Iran Press/ Middle East: Saudi Arabia, after two years of performing the Hajj with a limited number of Saudi pilgrims due to the outbreak of the corona pandemic, has made it possible for this year's Hajj rituals, as in previous years, to be attended by pilgrims from different countries, including Iran.
In previous years, about 85,000 of Iranian pilgrims visited the land of revelation, but this year, with the reduction of quotas in Islamic countries, about 40,000 people from Iran will be able to participate in Hajj.
The first group of Iranian pilgrims arrived in Mecca on Friday night after five nights in Medina.
These 9 groups arrived in Saudi Arabia on June 12 with the first Hajj flights.
According to the public relations of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization of Iran, by noon on Friday, there were 37 flights from Iran to Saudi Arabia, in which 6,962 Iranian pilgrims entered the city of Medina.
In Islamic terminology, Hajj is a pilgrimage made to the Kaaba, the 'House of God', in the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah (oath to God), Salat (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), and Sawm (fasting of Ramadan). The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah).
The word Hajj means "to attend a journey", which connotes both the outward act of a journey and the inward act of intentions.
The rites of pilgrimage are performed over five to six days, extending from the 8th to the 12th or 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar.
Because the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Islamic year is about eleven days shorter than the Gregorian year, the Gregorian date of Hajj changes from year to year. In 2022 AD (1443 AH), Dhu al-Hijjah extends from 30 June to 29 July.
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