HAJJATU’L-WADA حجة الوداع.
The last or farewell pilgrimage performed by Muhammad, and which is taken as the model of an orthodox hajj. It is called the Hajju ‘l-Akbar, or Greater Pilgrimage, in the Qur’an. Surah ix. 3 (See Mishkat, book xi. ch iii., and Muir’s Life of Mahomet.) It is supposed to have commence February 23, A.D. 632.
The last or farewell pilgrimage performed by Muhammad, and which is taken as the model of an orthodox hajj. It is called the Hajju ‘l-Akbar, or Greater Pilgrimage, in the Qur’an. Surah ix. 3 (See Mishkat, book xi. ch iii., and Muir’s Life of Mahomet.) It is supposed to have commence February 23, A.D. 632.
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam
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