The Umrah portion consists of walking around the Ka'bah seven times while glorifying God and then walking between Safa and Marwah seven times.1, 2
Submitters observe the Hajj pilgrimage at the Sacred Shrine during the four sacred months.1
After the stoning, pilgrims return to Mecca and walk seven times around the Ka'aba as the last step of Hajj, praising God and following the Quran's rules throughout.1
Hajj is one of the pillars of Submission and is done by visiting the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which Abraham and Ismail built.1, 2
The second step of pilgrimage is walking around the Ka'aba seven times while glorifying and praising God.1
God instructed Abraham to build the Ka'aba as a focal point and safe sanctuary where people of all cultures gather to worship together.1, 2
The stone of the Ka'aba has no power except as a focal point to unite, and pushing to touch or kiss it exposes a failure to trust faith in the unseen.1, 2
The Umrah portion consists of walking around the Ka'bah seven times while glorifying God, then walking between Safa and Marwah seven times.1, 2
Believers must not fight at the Sacred Masjid unless they are attacked there.1
Pilgrimage is a pillar of Submission carried out by visiting the Sacred Mosque in Mecca.1
The word Becca or Baca means the mastic tree and also overflowing tears, and both meanings fit Mecca. Translating it only as mastic trees loses the true meaning.1, 2, 3
At Mina pilgrims symbolically stone Satan, commemorate God, and sacrifice an animal symbolizing Abraham's faith, then circle the Ka'bah seven times in farewell.1
Pilgrims wear plain sheets so rich and poor are equal, circle the Ka'bah seven times, walk between Safa and Marwa seven times, and pray at Arafat.1
Believers must still go to the Sacred Mosque and perform Hajj even if idol worshipers fill it, because hundreds there believe in God alone.1, 2, 3, 4
Abraham and Ishmael established the shrine at Mecca as a focal point for the people and a sacred sanctuary for those who worship there.1, 2
Abraham's prayer that Mecca be provided with fruits was answered, and today all kinds of fruits and great wealth are found there.1, 2, 3
God made Mecca sacred by placing His shrine there, and He already decided that all believers worldwide face Mecca in prayer.1, 2
God commands believers to face the Qiblah in Mecca when they pray, and this commandment is very important and cannot be taken lightly.1, 2, 3
Going around the Kaaba or between Safa and Marwa is not idol worship because it is done by God's commandment, as the angels fell prostrate before Adam by command.1, 2, 3
Abraham and those with him worshiped God alone, then Satan gradually added idol worship until, by Muhammad's time, idols were placed in the Ka'bah that Abraham built.1, 2
Circling the Kaaba is not worship of it, because God permits it, just as the angels prostrated before Adam in obedience to God without worshiping Adam.1, 2, 3, 4
Hajj is done only in Mecca: men wear seamless clothes and women modest dress so rich and poor look alike, then circling the Kaaba, Safa and Marwa, Arafat, and Mina, steps mentioned in the Quran.1, 2, 3, 4
Facing the direction of Mecca is a Quranic commandment whose only significance is organizational, so worshipers do not face different directions; in the United States it is roughly southeast.1, 2, 3