where do islamic people go to worship?
Mosque
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 Though not a part of Hajj , pilgrims may choose to travel to the city of Medina and the Al @-@ Masjid an @-@ Nabawi ( Mosque of the Prophet ) , which contains Muhammad 's tomb . The Quba Mosque and Masjid al @-@ Qiblatayn are also usually visited . 

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 The Hajj ( / hædʒ / ; Arabic : حج Ḥaǧǧ " pilgrimage " ) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca , and a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey , and can support their family during their absence . It is one of the five pillars of Islam , alongside Shahadah , Salat , Zakat , and Sawm . The Hajj is the largest annual gatherings of people in the world . The state of being physically and financially capable of performing the Hajj is called istita 'ah , and a Muslim who fulfills this condition is called a mustati . The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people , and their submission to God ( Allah ) . The word Hajj means " to intend a journey " , which connotes both the outward act of a journey and the inward act of intentions . 

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 Masjid al @-@ Aqsa translates from Arabic into English as " the farthest mosque " . The name refers to a chapter of the Quran called " The Night Journey " in which it is said that Muhammad traveled from Mecca to " the farthest mosque " , and then up to Heaven on a heavenly creature called al @-@ Buraq al @-@ Sharif . Al @-@ Aqsa Mosque as a whole is confused with a particular building within it , also known as al @-@ Jami ' al @-@ Aqsa or al @-@ Qibli or Masjid al @-@ Jumah or al @-@ Mughata ; these names refer to the southern building with the silver lead dome . 

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 Al @-@ Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic : المسجد الاقصى Al @-@ Masjid al @-@ Aqsa , IPA : [ ʔælˈmæsdʒɪd ælˈʔɑqsˤɑ ] , “ the Farthest Mosque " , Hebrew : מסגד אל @-@ אקצא Misgad al @-@ Aktsa ) , also known as Al @-@ Aqsa and Bayt al @-@ Muqaddas , is the third holiest site in Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem . Whilst the entire site on which the silver @-@ domed mosque sits , along with the Dome of the Rock , seventeen gates , and four minarets , was itself historically known as the Al @-@ Aqsa Mosque , today a narrower definition prevails , and the wider compound is usually referred to as al @-@ Haram ash @-@ Sharif ( " the Noble Sanctuary " ) , or the Temple Mount , the holiest site in Judaism . Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al @-@ Aqsa during the Night Journey . Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration , when God directed him to turn towards the Kaaba . 

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 The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th ( or in some cases 13th ) of Dhu al @-@ Hijjah , the last month of the Islamic calendar . Because the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Islamic year is about eleven days shorter than the Gregorian year , the Gregorian date of Hajj changes from year to year . Ihram is the name given to the special spiritual state in which pilgrims wear two white sheets of seamless cloth and abstain from certain actions . 
