List of Islamic pilgrimage sites

Holy mosque in Mecca with the Kaaba , the central sanctuary of Islam

Main mosque of Medina with the tomb of Muhammad . Steel engraving (19th century)

al-Aqsa Mosque , Jerusalem , entrance area on the north side, 1981

This is a list of Islamic pilgrimage sites . These include all places to which Muslims pay a religious visit ( ziyāra ) or especially the pilgrimage ( hajj ; see also umra ), especially the great pilgrimage cities of Islam such as the four holy cities of Mecca , Medina , Jerusalem and Hebron or the tombs of the Imams of the Twelve Shiites ( Imamites ) but also many other cities and places fall under this category.

The pilgrimage to Mecca ( Arabic حج, DMG Ḥaǧǧ ) is compulsory for a Muslim as long as he meets the requirements.

There are Islamic pilgrimage sites or holy places in addition to Saudi Arabia , Iraq and Iran in many other countries and regions.

Overview (selection)

Afghanistan

• Blue Mosque (Ali mausoleum) in Mazar-e Sharif , the burial place of Imam Ali in the belief of the Afghan people

Egypt

• Imam Husain Mosque , Cairo
• Tomb of Malik al-Ashtar
• Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Badawi , Tanta
• Tomb of Nafisa , Cairo

Ethiopia

• Sheikh Hussein note , Sheikh Hussein

People's Republic of China

• Apak Hodscha mausoleum , grave of Hazrat Apak (approx. 1626–1695) and his family members in the city of Kashgar (Kaxgar) of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region
• Heytgah Mosque , Kashgar (Kaxgar), Xinjiang Autonomous Region
• Ma Laichi Mausoleum ( Hua Si Gongbei ), Linxia , Gansu Province

India

• Shrine of Muinuddin Chishti , Ajmer
• Shrine of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki , Mehrauli

Indonesia

• Shrine of Sunan Giri

Iraq

• Imam Ali Mosque , Najaf , where Ali is according to the prevailing Shiite view
• other mausoleums and memorials of the Twelve Imams , especially in Kerbela ( Imam Husain shrine )
• Great Mosque of Kufa , Kufa
• Al-Askari Shrine , Samarra
• Al-Kazimiyya Mosque , al-Kazimiyya , suburb of Baghdad

with the graves of the following imams of the Twelve Shiites:

7. Mūsā al-Kāzim

9. Muhammad al-Taqi

Iran

• Mausoleum of Khomeini , Tehran
• Shrine of Fatima al-Ma'sūmah , Qom
• Dschamkarān Mosque , Qom
• Shah Cheragh , Shiraz
• Daniel's grave , Susa
• Imam Reza's grave , Mashhad
• Shah Abdol Azim Shrine , Rey

Israel / Palestine

• Shrine of Abraham (al-Ḥaram al-Ibrāhīmī), Hebron / al-Chalil
• al-aqsa mosque
• Dome of the Rock

Kazakhstan

• Mausoleum of Hodscha Ahmad Yasawi , in the city of Yasi (today Turkistan )

Morocco

• Moulay Idris

Pakistan

• Shrine of Baba Farid , Pakpattan

Saudi Arabia

• al-Haram mosque in Mecca with the Kaaba
• Prophet's mosque in Medina with the tomb of Muhammad
• Hira cave , near Mecca
• Mosque of Qubāʾ , Medina
• Jannat-ul-Baqi (Al-Baqi 'Cemetery), Medina , Saudi Arabia

with the tombs of the following imams of the Twelve Shiites :

2. Hasan ibn 'Alī (al-Hasan)

4. Ali Zain al-Abidin

5. Muhammad al-Bāqir

6. Jafar al-Sadiq

• Janat-ul-Mualla , Mecca , Saudi Arabia

with the tombs of Khadijah , Abu Talib , Abd Manaf , Abdul Mutallib , Qasim ibn Muhammad

• Devil stoning or stoning of the jamarāt in Mina , see Jamarat Bridge

Somalia

• Aw Barkhadle Shrine , Dhogor, near Hargeisa

Syria

• Shrine of Zainab bint Ali , Damascus
• Bāb al-Saghīr (cemetery), Damascus

Turkey

• Jalaleddin Rumis Mausoleum , Konya
• Hajji Bektash Mausoleum , Nevşehir

Cyprus

• Hala Sultan Tekke , southwest of Larnaka

See also

• Funerary mosque
• Imamzadeh

Web links

• al-islam.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hebron . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved November 18, 2018.