Ritual · 632 CE

The Farewell Pilgrimage and the hajj

Mecca and the plain of ʿArafat

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Months before his death, Muhammad led a pilgrimage to Mecca that tradition treats as the model for the hajj. Every Muslim who is able must make the journey once, and each year pilgrims circle the Kaʿba, stand at ʿArafat and end with the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha.

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