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Definition of 'hajj'English
Alternative forms
* hadj
* haj
Noun
( wikipedia)
( hajjes)
(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars
* 1855': The word '''Hajj is explained by Moslem divines to mean “Kasd,” or aspiration, and to express man’s sentiment that he is but a wayfarer on earth wending towards another and a nobler world. — Sir Richard Francis Burton, ''Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah , 1855, Appendix I.
Derived terms
* Hajji
See also
* ‘umra
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