The hajj

The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Every Muslim who is fit and financially able must perform the hajj at least once in his life. The pilgrimage starts on the 8^th day of 12^th month of the Islamic year and ends after 6 days. We should dress in white robes called the ihram. All steps of the hajj we must do in Mecca which is known as the capital of all the Islamic world and there is a unique mosque in Mecca and it’s name is Alhram. In Alhram there is Alk’aba; it’s a direction for all Muslims to face when they pray five times each day.

The hajj starts with a stop in a place named Meqat before Mecca and people wear the special dress for the hajj. For men it’s a white robe of two pieces and for women it’s any long simple dress but there is one condition; after they dress they can’t cut hair or nail until they take it off. The next step they should do is Tawaf and sa’i. On the first official day you should to mina and stay the night there. On the next day you should go to Arafat and stay till sunset then go to camp all night at Muzdalifah. On the 3^rd day you should go to Mina to do two things. The first thing is you should throw the stones on jamraat then slaughter a cheep ; then you should go back to Mecca to do Tawaf and sa’i. The next thing to do on the hajj is stay the next three days in Mina , Finally go to Mecca to do Tawaf.