Mecca andThe Hajj

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Mecca and The Hajj

• What is the Hajj?
• Importance?

• Where is Mecca?
• History of Mecca?
• Religious importance

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Mecca

• Located in Saudi Arabia

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Mecca

• Ptolemy/Macoraba
• Birthplace of Muhammad
• Holiest city in Islam
• Holder of the kabal (cube)
• Mosque of Masjid al-Haram
• www.aicpmultimedia.org/
• Html/islamic_pictures-makkah-003.html

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Mecca

• Reconstructed by the Quraysh tribe
• Kaba or cube
• Blackstone of Abraham
• www.aicpmultimedia.org/
• Html/islamic_pictures-ka5Ebah-001.html

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Blackstone

• Blackstone of Abraham

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The Hajj

• The Hajj/ the Pilgrimage to Mecca
• Once in a life time
• Awaken your heart by saying La ilaha illa Llah-
  there is no god but Allah

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The Hajj

• Fifth pillar of Islam
• recite the names of
• The attributes of Allah
• at the right locations
• Allah, Hu, Haqq, Hayy,
• Qayyum, Qahhar,

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Source cited

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• www.aicpmultimedia.org
• www.qadiri-rifai.org/english/guidance/hajj.htm