Hajj

The pilgrimage to Makkah in Dhul Hijjah, obligatory once in a lifetime on those who are able.

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What Hajj means in Islam

It is the fifth pillar. The condition of ability, called istita'ah, covers health, safe passage and the money to travel and to leave dependants provided for; someone who lacks these owes nothing. The rites run over several days across Makkah, Mina, Arafah and Muzdalifah, retracing the acts of Ibrahim, Hajar and Isma'il. Umrah can be done at any time of year, but hajj cannot.

Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an

Read beside it

Rooms that name it

Mansa Musa's hajj was still being discussed in Cairo years laterA Light · Mansa Musa of Mali · hajj of 1324
The Farewell Hajj: ArafatThe Path · chapter 45
Surah Al-HajjSurah 22 · The Pilgrimage

Words that sit beside it

UmrahThe lesser pilgrimage: ihram, tawaf, sa'i and cutting the hair, and it may be done any time of year.عُمْرَة
IhramThe sanctified state a pilgrim enters with intention and talbiyah, marked by simple unsewn dress.إِحْرام
WuqufStanding at Arafah on the ninth of Dhul Hijjah, the one rite without which there is no hajj.الوُقوفُ بِعَرَفَة
TawafCircling the Kaaba seven times, keeping it on your left, starting and ending at the Black Stone.طَواف
MiqatThe fixed boundary points where a pilgrim must enter ihram before continuing towards Makkah.مِيقات