Worshippers try to take gruelling conditions in stride, seizing what for many is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pray at Islam's holiest sites.
Worshippers try to take gruelling conditions in stride, seizing what for many is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pray at Islam's holiest sites.Pilgrims continue their worship to fulfill the Hajj pilgrimage as they take part in the symbolic stoning of the devil at Jamrat al-Aqaba in Mecca. / Photo: AA
The ritual commemorates Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at the three spots where it is said Satan tried to dissuade him from obeying God's order to sacrifice his son. "It was very, very hot," Rohy Daiseca, a 60-year-old Gambian living in the United States, said on Saturday night as pilgrims collected stones to throw."Alhamdulillah , I put a lot of water on my head and it was OK."
One of the five pillars of Islam, Hajj must be performed at least once by all Muslims with the means.
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