Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam and one of the most significant religious obligations for Muslims. It is a sacred five-day ...

Significance in Hajj: Arafat Day is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage, taking place on the 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is considered the climax of ...

where the prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final hajj sermon. Muslim pilgrims gather to pray at Mount Arafat near the holy city of Mecca early yesterday. AFP Dressed in white, they ...

The pilgrims performed the main ritual of Hajj "Waqoof-e-Arafat" today, where they listened the sermon delivered ... The covering cloth of the Kaaba, known as Kiswa, is changed on 9th Zilhaj every ...

Unlike other sacred sites, Mecca is closed off to believers of other faiths: only Muslims are permitted on the Hajj. On the first day of the Hajj, fifteen thousand buses carry millions of pilgrims ...

Six days after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, on February 18, 1979, the PLO chairman Yasser Arafat who was previously detested by the toppled regime ... It was Imam Khomeini who named the last ...

He then told Ibrahim to leave Hajira and Isma’il with some food and water. Those completing the Hajj are known as Hajji. Everyone taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage is treated as an equal and ...