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The start of Dhul Hijjah leads to the Hajj, a holy pilgrimage for Muslims, and Saudi Arabia has confirmed the Hajj start date. Here's when it begins.

More than 1.83 million Muslims performed the Hajj in 2024, including more than 1.6 million from 22 countries, and around 222,000 Saudi citizens and residents, according to the Saudi Hajj authorities.

Deaths during the Hajj have been reported in past years, though not always as a result of extreme heat. In 2015, a stampede in Mina killed more than 2,400 people, th e AP reported.

Cairo: Saudi authorities have outlined the steps pilgrims must follow if they lose their mandatory identification card during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah ...

The hajj is a once-in-a-lifetime duty for all Muslims physically and financially able to make the journey, which takes the faithful along a path traversed by the Prophet Muhammad some 1,400 years ago.

By 2029, the Hajj will occur in April, and for several years after that it will fall in the winter, when temperatures are milder. Magdy writes for the Associated Press.

The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and involves a series of religious rituals. It’s required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is ...

In 2019, nearly 2.5 million Muslims performed Hajj before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted religious and other gatherings the world over and took its toll on the Islamic pilgrimage.

The bodies of dead pilgrims were later covered with Ihram cloth - a simple garb worn by pilgrims - until medical vehicles arrived, the witness said. The fifth pillar of Islam, the hajj is ...

Temperatures during the 2024 hajj soared past 50 degrees Celsius, or 122 degrees Fahrenheit, on some days. Over 2,700 people in one day experienced heat exhaustion, according to Saudi health ...