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/hˈædʒ/
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[ US /ˈhædʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈhædʒ/ ]
NOUN
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the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba
for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship
How To Use hajj In A Sentence
- Amongst Americans, the most widely known account of a hajji, a male who has undertaken the hajj to Mecca, is that of the Nebraskan-born African American Malcolm X who completed his first of two pilgrimages in April 1964. Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage
- For a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship.
- Pilgrim (Ya Hájj) is a polite address even to those who have not pilgrimaged. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- One of the pillars of Islamic faith, the Hajj must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by any Muslim who has the ability to do so.
- All adults hope to conduct the Islamic hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, at some time during their life.
- Before you partake your journey to perform your hajj, there are certain things that you should always remember to do.
- The gentleman with the stogie and the greenhead is inventor, Jeff Hajjar of SRM, maker of the Sure-Cycle spring kits and Terror Chokes. You Saw It Here First
- Those villagers who have made the hajj to Mecca, or even descendants of those who have made the journey, are highly respected.
- His sensations, on entering this vast repository of arms, were not unlike those attributed to a personage whose fictitious adventures, though the production of a _Feringhi_ pen, present one of the most faithful pictures extant of the genuine feelings of an oriental on Frank matters: -- "When we came to the guns," says the eximious Hajji Baba, "by my beard, existence fled from our heads! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843
- MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News