In 2023 Ashura Day will be celebrated on June 28, it is celebrated according to the lunar calendar on the tenth day of the holy month of Muharram. The name of the holiday “Ashura” is translated as the number 10.
What is Namaz, its role in the life of a Muslim? Namaz is a kind of religious rite, which consists of obligatory prayer and is accompanied by established ritual body movements with obligatory ablution in the process.
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Hajj to the holy places for all Muslims of Mecca and Medina began in Saudi Arabia. This year, after a two-year break due to the pandemic, foreign pilgrims will be allowed into the country. According to local authorities, about a million people will perform the hajj, including more than 11,000 Russians.
Muslims around the world are preparing for Eid al-Adha. At this time, one of the most popular tourist destinations for Muslims – Mecca and Medina – opens on the eve of the holiday. However, they are not open for everyone – many believers, even in their entire lives, fail to perform the Hajj.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev performed a small hajj in Mecca, the press service of the head of state reports.
Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia performed the rite of beating the devil. He personifies the tradition according to which the devil tried to interfere with Ibrahim when he was going to pray.
More than two and a half million Muslims from all over the world perform in Saudi Arabia the main rite of the Hajj – standing on Mount Arafat. Each participant must pass this test, otherwise the pilgrimage will be invalidated.
