RE - Hajj Flashcards
What is Ihram?
A white cloth to show everyone is the same.
What is a Tawaf?
The Arabic meaning of Tawaf is going round and round.
What is a Ka’aba?
It is a Building at the center of Islams most famous mosque.
What is the Black Stone?
The Black Stone is a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba
What is the Zam Zam well?
It is a well with really clean water.
What is Al-safa and Al-Marwa?
Safa and Marwa are two small hills, connected to the larger Abu Qubais and Qaiqan mountains
What is Mount Arafat?
Mount Arafat, also known by its Arabic name Jabal Arafat, and by its other Arabic name, Jabal ar-Rahmah, is a granodiorite hill about 20 km southeast of Mecca
what is Eid Ul Adha?
Eid al-Adha is the latter of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year
What is Mina?
an event described as a “crush and stampede” caused deaths estimated at well over 2000 pilgrims
What does hair have to do with Hajj?
They shave their hair for women.
What is Muzdalifah?
Muzdalifah is an open and level area near Mecca
What happens if people cant go?
If a Muslim can’t physically perform Hajj, they can ask someone to do it
Quote about Hajj.
“Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) Said: Whoever performs Hajj with any obscenity Shall return (from Hajj) like a newborn baby.”
Who is Ibrahim?
a prophet and messenger of God in Islam
What is Hagar?
the Book of Genesis
