What is the Hajj pilgrimage and Eid al-Adha? Everything you need to know - For pilgrims, performing the Hajj fulfills a religious obligation and is also a deeply spiritual experience ...

Here is a look at the haj, one of the largest mass gatherings in the world, which starts in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

Millions have made the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The kingdom faces scrutiny over safety after more than 1,300 people died last year.

At least 323 Egyptian and 60 Jordanian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, diplomats told AFP on Tuesday.

Hundreds of visitors have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid scorching heat, according to press reports and foreign ministries.

The annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage has begun — drawing around 2 million people to Mecca. Crowd control poses a challenge as pilgrims perform the physically and spiritually demanding journey.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on ...

This process excludes those who cannot afford the license or are not included in the allocation. Hajj is a once-in-a-lifetime religious obligation for every able-bodied Muslim.

Saudi ministry of Haj and Umrah narrates stories of Haj volunteers who help out pilgrims during the journey.

MOUNT ARAFAT: The Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, in his Haj sermon delivered from Masjid-i-Nimrah on Thursday covered a host of issues facing the Ummah ...

The annual hajj that brings more than 2 million pilgrims to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca has been drastically scaled back this year due to the pandemic, but virtual software developers are hoping to let ...

The haj has persisted for many centuries; it will not disappear. One haji, in 1807, rhapsodised about pilgrims’ forbearance, “through a thousand dangers” and “fatigues of every description”.