Tag Archives: Hajj Pilgrimage

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei says Muslim countries must cut off all aid to the Zionist regime and prevent it from committing further savage acts against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip...

The Arabian Humanities Journal plans to publish a special issue titled "The Pilgrimage to Mecca as a Social Experience" and has invited all researchers to submit their works. The aim is to analyze the extent to which every hajj narrative is part of a given socio-political horizon and...

Hajj is one of the five pillars on which Islam is based. In a noble hadith, Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said, “Islam is based on five pillars: on prayer (salat), alms (zakat), pilgrimage (hajj), fasting (sawm), and....

Hajj is not just a religious obligation but also a powerful symbol of unity and solidarity with millions of Muslims from all over the world who come together to perform the same...

Millions of Muslim worshipers cast pebbles in the “stoning of the devil” ritual of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, as Muslims around the world are celebrating the first day of...

Unity and spirituality are what guarantee the material and spiritual advancement of the Islamic world and its enlightening the entire world, said Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in his message to the 2023 Hajj Pilgrimage....

Wearing the Iḥrām is amongst one of the Hajj rituals and putting it on marks the beginning of the Hajj: special clothing for a special type of worship. On an apparent level, some may come to the conclusion that for one of the....

A Shiʿite Pilgrimage to Mecca is taken from the original nineteenth-century Persian manuscript of the Safarnâmeh of Mirzâ Moḥammad Ḥosayn Farâhâni, a well-educated, keenly observant, Iranian....

Brannon Wheeler uses both textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a 'thick description' of...

The Islamic nation can once again observe its unity and harmony in this clear, timeless mirror, and [take this opportunity to] turn away from factors that lead to disunity and division...