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Origins of Hajj: What Makes Hajj so Important?

Being a human, you belong to a certain community. To be part of that community you follow the practices, rituals and every other thing that makes you a perfect member. For every faith out there, Islam certainly piques the interest of many people. 

Unfortunately, people associate Islam with Islamophobia, however, that’s not the case. How can a religion that preaches peace, unity, and harmony be guilty of terror? To make things clear, certain factors play a huge role to improve the image of Islam. 

Take a look around yourself, you will find Muslims in every corner of the world. Migration to holy places is perhaps the most common factor among all religions. People travel across the world to visit their Holy Places. Likewise, Muslims perform their Holy rituals of performing Hajj and Umrah every year (or whenever possible for them). 

Mecca: where it all begins:-

Saudi Arabia is one of the most prominent countries in the world. With the royal monarch ruling the country and riches of oil found here, it’s hard to not become investors in the country. However, one thing that makes it so important for Muslims is that it was the hometown of the beloved Prophet (P.B.U.H).

The story dates back to 2000 B.C, the time when Prophet (P.B.U.H) along with his companions had to migrate from the Holy City of Mecca towards Medina. That was the beginning of Hijrat (migration and hence the Hijri calendar as well).

But the story of hajj begins when Prophet Ibrahim (A.S) along with his wife were stranded in the desert. The infant son, Ismail (A.S), was on brink of death because of thirst, and to rectify the situation the infant’s mother ran back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwa searching for water until the miracle happened (angel Gabriel came down to earth and touched the soil, that busted a fresh spring of water) now is popularly known as Well of Zam Zam. By the order of Almighty, the idols from the central place were demolished and instead a cube-like structure was built by Prophet Ibrahim (A.S) and his son, Prophet Ismail (A.s) to bring Muslims under one roof. 

And so with time people started to come here to pay respects and tribute to the place, because it soon became popular the Well of ZamZam never dried.

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