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As one of the three major religions in the world, Islam has a large number of Muslims who follow it all over the world.
Every year in the city, you can see countless Muslims coming here for the annual and massive pilgrimage service.
In the center of their devotion is a small house, known to the world as the "Black House", which is surrounded by many MuslimsWhat is the place in the hearts of Muslims?
Black House").
The holy city of Mecca
The reason why Mecca is called the holy place is because Muhammad, the founder of Islam and the prophet, was born here, and founded Islam here, and soon had many followers and believers, but it also suffered from the gods, and many people who believed in Islam at that time were civilians.
Unable to resist, they fled Mecca and moved to Medina in 622 AD, where both Mecca and Medina were revered as holy places in Islam.
The Muslims who later moved to Medina decided to worship in the direction of Mecca.
As the holiest place in Islam, Mecca is not large, only 760 square kilometers, but due to its special geographical location, it has been a relatively important center and port city as early as BC.
Prophet Muhammad).
As the fundamental text of Islam, the Qur'an stipulates the "five skills" that followers of Islam need to do: recitation, prayer, fasting, prayer and pilgrimage, among which the prayer stipulates that the Islamic believer prays in the direction of the Ka'ba in Mecca.
Devotees who leave for the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca are known as Hajj.
And the Kaaba mentioned above is the "black house". There are different versions of the story of the Black House, which is described in the Qur'an as the earliest and oldest mosque created for the world, the Kaaba in Mecca, the guide of the world.
Therefore, the true name of the "black house" is the Kaaba, the place where Allah Allah lives, and it is an inviolable holy place in the hearts of Muslims.
Go to the Kaaba, for Hajj
The Kaaba is actually made of stone, and because it is covered with a black silk dust cover, the world also sees it black, which is the origin of the "black house".
The outside of the Kaaba is also decorated with a stitch and thread embroidered ** and gold embroidery decoration, which consumes immeasurable manpower and financial resources. Every year on Hajj Day, the King of Saudi Arabia personally presides over the replacement of the dust cover.
Referring to the Hajj, one of the "five merits" of Muslims, Arabic means "Hanzhi", which translates to mean to set off for a specific purpose, and now it also refers specifically to Muslims going to Mecca for the Hajj ceremony because of the specific rituals established by the Prophet Muhammad.
Throughout their lives, Muslims have been striving for this goal, and no matter how far away they are, their pure and fervent faith has always driven them to work for it, and once they have the ability to go to Mecca, they will overcome all difficulties and arrive in Mecca in person to participate in the Hajj.
It is also the power of religion, and the persistence of Muslims in their goals has also allowed the world to witness the power of Islam and the power of the believers' own faith.
Hajj in Mecca) and for the rituals included in Hajj, there are mainly Umrah and Hajj.
Before the beginning of the Hajj, Muslims are required to make seven circumambulations around the Ka'aba and seven times between Saf'a and Marwah, which are part of the Umrah ritual, which begins on December 8 in the Islamic calendar, when the pilgrims leave Mecca and stay in the nearby valley of Mina.
The next morning, pilgrims are required to travel to the plains of Afarat for a day, chant hymns during the day, pray sincerely like Allah, and think seriously about their lives.
After the sun sets, pilgrims go to Muzdairifa, where they collect pebbles to "shoot stones to ward off evil spirits". On the 10th of December in the Islamic calendar, they are the day of Eid al-Adha, in which pilgrims throw stones at the wall that symbolizes the devil.
The ritual lasts for three days, the first day of the event is followed by the sacrifice of the animals, during which the pilgrims travel to the Ka'ba circumambulation of Mecca.
Eid al-Adha Bazaar).
At the end of this session, the pilgrims must return to Mecca from Mina before sunset on 12 December, and after the Hajj, the pilgrims make one last circumnavigation of the Kaaba before leaving Mecca, which is the farewell.
It can be seen that during the Hajj, every process is carried out around the "black house", which is enough to show the status of the Kaaba in the hearts of Muslims.
Muslims are spread all over the world, and the number of people who make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is increasing every year, and the number of Hajj Day in 2006 has reached 2.5 million Muslims from different countries and regions, and among these 2.5 million people, nearly 10,000 Muslims from China have made the Hajj. With the advancement of transportation, the number of people is increasing every year.
For thousands of years, Muslims have traveled thousands of miles to the holy land of Mecca in order to complete their religious deeds, imitate the ancient sages, abstain from selfish desires, purify their hearts, and realize the sublimation of faith and spirit.
The meaning of the existence of the "Kaaba".
In the days before and after the Hajj, every year there will be countless Muslims to complete the "five merits" in the Quran to Mecca, the number of ** increase will always bring economic growth to Saudi Arabia, to promote the development of the local industry provides a lot of opportunities, the arrival of these people to the local tourism, accommodation, catering industry to gain countless customers.
This also provides a large number of local employment opportunities, such as the temple where the "Black House" is located is cleaned four times a day to ensure that the "house of Allah" is clean and tidy, and the clean-up activity requires nearly 2,000 cleaners to clean everything from the ground to the garbage cans to keep this sacred place from the slightest pollution.
This work alone has created a lot of jobs in this part of Mecca.
The temple where the "Black House" is located).
The existence of "Kaaba" has also played a certain role in promoting Islam, such as the replacement of the dust cover engraved with ** mentioned above, and the dust cover that has been removed is also enshrined as a holy object, and Saudi Arabia will also choose to give a huge dust cover to friendly countries.
Or you can choose to disassemble it, reframe it and send it to Muslim temples around the world to pass on religious beliefs.