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THE HAJJ RITUALS

Labbaika Allahomma Labbaik. Labbaik La Shareeka Laka Labbaik. Innal-Hamdah, Wan-Nematah, Laka wal Mulk, La Shareeka Laka.
(“Here I am at Thy service O Lord, here I am. Here I am at Thy service and Thou hast no partners.Thine alone is All Praise and All Bounty, and Thine alone is The Sovereignty. Thou hast no partners” ).
To prepare for the hajj, the Koran instructs pilgrims to enter a state of consecration called the ihram: A pilgrim must avoid angry words, sexual intercourse, and the cutting of hair or nails. In a symbolic purification, each pilgrim bathes and discards regular clothes. Men wear two unstitched lengths of white cloth, and women wear simple versions of their normal dress with no veil or gloves. Clad in identical 50-cent sandals, pilgrims embark on the hajj as equals before God