The pilgrims begin arriving by air, sea, and land during the weeks prior to the pilgrimage period. As they approach Mecca, they stop at one of the designated areas to shower and change clothing, entering into a state of devotion and purity for the pilgrimage.
During Hajj, Mina turns into an enormous tent city housing millions of pilgrims
On the first official day of the pilgrimage, the millions of pilgrims that have now gathered travel from Mecca to Mina, a small village east of the city. There they spend the day and night in enormous tent cities, praying, reading the quran, and resting for the next day.
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On the second day of the pilgrimage, the pilgrims leave Mina just after dawn to travel to the Plain of Arafat for the culminating experience of the Hajj. the pilgrims spend the entire day there After sunset on the Day of Arafat, the pilgrims leave and travel to a nearby open plain called Muzdalifah
On the third day, the pilgrims move before sunrise, this time back to Mina. Here they throw their stone pebbles at pillars that represent the temptations of Satan. After casting the pebbles, most pilgrims slaughter an animal (often a sheep or a goat) and give away the meat to the poor.
The pilgrims then return to Mecca and perform seven tawaf, turns around the Ka’aba, the house of worship built by Abraham and his son. In other rites, the pilgrims pray near a place called “The Station of Abraham,” which is reportedly where Abraham stood while constructing the Ka’aba. The pilgrims also walk seven times between two small hills near the Ka’aba (and enclosed in the Grand Mosque’s complex caled 'safa' and 'marwa')..
In the days and weeks after Hajj, many Muslims take advantage of their travel time by visiting the city of Madinah, 270 miles north of Mecca.
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Picture of Makkah-1910