Islam
.... However, the number of pilgrims allowed at the
annual hajj is "limited by a quota system operated by the Saudi authorities" (Ruthven, 2000, p. 143). ....
(634

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Nasir-i Khusraw's Life & Travels
.... Ivanow noted, for example, that an official at Nasir's level would "certainly have traveled with the
annual hajj caravan, in relative safety and greater comfort ....
(4445

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Travel Book of Nasir-i Khusraw
.... Ivanow noted, for example, that an official at Nasir's level would "certainly have traveled with the
annual hajj caravan, in relative safety and greater comfort ....
(4445

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AN EXPLANATION OF THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
.... from all walks of life and from all nations make this
annual pilgrimage, which .... at Medina is highly recommended but not essential in making the
Hajj valid and ....
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Patterns in Arab History
.... prayer to Mecca five times a day, zakat or alms giving, sawm, the
annual fasting and abstinence from sex during the month of Ramadan and
Hajj, the obligation ....
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