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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. 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 ...
Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar, also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
One of three dates used by Shia Muslims for Laylat al-Qadr: See notes for 23 Ramadan 20 Ramadan: May 13, 2020 Conquest of Mecca: Shia day of remembrance 21 Ramadan: May 14, 2020 Martyrdom of Imam Ali, also one of the dates used by Sunnis for Laylat al-Qadr, see 27 Ramadan entry. Public holiday in Iran, Azadari in Lucknow, see entry for 23 Ramadan.
Mecca and Medina receive over three million pilgrims a year during the month of Dhu al-Hijjah in Hajj, [33] and around two million during the month of Ramadan to perform Umrah. [34] During the rest of the year, Mecca and Medina receive around four million for Umrah. The Hajj, or pilgrimage to the city, is one of the five pillars of Islam. Only ...
Dhu al-Hijjah (also Dhu al-Hijja Arabic: ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة, romanized: Ḏū al-Ḥijja IPA: [ðu‿l.ħid͡ʒ.d͡ʒah]) is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. [1] Being one of the four sacred months during which war is forbidden, it is the month in which the Ḥajj ( Arabic : حج , lit.
Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام , romanized: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [6] [7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of ...
The next year, the Muslim tradition claims that Muhammad ordered and took part in the Conquest of Mecca in December 629. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Following the agreed-upon terms of the Hudaibiya Treaty, Muhammad and some 2000 followers (men, women and children) proceeded to perform what became the first Umrah, which lasted three days.
The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year. [citation needed] Conversely, the Day of Arafah, the day before Eid al-Adha, is the holiest day of the Islamic year. [citation needed]