Hajj

• Hajj


  A pilgrimage to Mecca
• Pilgrimage


  A sacred spiritual journey
• Hajj


  • A once in a lifetime duty for all Muslims who are healthy and wealthy enough to go
  • Muslims travel to different places to perform different rituals that relate to the prophets Muhammad and Ibrahim
  • Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam
• Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca
• A pilgrimage is a sacred spiritual journey
• Hajj is a once in a lifetime duty for all Muslims who are healthy and wealthy enough to go
• Whilst on Hajj Muslims travel to different places to perform different rituals that relate to the prophets Muhammad and Ibrahim
• Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam
• Ibrahim had his first son, Ishmael, with his servant, Hagar
• Allah tested Ibrahim's faith by sending Hagar and Ishmael into the desert
• Ibrahim left Hagar and Ishmael with plenty of water and food
• Hagar was not very calm when the water ran out
• An angel helped Hagar to find water
• God did test Ibrahim further
• Ibrahim did not obey the devil when he was tempted
• Ibrahim and Sarah struggled to have a child
• Ibrahim had a child, Ishmael, with Hagar
• Allah tested Ibrahim - he had to take Hagar and Ishmael to the desert
• When they ran out of water Hagar ran between two mountains 7 times
• An angel appeared and dug into the ground; water came gushing out
• The angel told them that this would be the place for the first house of God
• Allah then tested Ibrahim again, asking him to sacrifice Ishmael
• Ibrahim was willing to do this
• The devil tempted Ibrahim to disobey God, Ibrahim rejected the devil by throwing stones
• Allah saw Ibrahim was willing to follow his command so provided an animal to be sacrificed instead