At the center is the Ka'aba, which the Koran says was built by Abraham and Ishmael. Muslims consider it the "House of God" on Earth. On the final night of the Hajj, pilgrims make the ritual known ...

counter-clockwise procession around the cube-shaped Kaaba building, and the symbolic stoning of evil. The Hajj is a source of ...

Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam and one of the most significant religious obligations for Muslims. It is a sacred five-day ...

The Ka’ba, in the centre of Makkah (Mecca), is the most sacred site in Islam For their journey to count as Hajj, a Muslim must make the pilgrimage during the month of Dhu’l-Hijja, which is the ...

Hajj 2025: Big announcement by Saudi Arabia ... Then they perform Tawaf (circumambulation) around the Kaaba and circle seven times between two hills named Safa and Marwa. After this, they ...

The Saudi Arabian government has set the minimum age for Hajj pilgrims at 15 this year. Ministry of Religious Affairs confirmed this in a letter issued by the ministry’s Hajj Section-1 on ...