Hajj

Saudi Arabia has announced that only 60,000 people from all countries will be allowed for Haj this year with COVID-19 protocol.

In Islamic terminology, Hajj is a pilgrimage made to the Kaaba, the “House of God”, in the sacred city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah, Salat, Zakat and Sawm.
- Shahadah – The Shahadah is the Muslim declaration of faith and the first Pillar of Islam .
- Salat – also spelled salah is the daily ritual prayer enjoined upon all Muslims as one of the five Pillars of Islam
- Zakat– is an Islamic term referring to the obligation that an individual has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year to charitable causes.
- Ṣawm(“fasting”)- in Islam, is any religious fast, but especially the fast of the month of Ramadan during which Muslims abstain from food or drink each day from sunrise (fajr) until sunset (maghrib).

saudi arabia

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East, and the second-largest country in the Arab world.
It is bordered by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; by the Persian Gulf, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman to the east; by a portion of Oman to the southeast; by Yemen to the south and southwest; and by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba to the west.
Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.

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