Here I Am At Your Service O Allah!

      Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca  and a mandatory religious duty for Muslims -if they have physical and  financial capability-. It  is one of the five pillars of Islam and believed to be wiping all the sins committed by the person. The gathering during Hajj is considered the largest  annual gathering of people in the world and it  attracts  people's attention, this way it has gone  global. The  Hajj is a demonstration of the  solidarity of the  Muslim people, and their  submission to Allah (God). Since it demonstrates  solidarity there is no  difference of ways to make  Hajj between the different sects of Islam. During pilgrimage (Hajj) special plain clothes are worn, this is called the Ihram and wearing likely clothes show that everyone is equal in the eyes of God. The Hajj occurs from the 8th to 12th of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of Islamic calender -since Islamic calender is a lunar one, the dates change every year-. To do the Hajj each person walks counter-clockwise seven times around the Kaaba, the cube shaped building -which its history goes back to Abraham- and the direction of prayer for the Muslims. This is called the tawaf, while walking around a person should say these words in Arabic like how it's shown on the video: "Lebbeyk Allahumme lebbeyk, lebbeyk la şerike leke lebbeyk, innel'hamde, ve'n ni'mete, leke ve'l mülk, la şerike lek" -meaning: "Here I am at your service O Allah, here I am. Here I am at your service, You have no partner, here I am at Your service. For You alone is All Praise and All Grace, and for You alone is The Sovereignty. You have no partner."- Instead of Hajj people can also go to Mecca in different time to perform rituals, this is called the "Umrah", however, even if they choose to perform the Umrah, they are still obligated to perform the Hajj at some other point in their lifetime if they have the means to do so.

My grandfather during hajj :)