Hajj literally means 'to set out for a place'. Islamically however it refers to the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Makkah with the intention of performing certain religious rites in accordance with the method prescribed by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

Hajj and its rites were first ordained by Allah in the time of the Prophet lbrahim [Abraham] and he was the one who was entrusted by Allah to build the Kaba - the House of Allah - along with his son Ismail [Ishmael] at Makkah. Allah described the Kaba and its building as follows:

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

The month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was revealed, a guidance for mankind, clear signs of guidance and the criterion. (2:185)

Fasting in the holy month of Ramadan is one of the foremost of the five pillars of Islam.

Prophets were raised and sent to the whole of mankind in different lands and at different times. One version of a hadith puts the number of prophets sent to mankind as 124,000 (Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 5, 169); another puts the number at 224,000. Both of these versions, however, should be critically evaluated according to the science of Hadith.

The Prophets were truthful in everything they said

Truthfulness is the pivot or cornerstone of Prophethood. The Prophets, upon them be peace, always spoke the truth. No lies, explicit or implicit, were ever heard from them; they never deceived anyone. With this regard, praising the Prophets, the holy Qur’an declares: