hajj

plural hajjes · alternative hadj · alternative haj

1. IslamThe pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

   “He passed away due to diabetes while in prison,” the residential committee member said. “He was serving time in Tumshuq Prison for performing the hajj pilgrimage.”

   2023 May 24, Shohret Hoshur, “Uyghur motorcycle repairman’s corpse released by prison in Kashgar prefecture”, in Roseanne Gerin, Malcom Foster, editors, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024, RFA Uyghur

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   The word Hajj is explained by Moslem divines to mean “Kasd,” or aspiration, and to express man’s sentiment that he is but a wayfarer on earth wending towards another and a nobler world.

   1855, Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Appendix I

   The restored cottage, which has been open to tourists since 1891 (Woodrow Wilson came here on a cycling tour in 1899), is the Kaabah of a Lake District haj, a must-see for all pilgrims.

   2000 June, Jamie James, “Wordsworth Slept Here”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2015

   Global heating has “fundamentally altered” the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has found.

   2026 May 28, Damian Carrington, “Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds”, in The Guardian, →ISSN