page_title: Holy place
section_title: Islam
hierarchical_section_title: Holy place / Islam
caption_attribution_description: English: Kaaba at the heart of Mecca. As the night goes on pilgrims visiting the Holy House.
context_page_description: A holy place is a place that people consider holy and/or a religion considers to be of special religious significance. A holy place may be visited by visitors, known as pilgrims.
context_section_description: The three holiest sites in Islam are the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, (in Mecca) ; the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, or Prophet's Mosque, (in Medina) and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Every year millions of Muslims from all over the world visit Masjid al-Haram and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi to perform Hajj.
  Muslims are also required, if able, to undertake a pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) (/hædʒ/; Arabic: حَجّ‎ Ḥaǧǧ "pilgrimage") at least once in one's life: 
  The next two holiest sites especially for Shia Islam are the Imam Ali Mosque and the Imam Husayn shrine (which is visited by more pilgrims than any other holy site in any religion. More than 18 millions people visited on the day of Ashura in 2018)
caption: Kaaba in Mecca at night
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