The annual Hajj is a primary devotional duty for Muslims and must be performed at least once in the life of a Muslim.
Tens of thousands of Muslims from all over the world gather every year in the holy city of Mecca to carry out the Hajj pilgrimage.
Without any difference of race, gender, language or nationality, Muslims from the countries of the world walk around the Holy Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, counterclockwise, shoulder to shoulder, as a sign of religion in Allah.
In the midst of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, issued a statement.
He called the Hajj a symbol of the unity of the Islamic country, adding that “the Islamic country can once again practice its unity and concord in this transparent and imperishable mirror, and [seize this opportunity to] move away from the points that lead to disunity. “and division”.
Ayatollah Khamenei also described unity and spirituality as the basic bases of Hajj, noting that “the unity of the Muslim country is one of the two basic bases of hajj pilgrimage. When this base is combined with spirituality and the remembrance of God (dhikr) – which in combicountry constitute the other basic basis of this duty, which is full of secrets: they can take the Islamic country to the heights of honor and bliss.
On June 8, 2022, Leader won the Hajj and pilgrimage on the threshold of the annual Hajj congregation.
The assembly showed the importance of the rite for Ayatollah Khamenei.
During the meeting, Leader said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is seriously calling on the Saudi government to host Hajj rituals for the protection of all pilgrims, particularly Iranians.
Noting that the hajj is the manifestation of Islamic unity, he said every effort should be made not to cause the slightest harm to Muslim unity.
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“Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the risk it poses to giant public gatherings, the hajj of the Islamic calendar year 1441 [2020 according to the Christian calendar] will be limited to pilgrims of other nationalities already in the country,” the Saudi said. Said. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said in a statement, Sputnik reported.
In April, he asked Muslim travelers from around the world to refrain from visiting the kingdom for the Hajj. Previously, the main holy places were closed to visitors, as full disinfection procedures were carried out to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
In March, the Saudi government banned prayers in mosques and added weekly Friday prayers, following restrictions issued by the country’s government.
On June 12, 2022, a rite of departure was held for the first organization of Iranian Hajj pilgrims, who left the country for Medina. The organization of 260 pilgrims from Tehran province departed from Iran from Imam Khomeini Airport.
As many as 39,630 Iranians were sent to this year’s annual Hajj pilgrimage.
A senior official with the country’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, Vahid Eskandari, said all Iranian pilgrims have been sent to Saudi Arabia to carry out their annual hajj pilgrimage.
Referring to the 162 flights to Medina airport, he said Iran has 87 flights for 55 percent of the total number of hajj pilgrims from other airports in the country.
In addition, with 73 flights to Jeddah, 17,295 pilgrims from the country’s airports headed to Jeddah Airport.
Compiled and translated via Amin Mohammadzadegan Khoyi