Updated July 16 2018 The hajj is the annual pilgrimage to the Saudi Arabian city of Makka often spelled Mecca which occurs between the 7th and 12th or sometimes the 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah--the last month of the Islamic calendar.

Islam pilgrimage meaning. I Mohammed bestowed the Hajj with magical consequences for those who perform it. Nouns denoting acts or actions. A journey to a sacred place.

The rituals last five days and take place on the eighth day of the Dhu al-Hijjah lunar month in Mecca Saudi Arabia. The hajj is the fifth of the fundamental Muslim practices and institutions known as the Five Pillars of Islam. Hajj literally means to set out for a place and every able-bodied Muslim with the means to do so is expected to make the pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime traditionally after first.

See ḥgg in the Appendix of Semitic roots. They will circle Islams most sacred site the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Saudi Arabian city. Around two million Muslims from around the world are beginning the five-day Hajj pilgrimage on Saturday.

Hajjes or hajes also hadjes Islam A pilgrimage to Mecca during Dhul Hijja considered obligatory for every Muslim who is capable of undertaking it at least once in his or her life. Making a pilgrimage or Hajj to Mecca and to its hills is one of the five pillars of Islam. PILGRIMAGE noun Sense 1.

You begin at a place just outside Mecca called the Miqat or entry station to the Hajj. Every Muslim has an obligation to make this pilgrimage at least once in his lifetime. Noun a journey especially a long one made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

A pilgrimage to Lourdes. The Hajj is a real pilgrimage - a journey with rites and rituals to be done along the way. Arabic ḥajj from ḥajja to perform the annual Meccan pilgrimage.