Farewell tour: Pilgrims from around the world started to leave Saudi Arabia after completing the Hajj However, the majority of Saudi Arabia...
Farewell tour: Pilgrims from around the world started to leave Saudi Arabia after completing the Hajj
However, the majority of Saudi Arabia's neighbours' people, as well as those from other European and Asian nations, began to return home on Friday.
After finishing the Hajj, which was performed in sweltering heat, tens of thousands of Muslims started to leave the sacred city of Saudi Arabia.
Tens of thousands of refugees boarded buses from Makkah on Friday, three days after the major operation, to travel to their home countries, according to the AFP news agency.
The pilgrims began their journey by making seven laps around the Kaaba chamber in the Haram Mosque after finishing the Farewell Round.
After finishing Friday prayers, Mohammad al Bashir, a 47-year-old Tunisian pilgrim, stated, "I am very happy to complete my Hajj safely."
The pilgrims left Makkah on Monday to begin their journey to Mina, where they traversed the Field of Arafat the following morning on Tuesday.
They held the Day of Prayer on Wednesday and began tossing stones at Satan; on Thursdays and Fridays, they remained in Mina and completed the task.
However, the majority of Saudi Arabia's neighbours' people, as well as those from other European and Asian nations, began to return home on Friday.
However, certain nations, like Nigeria, frequently begin taking pilgrims home days after they have completed the Hajj.
The Hajj, which is one of the five pillars of Islam and the largest religious event in the world, was conducted this year by more than 1,800,000 people.
This year, 926,000 more individuals than previous year conducted the Hajj, when only one million people did so because the restrictions imposed by the corona virus pandemic had not been abolished.
Only 10,000 persons had the option to undertake the Hajj in 2020; in 2021, that number rose to 59,000.
severe heat-related fatalities
While there have been many occurrences throughout the Hajj, such as riots and insurgent attacks, the severity of the violence is the main issue.
According to Saudi authorities, as the temperature reached 48 degrees Celsius, more over 2,000 people passed away from the heat.
According to statistics made public by various nations without specifying the cause of death, at least 230 Indonesian pilgrims perished while performing the Hajj.
Because some of them were not taken to hospitals, it is believed that a greater number of people were impacted by the heat than that.
The Hajj has been declining throughout the hot season in recent years, while at the same time, climate change is intensifying the desert's heat.
By the end of this century, Saudi Arabia will continue to experience excessive heat, with temperatures reaching 50 degrees, according to experts.