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 Rh Miná, and performs the usual sacrifice of the ʾId-ul-Azhá; after this sacrifice he gets himself shaved, and his nails pared. The pilgrim garb is then removed and the pilgrimage is ended, although he should rest at Mecca the three following days, which are called the Ayyám-ut-Tashríq, or the days of drying up the blood of the sacrifice. These are three days of well earned rest after the vigorous peripatetic performances of the last four days.

The pilgrimage must be performed on three days of the month of Zul Hijja, namely from the seventh to the tenth; a visit to Mecca at any other time has not the merit of a pilgrimage.

Before he leaves Mecca the pilgrim should once more perform the circuits round the Kʾaba, and throw stones at the sacred pillars, each seven times.

He then proceeds to Medina, and makes his salutations at the Shrine of Muhammad. The Wahhábis do not perform the last act, as it is contrary to their principles to visit shrines.

The Musulmán who has performed the pilgrimage is called Hájí.

The Kʾaba is also called the Qibla, or the