of Nafr (day of departure from Mina)? He replied, At Al-Abtah, and added, You should do as your leaders do. Sahih Al Bukhari Volume 2, Book 26, Number 818 : ======================== Narrated by Aisha It (i.e. Al-Abtah) was a place where the Prophet used to camp so that it might be easier for him to depart. Sahih Al Bukhari Volume 2, Book 26, Number 817 : ======================== Narrated by Anas bin Malik The Prophet offered the Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha prayers and slept for a while at a place called Al-Mahassab and then he rode towards the Kaba and performed Tawaf (al-Wada). NOTES: ** Zuhr Prayer is another name for Dhuhr prayer which is the prayer after midday. Al-Mahassab is a place where Allahs Apostle camped (during the Al-Hajjat-Ul-Wida ) Hagar Radhiallahu Taala anhu was the wife of Prophet Ibraham and the mother of Prophet Ishmael (peace and blessings of God be upon them.) Mount Arafat is an area 24 klms East from Makkah. It is a granite hill about 70 meters high where for an entire day, pilgrims are to spend hours in the vicinity of the mountain, praying and repenting.
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