2.5 Million Pilgrims Muslims Around The World Perform Hajj Today

With 2 .5 million true from worldwide make grouped in the holy location of Saudi Arabia to continually perform Hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday . Such pilgrims have 143 ,368 Pakistanis , that might be completing Hajj under federal and state governments and private Hajj structures .

All of the pilgrims dressing in Ahram are active from the holy city of Makkah to nearest Mina for the start of Hajj rituals . They would spend the nights at Mina under the wide open sky before moving to Arafat Wednesday morning to perform the main ritual of Hajj , called Waqoof .

Pilgrims just like 35-year-old Egyptian Walaa Ali had been get-together for days ahead of the event .


“It is a gift from Allah that He has chosen us to come here ,” Ali said with tears in her eyes , as preachers nearby explained the history and rituals of the Hajj to men and women sitting side by side in Makkah . “I am so happy to be here ,” she said .

The pilgrims , after the Waqoof Arafat , will spend the whole night under the open sky at Muzadalfa where they will offer their Maghrib and Isha prayers and spend the whole night in prayers .

Meanwhile , the Saudi government has created foolproof security measures for the pilgrims . The pilgrims ar expressing satisfaction over the pilgrim's journey arrangements created by the Saudi government . The Pakistani government has additionally created decent arrangements , as well as medical and transport facilities , for his or her pilgrims .


This year’s Hajj is taking place in the backdrop of increased violence in the region addition to a crane collapse at the holy mosque that killed at least 109 people , and a widespread fear of a MERs virus outbreak . Threat from extremists has also pushed Saudi Arabia to raise security levels with around 100 ,000 police deployed .