How to Use hajj in a Sentence

hajj

noun

• Back in the year 630 CE, when the first hajj was made, pilgrims journeyed for months to reach Mecca, many by camel.
  — chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• The Islamic world has never seen a hajj like this in more than 1,400 years.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2020
• It’s the most dangerous point in the hajj, with masses streaming back and forth.
  — Amr Nabil, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
• The Kaaba is where the hajj pilgrimage begins and ends for most.
  — Amr Nabil and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2021
• As of last year women were able to perform the hajj, the holy pilgrimage to the Saudi city of Mecca, alone.
  — Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
• The Saudi government has since widened some roads in Mina to improve the safety of the hajj.
  — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• Around the world, Muslims will mark the end of hajj with a celebration called Eid al-Adha.
  — Omar Akour, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
• Ahead of the hajj’s start, they were required to quarantine in their hotel rooms in Mecca.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2020
• The hajj concludes with the Eid al-Adha celebration, marked by the distribution of meat to the poor around the world.
  — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 18 July 2021
• They will also be required to quarantine for a week when the hajj ends on Sunday.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2020
• Still, immigration lines for hajj can still take up to 12 hours.
  — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018
• By 2030, if all goes well, the hajj will be even smarter—and still more lucrative for a host country with already deep pockets.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2019
• The hajj itself is a series of rituals that follow in the footsteps of the prophets Abraham and Ismail.
  — Manal Aman, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2023
• In normal years more than two million pilgrims gather for the hajj.
  — WSJ, 16 July 2021
• And, right after that, the driver goes on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia for the hajj.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2020
• Conducting the hajj this year is a feat few thought possible.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2020
• Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims perform the tawwaf on any given day during the hajj.
  — Mona Eltahawy, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• The hajj, from the Arabic word for pilgrimage, takes place every year for five or six days of the last month of the Islamic calendar.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2019
• The two share common rites, but the hajj, held once a year, is the main lengthier ritual that is a once-in-a-lifetime duty for Muslims.
  — NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020
• Saudi Arabia has never canceled the hajj in the nearly 90 years since the country was founded.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2020
• One of the largest religious gatherings on earth, the second day of the hajj is often the most memorable for pilgrims.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
• Even the hajj, the pilgrimage required of all practicing Muslims, is no longer safe.
  — Time, 24 Mar. 2022
• Performing the hajj is central to Islam and one of the religion’s five pillars.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2020
• During the last days of hajj, male pilgrims shave their heads and remove the terrycloth white garments worn during the pilgrimage.
  — Aya Batrawy, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
• The hajj, required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their life, represents one of the world’s largest gatherings of people.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2023
• The hajj is one of Islam’s most important requirements to be performed once in a lifetime.
  — Amr Nabil and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2021
• For many Muslims who cannot afford to go on the hajj or cannot get the Saudi visa, the Ziara is a satisfying alternative.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• The hajj is considered one of the five pillars of Islam and an obligation for all Muslims — Sunni and Shiite.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• Zarif said final steps to allow the visits likely would be taken after the annual hajj pilgrimage at the end of the month.
  — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2017
• Much of Saudia’s current services are already geared toward the multibillion-dollar hajj tourism industry based in nearby Mecca.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024