MINA: Many pilgrims this year began performing Tawaf Al-Ifadah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Wednesday after carrying out the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina, marking the beginning of the final phase of Hajj and the start of Eid Al-Adha celebrations for Muslims worldwide. Eid day began with crowds of pilgrims gathering at the Jamarat complex in Mina to perform the stoning ritual. This ritual, which commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s rejection of Satan’s temptations, is among the most spiritually significant and logistically complex rites of Hajj.

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Sunday that all field and operational preparations for transporting pilgrims to the tent city of Mina have been completed, as the…

Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Mecca on Monday for an annual hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to…

Symbolic act is final ritual of holy pilgrimage

Muslim faithful took part in the climactic ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage on May 27, symbolically stoning the devil near Mecca.