Know about Eid ul Adha 2024: What’s Hajj and why it is significant for Muslims

Eid ul Adha 2024: What’s Hajj and why it is significant for Muslims

Eid ul Adha 2024: Every year at this time for several days, Muslim believers arriving from different countries of the world concentrate in Saudi Arabia to fulfill the regular religious obligation of hajj – one of the five pillars of Islam. While performing the virtue, they get to enjoy the service that is often seen as a pilgrimage that may be the journey of a lifetime to them and an opportunity to appeal for the sins to be forgiven. The following is a description of the journey and its importance in the Islamic faith.

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Hajj is the Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca located in Saudi Arabia that every able-bodied and financially stable Muslim is recommended to carry out at least once in his or her lifetime. People can make this journey more than once some of them go more than once. It is however, one of the five duties that every good Muslim must perform in his lifetime which are collectively known as the Five Pillars of Islam which include the profession of faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting and the hajj.

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When is Hajj?

The Hajj only happens once a year within the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja, which is the twelfth month in the Islamic calendar. This year the journey of Hajj will be performed this month.

To understand the importance of hajj to Muslims, one has to comprehend the religion of Islam as well as the history of hajj.

Technically, performing hajj is an act of worship that is required of Muslim pilgrims, although generally it is an excellent opportunity to visit the holy sites as it is a spiritual journey of a lifetime for many. It is regarded as a method of appealing for pardon for sins committed in the past as well as a means of drawing closer to the Almighty God, a means of emulation of the Prophets. For example, during the Hajj, Muslims who otherwise live in different races, color, language and economic status come together from all over the world to perform similar religious exercises and pray to the Almighty God at the same time. That leaves many with feelings of welfare, togetherness,inferiority and level ground. Visitors arrive also with their private requests, desires, moments too.

Many pilgrims carry requests for prayers to be offered on their behalf from friends and family. Some people save money and wait for permission to travel, while others spend years praying and hoping to do the Hajj. Before the coronavirus pandemic interrupted religious and other gatherings worldwide and negatively impacted the Islamic pilgrimage, around 2.5 million Muslims completed the Hajj in 2019. The Hajj that took place last year was the first since the pandemic’s beginning in 2020 to be conducted without COVID-19 limitations.

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