do all muslims visit Mecca? is it must for them?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Not necessarily. The Koran, as it was written at the time, realized that such a trek would be at best chancy and at worst dangerous to a follower who didn't have the means either financially or physically. The Haj is not a requirement, merely an open-ended obligation to visit the place where the Prophet found himself.

Course, even with today's travel and 'safe' transport, there are so many followers that there must be a quota system to ensure that all who are willing and able to make the Haj for that year can do so without too much discomfort or dangerous. Naturally, there are always a few deaths involved because sometimes planning tends to go...awry.

Answer 3

The fifth pillar is pilgrimage or Hajj to Makkah. After Muhammad destroyed the idols in Ka'abah and Makkah became a place for Muslims to come together as so many had done since Abraham built the Ka’abah. Once in a lifetime, if health and material means permit, a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Makkah. This journey, two months after Ramadan in the month of Dhu al-Hijja, requires for one to save sometimes for a lifetime, the pilgrim cannot borrow and go into debt to make the pilgrimage. A Hajj is invalid if one has to go into debt to make the trip. As people enter Mecca they must go threw the same routes that early Muslims did. The Hajj provides an opportunity to reenact the founding of Islam and renew link with Abraham, Hagar, Ishmael, and of course, Muhammad. It is a return to origins, to roots, to the prestige of the beginnings. As you enter Ka'abah everyone is equal; encouraging atonement. Clothing is removed and a white shroud, such as a burial cloth, is put on to remind us that we are all mortal. This shroud is often used to bury the person later. Muslims from around the world—of all classes, colors, nationality, and races—are there in the same dress, performing the same rituals. There is also no rank or privilege in this holy place because we are without rank before Allah. As pilgrims enter the Ka’abah they move in a counterclockwise direction, they circle the Ka’abah seven times. A major part of the pilgrimage is to visit the Plain of Arafat, from noon to sunset, the pilgrims stand before God in repentance, seeking His forgiveness for themselves and all Muslims throughout the world. It was there on the Mount of Mercy the Prophet gave last message. Once again, the preacher repeats Muhammad’s call for peace and harmony among the believers. On the tenth day of the month the feast of Id al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, occurs. The feast consists of ceremony and prayer, if the family or person can afford it, sacrifice of an animal The sacrifice is in remembrance of the sheep sent in place of Ishmael. Part of this sacrifice is to be given to the poor.

Answer 4

I believe that it is just a pilgramage that they take. I don't think it is a requirement exactly. Mecca is kind of like how Jerusalem is to Christianity.

However, it is a requirement that Muslims face in the direction of Mecca when they pray. I am not Muslim, so I don't know why.

(I'm a Christian.)

Hope that helps,
Robert

Answer 5

One of the 5 pillars of Islam is to do the Hajj (a holy pilgrimage), which includes a visit to Mecca. If it is at all possible, it should be done. But if it cannot be done, it will not be held against the Muslim.

Answer 6

I converted to Christianity when I married my husband, but my family and I went when I was a child. Muslims are expected to visit Mecca at least once in their lifetime, or whenever they can.

Answer 7

In Islam, Muslims are required to make a holy pilgrimage to mecca at least once during their lifetime.

Answer 8

The fifth pillar of Islam is to make a pilgrimage (Hajj) to Makkah, in Saudi Arabia, at least once in one's lifetime. This pillar is obligatory for every Muslim, male or female, provided that he/she is physically and financially able to do so. Prerequisites for performing the Hajj are to be a Muslim, to be free, to be an adult or mature enough, to be of sound mind, and to have the ability to afford the journey and maintain one's dependents back home for the duration. The reward for the Hajj is nothing less than Paradise.

The Hajj is the ultimate form of worship, as it involves the spirit of all the other rituals and demands of the believer great sacrifice. On this unique occasion, nearly two million Muslims from all over the globe meet one another in a given year. Regardless of the season, pilgrims wear special clothes (Ihram) - two, very simple, unsewn white garments - which strips away all distinctions of wealth, status, class and culture; all stand together and equal before Allah (God).

The rites of Hajj, which go back to the time of Prophet Abraham who built the Ka'bah, are observed over five or six days, beginning on the eighth day of the last month of the year, named Dhul-Hijjah (pilgrimage). These rites include circumambulating the Ka'bah (Tawwaf), and going between the mountains of Safa and Marwah, as Hajjar (Abraham's wife) did during her search for water for her son Isma'il. Then the pilgrims stand together on the wide plain of Arafah and join in prayers for God's forgiveness, in what is often thought of as a preview of the Last Judgment. The pilgrims also cast stones at a stone pillar which represents Satan. The pilgrimage ends with a festival, called 'Id al-Adha, which is celebrated with prayers, the sacrifice of an animal, and the exchange of greetings and gifts in Muslim communities everywhere.

Answer 9

A muslim's irrational drive to visit Mecca is almost as strong as the "must do" strapping on of explosives and killing of "infidels" for martyrdom.

Answer 10

They have it as a honor to visit once in a life time, Mecca

Answer 11

My father was able to go to Mecca before he passed away... It is like a goal in every Muslim... If its economical for a Muslim to travel to Mecca, it becomes a priority...

You can ask any true Muslim... They will agree...