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Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage

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Khalili Collection: Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage
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Part ofKhalili Collections Edit
Dem name afterNasser Khalili Edit
CountryUnited Kingdom Edit
Main subjectHajj Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.khalilicollections.org/all-collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/ Edit

De Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage be a private collection of around 5,000 items[1] wey dey relate to de Hajj, de pilgrimage to de holy city of Mecca wich be a religious duty insyd Islam. E be one of eight collections dem assemble, dem conserve, dem publish wey dem exhibit by de British scholar, collector den philanthropist Nasser Khalili; each collection be considered among de most important insyd ein field.[2] De collection ein 300 textiles dey include embroidered curtains from de Kaaba, de Station of Abraham, de Mosque of the Prophet Muhammad den oda holy sites, as well as textiles wey go form part of pilgrimage caravans from Egypt anaa Syria. E sanso get illuminated manuscripts wey dey depict de practice den folklore of de Hajj as well as photographs, art pieces, den commemorative objects wey dey relate to de Hajj den de holy sites of Mecca den Medina.

Na dem exhibit part of de collection at de British Museum insyd 2012 wey e lend objects for exhibition insyd oda countries. Dem documente am insyd a 2022 single-volume summary, plus a 7-volume comprehensive catalog insyd de works.[3][4] Alongside de Topkapı Palace museum, dem be described as "de largest den most significant group of objects wey dey relate to de cultural history of de Hajj".

Background: de Hajj

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Panoramic view of Mecca by Muhammad Abdallah, 1845

De Hajj () be an annual Islamic pilgrimage to de sacred city of Mecca insyd Saudi Arabia,[5] de holiest city give Muslims. Hajj be a mandatory religious duty give Muslims wey dem for carry out at least once insyd dema lifetime by all adult Muslims wey be physically den financially capable of undertaking de journey, den fi support dema family during dema absence.[6][7][8]

Hajj be one of de Five Pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah (confession of faith), Salat (prayer), Zakat (charity), den Sawm (fasting). De Hajj be a demonstration of de solidarity of de Muslim people, den dema submission to God (Allah).[7][9] De word Hajj dey mean "to attend a journey", wich dey connote both de outward act of a journey den de inward act of intentions.[10] Insyd de centre of de Masjid al-Haram mosque insyd Mecca be de Kaaba, a cubic building dem know insyd Islam as de House of God.[6] De cloth wey dey cover de Kaaba be known as de kiswah wey e be changed each year.[11] A Hajj dey consist of several distinct rituals wey dey include de tawaf (procession seven times counterclockwise round de Kaaba), wuquf (a vigil at Mount Arafat wer dem say Mohammed preach ein last sermon), den ramy al-jamarāt (stoning of the Devil).[12]

References

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  1. ↑ "Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage". Khalili Collections. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Khalili Collections major contributor to "Longing for Mecca" exhibition at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam". UNESCO. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Maisey, Sarah (11 July 2022). "New book shows 300 illustrations of the Hajj pilgrimage over the centuries". The National. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Khalili Collections | Publications". Khalili Collections (in English). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi (26 March 2016). The Laws of Islam (PDF). Enlight Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-9942409-8-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 Long, Matthew (2011). Islamic Beliefs, Practices, and Cultures. Marshall Cavendish Corporation. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-7614-7926-0. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 Nigosian, S. A. (2004). Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 110–111. ISBN 0-253-21627-3.
  8. ↑ "Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu (in English). Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  9. ↑ Hooker, M. B. (2008). Indonesian Syariah: Defining a National School of Islamic Law. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 228. ISBN 978-981-230-802-3. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Adelowo, E. Dada, ed. (2014). Perspectives in Religious Studies: Volume III. Ibadan: HEBN Publishers Plc. p. 395. ISBN 978-978-081-447-2.
  11. ↑ Ghazal, Rym (28 August 2014). "Woven with devotion: the sacred Islamic textiles of the Kaaba". The National. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. ↑ Zaki, Yousra (7 August 2019). "What is Hajj? A simple guide to Islams annual pilgrimage". gulfnews.com. GN Media. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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