Hajj
Hajj
Ihram
Travelling to Arafat
Muzdalifah and Jamarat
Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam that means pilgrimage
A special journey to a special place for a special reason
Every Muslim should try and join a pilgrimage at least once in their life
Before Hajj, Muslims must enter a state called Ihram
Ihram involves ritual washing, praying and putting on Ihram clothing (two sheets of white cloth for men or clothes of a single colour for women)
The cloth worn is a sign of purity and equality
The Ka'aba
The Hajj begins and ends with circling the Ka'aba seven times in an anti-clockwise direction
Everyone then walks along a covered walkway linking the hills of Safa and Marwah
Collect water form the well of Zamzam
Arafat
Arafat is where Muhammed gave his last sermon
They spend an afternoon praying in the hot Sun. The heat of the Sun reminds Muslims what the day of Judgement will be like
They collect 49 pebbles to be used the next day
At Mina, there are three stone walls called the Jamarat that represent the Devil and temptation
They throw the stones they collected at the walls to show they reject the Devil