HAJJ 2022.

This year, Hajj starts on July 6, 2022, following the sighting of the moon in Saudi Arabia and Eid al-Adha will be three days later, on July 9.

Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and all financially and physically able Muslims are required to perform it once in their lives. It is meant to cleanse followers of sin and bring them closer to God.

Hajj is the largest Muslim gathering in the world. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than two million people on average entered Mecca for the pilgrimage each year.

Hajj is the largest annual religious gathering of Muslims. It takes place in the Islamic month of Dhul-Hijja, in and around the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.