An IMAX Hajj

 Journey to Mecca is a 45 minute IMAX film that chronicles the hajj of 14th century scholar Ibn Battuta and also brings the only aerial footage of hajj approved by King Abdullah of Saudia Arabia.  The film is in Arabic and English and is currently playing in Dearborn, Michigan among other cities around the world.  The film premiered in January 2009 in Dubai. Journey to Mecca was voted the most popular film at the 2009 at the La Géode Film Festival in France.

Contact information about hosting the film for children and in other cities can be found on the Journey to Mecca  website. 

Hajj Videos

Here are videos, old and new, that together show Muslims during all parts of the hajj.   A note: you will want see the faces of the Muslims and  listen to the dua at Arafah.

Salat at hajj 2008

Tawaf around the Kaaba

Safa and Marwah

A dua at Arafat.

Muzdelifah. 

At the Jamarat, stoning Shaitan

Hajj this year is going on as construction continues to expand Masjid al-Haram.

A Video on How to Make Hajj

This is a video from Huda TV that gives step-by-step instruction on how to make hajj.  You will see all of hajj from assuming ihram to making umrah through all of the phases of hajj. There is also information about visiting the Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) mosque in Medinah.

A Video Hajj Workshop Series

The following videos are part of a series available on Islamictube.  This hajj video workshop series is by Sheikh Muhammad S. Adly.  Click on the links below to play the videos.

Sheik Adly Hajj-Workshop-Day-Two—Part-1-of-2 

Sheik Adly Hajj-Workshop-Day-Two—Part-2-of-2

Sheikh Adly Hajj-Workshop-Day-Three—Part-2-of-2

Sheikh Adly Hajj-Workshop-Day-Three—Part-1-of-2

Hajj History

If you are interested learning the history of making hajj through the centuries, you might want to begin with  this article which discusses how the pre-Islamic rituals conducted at the Kaaba were eliminated by Quranic injunctions. 

One of the most famous hajjis, whose travels took decades and whose journey ultimately covered thousands of miles is Ibn Battuta.  Ibn Battuta’s travels both exceeded and pre-dated those of Marco Polo.  The story of his hajj is here.  A six-part history of his travels begins here.

A short article about the hardships of travel, particularly by caravan is here.

A visual comparison of hajj in 1953 and hajj in modern times in this video on IslamicTube.net