0
The risk of going to Mecca during Hajj is many but here are few to mention:
1. Overcrowding due to the number of people who visit during the Hajj
2. Viruses: Southwest Saudi Arabia, for example, recorded hundreds of mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever cases in 2000-01, and precautions were taken to protect Hajj worshipers. So watch out.
3. Crowd Control: Hajj has a history of crowd control issues in which stampedes have killed hundreds of people. The worst incident occurred in 1990 when 1,426 pilgrims were killed in a stampede inside the Al-Ma'aisim tunnel. About 250 died during the stoning of the devil ritual at Jamarat Bridge in Mina in 2004 and 346 in 2006. The ritual, which re-enacts Abraham's encounter with the devil and Gabriel's command to "pelt" him, allows pilgrims to throw pebbles at three walls called Jamarat from the bridge or the ground.
4. Swine Flu: Recently the swine flu has posed significant challenges for Saudi Arabia, which in an exercise of extreme caution banned the elderly and children from the 2009 Hajj. Yet numbers are not likely significantly reduced to prevent crowd or health issues.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why do pilgrims go to hajj?
Hajj can only be performed at Mecca. All the pilgrim have to go to Mecca to perform Hajj.
Where will they go in hajj?
Hajj happens in Mecca. The Holy Kaa'ba is there.
Is hajj a place?
No. Hajj is the name of a pilgrimage by Muslims to Mecca.
Who went on a hajj to Mecca to make the world aware of Mali?
He was King Mansa Musa who went to Mecca to perform Hajj.
Is hajj completed in Mecca?
Yes
Is hajj pilgrimage to mecca?
Yes
Should Muslims try to travel to Mecca each year if possible to follow the hajj Pillar of Islam?
It is better not to do so. Hajj is obligatory just once in life. Going to Mecca to perform Hajj again and again deprives some other Muslims from performing Hajj (because only so many people can fit around the Ka'aba). You may visit Mecca to perform Umra, if you like. Better spend this money to help your needy relatives, the poor and the needy.
What does the word 'Hajj' means?
The word Hajj means the pilgrimage to mecca or the Kaa'ba.
Where do Muslims visit the hajj?
Muslims visit Mecca and Medina during hajj.
Did people from Ghana go on the hajj to mecca?
Yes. Muslims from all over the world go to Makka (Mecca) Mukarma to perform Hajj.
Is hajj a god?
Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Hajj means "standing before a deity in a sacred place" or "voyage to a sacred place." Mecca is the most sacred of the Muslim cities.
What is the religious journey to mecca?
hajj or umrah
