Ramadan is a period of fasting and spiritual growth and is one of the five “pillars of Islam” – the others being the declaration of faith, daily prayer, alms-giving and the pilgrimage to Mecca ...

Muslim prayers are directed five times daily toward Mecca, the place where Muhammad, Islam's founder, was born. Almost every devout and capable Muslim attempts to make a hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca ...

In 632, with almost all of Arabia converted, Muhammad made his pilgrimage to Mecca, accompanied by more than 120,000 men and women. He died two months later, at the age of 62. Is Islam an ...

Muhammad was orphaned as a child, but he was fortunate to be born into the powerful tribe of the Quraysh in the city of Mecca, a regional pilgrimage site and commercial crossroads. He became a ...

Six people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi ... the spokesman for the ministry of health Muhammad Al-Abdulaali said, according to the state ...

The Muslim community in Rwanda has unveiled significant reforms for the 2025 Holy Pilgrimage (Hajj), aimed at ensuring an enhanced experience for participants. Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, ...

Mansa Musa's net worth, which positions him as the wealthiest man in history is still debatable. As the richest possessor of ...

The former Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced his arrival at Mecca, together with his wife, Samira Bawumia, to perform Umrah, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Sharing the ...

Five thousand Kenyan Muslims are among the 2 million faithful that will miss this year’s pilgrimage to the holy sites in Mecca due to ... CIPK Organising Secretary Muhammad Khalifa said Dhul ...

and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he ...