13 - 7 - 2020 NOTES ----END---- J.H.S. 1 R.M.E NOTES TOPIC: PILLARS OF ISLAM - HAJJ (CONTINUATION) RITUALS PERFORMED DURING HAJJ 1. CIRCUMAMBULATION OF THE KA’ABA: This is a practice where pilgrims walk seven times round the Ka’aba at the great mosque in Mecca. This movement is done in an anti-clockwise direction. Many also attempt to touch the Black Stone (a meteorite believed to have been sent from heaven). The pilgrims run seven times along a passageway in the great mosque commemorating the search of water by Hagar, wife of prophet Ibrahim. 2. STANDING ON MOUNT ARAFAT: On the ninth day of the twelfth month on the Islamic calendar, pilgrims go to Arafat, a plain about nine miles southeast of Mecca. They listen to series of sermons delivered by Islamic scholars on mount Arafat. According to Islamic traditions, Prophet Mohammed gave his last sermon on Arafat. 3. COLLECTION OF PEBBLES AT MUZDALIFAH: Pilgrims spen...
