Hajj rituals have started in Saudi Arabia. Millions of Hajj pilgrims performed Tawaf in Masjid Al-Haram yesterday before leaving for Mina.
A settlement of tents has been established in Mini for the pilgrims. About 2.5 million pilgrims from 160 countries, including 2 lakh pilgrims from Pakistan, reached Mina raising the voices of Allah.
Pilgrims will stay in Mina on Monday night and after Fajr prayer on Tuesday, they will leave from Mina to Arafat field. The main pillar of Hajj, Waqf Arafat, will be performed on Tuesday.
Asr prayers will be shortened. They will perform dhikr throughout the day and go to Jabal Rahmat and pray for forgiveness for themselves and the Muslim Ummah.
As soon as the sun sets, pilgrims will go to Muzdalifah, where they will perform Maghrib and Isha prayers, and spend the night under the open sky.
From here they will collect pebbles to kill the devils, 10 Zil Hajj will go back to Mina after Fajr where Rumi Jamar means Satan. will be hit with pebbles.
After the sacrifice, the pilgrims will take off their Ihram and go to the Kaaba and perform Tawaf pilgrimage and return to Mina and spend the days of Tashreeq.
According to the statistics of the Saudi General Authority for Statistics, the number of pilgrims who have come for Hajj has exceeded 2.4 million so far.