Pilgrimage In IslamAn extensive manual describing the Hajj?a journey that enlightens the significance of human existence and submission?this guidebook offers advice for those undertaking the holy voyage and gives the meanings behind its rituals. With special attention to the people who make the journey?approximately three million Muslims a year?this reference illuminates the importance of one of the fundamental forms of Islamic worship as a social and cosmic transformation. |
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Abdullah ibn Abbas ablution Abu Dawud acts of worship afaqis Allahu Akbar Baqara blessed Bukhari camel circumambulating the Ka'ba circumambulation command Day of Arafat Dhu al-Hijja Divine earth enter into ihram expiation fard farewell tawaf feel Fethullah Gülen God’s God's Messenger hadith Hagar Hajar al-Aswad hajj and umra hajj duty hajj ifrad hajj or umra hajj prayer hajj qiran hajj rites hajj tamattu Haram region Ibn Abbas Ibrahim Canan ihram clothes intention Ishmael Islam Ka'ba Lord makruh Manasik Masjid al-Haram Mecca Medina miqat miqat border Mosque Muhammad Muslim Muzdalifa narrates Nasai necessary wajib number Nursi obligatory perform a hajj perform the hajj perform the tawaf person pilgrimage pilgrims Prophet Abraham Qur'an Rawda rites of hajj sa'y sacrificial animal Safa and Marwa shaving or shortening soul standing at Arafat stoning Satan sunna sunna acts supererogatory supplications takbirs talbiya tawaf of arrival tawaf of visiting throw pebbles Tirmidhi violations wuquf Zamzam