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The date of Hajj is determined by the Islamic calendar (known as the Hijri calendar or AH), which is based on the lunar year. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Every year, the events of Hajj take place in a ten-day period, starting on 1 and ending on 10 Dhu al-Hijjah , the twelfth and last month of the Islamic calendar.
15 Dhu al-Hijjah, birth of Twelver Imām, ʿAlī al-Naqī – AH 214 [Disputed date]. 18 Dhu al-Hijjah, Shīʿite Muslims celebrate the event of Ghadir Khumm – AH 10. 19 Dhu al-Hijjah, Fatimah went to Ali's house after their marriage. 23 Dhu al-Hijjah, martyrdom of Meesam Tammar, friend of Ali – AH 60.
The present pattern of the Islamic Hajj was established by Islamic prophet Muhammad, around 632 CE, who reformed the existing pilgrimage tradition of the pagan Arabs. According to Islamic tradition, the hajj dates from thousands of years earlier, from when Abraham, upon God's command, built the Kaaba (the "house of God").
Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a religious ...
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.
Every year, the Gregorian dates of the Islamic holidays change. Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha.
Lasting from noon through sunset, [6] this is known as 'standing before God' (wuquf), one of the most significant rites of Hajj. [11] [12] At Masjid al-Namirah, pilgrims offer Zuhr (Dhohr) and Asr prayers together at noon time. [10] A pilgrim's Hajj is considered invalid if they do not spend the afternoon on Arafat. [6]
More than 1.83 million Muslims performed Hajj in 2024, including more than 1.6 million pilgrims from 22 countries, and around 222,000 Saudi citizens and residents, according to Saudi Hajj authorities.