2 Rajab 725 AH Tanca Hajj & Umrah
On 2 Rajab 725 AH (1325), the 22-year-old Ibn Battuta set out from his hometown of Tangier with the intention of performing Hajj. This pilgrimage journey became the first step of the celebrated traveller's long voyages.
20206 years ago
On 30 July 2020, in a Hajj scaled down by COVID-19 measures, masked pilgrims, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, stood at Arafat. Officials said between 1,000 and 10,000 would take part, compared with about 2.5 million people at Arafat the year before.
200620 years ago
On 12 January 2006, during the stoning ritual, a crush at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge in Mina killed at least 345 pilgrims and injured 289, according to early official figures. Later reports put the death toll at more than 360.
10Hijri
During the Farewell Pilgrimage of 10 AH (632), the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ reached Mecca in the late morning of 4 Dhu al-Hijjah, riding his camel Qaswa. On 8 Dhu al-Hijjah, the day of Tarwiyah, he set out for Mina.
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