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2 days ago · Hajj ( / hɑːdʒ /; [1] Arabic: حَجّ Ḥajj; sometimes also spelled Hadj, or Haj or Haji in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, [2] the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and ...
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- Saudi Arabia
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- Mecca
Apr 23, 2024 · It is the holiest of Muslim cities. Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was born in Mecca, and it is toward this religious centre that Muslims turn five times daily in prayer ( see qiblah ). All devout and able Muslims attempt a hajj ( pilgrimage) to Mecca at least once in their lifetime.
Apr 19, 2024 · The Kaaba (Kaʿbah) surrounded by pilgrims during the hajj, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The cube-shaped structure (the word kaʿbah means “cube” in Arabic) is roughly 50 feet (15 meters) high, and it is about 35 by 40 feet (10 by 12 meters) at its base. Constructed of gray stone and marble, it is oriented so that its corners roughly correspond to ...
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Apr 23, 2024 · Muhammad (born c. 570, Mecca, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia]—died June 8, 632, Medina) was the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qurʾān. He is traditionally said to have been born in 570 in Mecca and to have died in 632 in Medina, where he had been forced to emigrate to with his adherents in 622.
- Who was Muhammad?Muhammad was the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qurʾān, Islam’s sacred scripture. He spent his entire life in what is now the country o...
- What family did Muhammad have?According to Islamic tradition, his father died before Muhammad was born, and his mother died when he was a young child. He is usually said to have...
- What are the traditional events of Muhammad’s life?Born in Mecca about 570 CE, Muhammad married a wealthy widow, Khadījah, in 595. In 610 he experienced a vision of the archangel Gabriel. His public...
- What are the scholarly sources of Muhammad’s biography?The Qurʾān provides very few concrete details regarding Muhammad’s life. Most such information thus comes from the sīrah (“biography”) literature,...
- Why are images of Muhammad generally prohibited in Islam?Many (though not all) Muslims reject visual representations (e.g., images and sculpted figures) of religious figures, or even visual representation...
3 days ago · The National Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Fátima-Philippines, also known as the EDSA Image, is a gift to the Philippines from the Sanctuary of Fátima, enshrined at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Valenzuela in Metro Manila. It was blessed by Pope Paul VI in 1967 on the 50th anniversary of the Apparitions.
- 13 May to 13 October 1917
- Marian apparition
Apr 21, 2024 · Here are images showing the city during a holy month, and some of the people living, visiting and worshiping there. Enlarge this image Orthodox Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old ...
3 days ago · Abdus Salam was born on 29 January 1926 in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Pakistan) into a Punjabi Rajput family professing Ahmadi Islam. [23] [24] His grandfather, Gul Muhammad, was a religious scholar as well as a physician, and his father Choudhary Muhammad Hussain was a minor educational official and a teacher.
