THE FIFTH PILLAR OF ISLAM: THE PILGRIMAGE (HAJJ)

Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) is the fifth of the fundamental Muslim practices and institutions known as The Five Pillars of Islam Cheap Umrah Deals UK. The pilgrimage in Islam is not undertaken to the sanctuaries of the saints, to the monasteries to ask for help from the holy men or to places where miracles are supposed to have occurred, although we can see that some Muslims do so at present. The pilgrimage is made to the temple of the Ka'abah, which is located in the Sacred City of Mecca, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the House of God, under whose foundations are found the remains of the ancient temple that the Prophet Abraham built to worship God. God rewarded him by attributing The House to himself, in essence honoring it,salah ). The rites of the pilgrimage are performed today exactly as the Prophet Abraham did, and after him, the Prophet Muhammad, may the peace of God be with both.

The Pilgrimage is seen as a particularly mysterious activity. It serves as penance, forgiveness of sins, devotion and intense spirituality. The pilgrimage to Mecca, the most sacred city of Islam, is mandatory at least once in life for all Muslims who have the physical and economic capacity to perform it. The rite of pilgrimage begins a few months after Ramadan, the eighth day of the last month of the lunar year,Dhul-Híyyah, and ends on the 13th of the same month. Mecca is the center to which we Muslims converge once a year to find and refresh in ourselves the faith that all human beings are equal and deserve the love and good treatment of our neighbor, regardless of race or ethnic origin . The racial harmony that fosters Hajj was expressed in the best way perhaps, by Malcolm X in his pilgrimage: