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Hajj And Umrah 2022: Hajj Pilgrimage Date, History And Significance
Hajj and Umrah are pilgrimages to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, taken up by the Muslims. Hajj forms the fifth pillar of Islam, which a Muslim is supposed to undertake at least once in his lifetime, while Umrah is considered a minor pilgrimage that can be taken up at any point in time.
Hajj unlike Umrah occurs in the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah, and this year it will be observed between 7 July to 12 July 2022. The exact date of the Hajj pilgrimage is unpredictable as the Islamic calendar happens to be eleven days shorter that the Georgian calendar. Arrival in Mecca for worship is termed as Hajj.
Hajj
And
Umrah
2022:
History
And
Significance
Hajj
pilgrimage
stretches
into
antiquity,
even
before
the
times
of
Prophet
Muhammad
in
the
7th
Century.
It
is
believed
that
performing
the
Hajj
pilgrimage
dates
back
to
the
times
of
Ibrahim,
somewhere
around
2000
BCE.
The legend associated with the Hajj states, that Ibrahim, left his wife and son in a desert on account of God's order, his child Ishmael crying of thirst and his wife running desperately back and forth to fetch water.
It is believed that the baby cried and hit its foot on the ground, due to which water emerged miraculously. Another version of the history has it that angel Gabriel scrapped his feather on the ground, due to which water sprang up to quench the child's thirst. This source of water is called today as Zamzam.
It is also believed that in earlier days, tribes around the Arabian Peninsula and Christian Arabs also undertook a pilgrimage to Mecca. It is said that owing to the beliefs of the numerous tribes who converged in Mecca, there were hundreds of idols on the Kaaba (the cube-shaped building which is supposed to be the Muslim direction of prayer) which was cleared by the Prophet Muhammad.
In 631 CE, Prophet Muhammad performed his first Hajj pilgrimage with his followers, where he cleared the place off the idols and reinstated the Muslim belief. It was since then that the Hajj pilgrimage came to be the fifth pillar of Islam. It was the first and last Hajj pilgrimage that Muhammad undertook. However, it is said that he had undertaken a lot of Umrah.
There are numerous Hajj rituals associated with the Hajj pilgrimage, the performance of which makes the mission complete or valid. All the rituals are associated with the story of Ibrahim and his family who won the Lord's mercy owing to their complete trust in Him.
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