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  2. Kaaba - Wikipedia

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    Circling the Kaaba seven times counterclockwise, known as Tawaf (Arabic: طواف, romanized: tawaaf), is a Fard (obligatory) rite for the completion of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. [4] The area around the Kaaba where pilgrims walk is called the Mataaf.

  3. Hajj - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca "Haj" redirects here. For other uses, see Hajj (disambiguation) and Haj (disambiguation). Hajj حَجّ Pilgrims at the Al-Masjid Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca on Hajj in 2010 Status Active Genre Religious pilgrimage Begins 8th day of Dhu al-Hijja Ends 12th or 13th ...

  4. Black Stone - Wikipedia

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    The Black Stone was held in reverence well before Islam. It had long been associated with the Kaaba, which was built in the pre-Islamic period and was a site of pilgrimage of Nabataeans who visited the shrine once a year to perform their pilgrimage. The Kaaba held 360 idols of the Meccan gods.

  5. Masses of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia circle the Kaaba ahead of ...

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    Masses of Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca on Thursday circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, a day before heading to the nearby desert area of Mina to officially open the Hajj, the ...

  6. What's Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage, and why is it ... - AOL

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    Here's a look at the pilgrimage and its significance to Muslims. ... Muslims do not worship the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure that they consider the metaphorical house of God; it’s the focal ...

  7. History of the Hajj - Wikipedia

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    The Kaaba in Mecca is the destination of pilgrimage for the Muslims Pilgrim encampment c. 1910. The hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca performed by millions of Muslims every year, coming from all over the Muslim world. Its history goes back many centuries.

  8. Muslim pilgrims wrap up Hajj with final symbolic stoning of ...

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    Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the ...

  9. Masjid al-Haram - Wikipedia

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    The Ka'aba is a cuboid-shaped building in the center of the Great Mosque and the most sacred site in Islam. [57] It is the focal point for Islamic rituals like prayer and pilgrimage. [57] [58] [59] The Black Stone is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba and plays a role in the pilgrimage. [60] [61]