Packet 9: Tossup 16

Practitioners of this ritual recite a prayer that states “here I am” four times. During this ritual, which (15[1])begins on the eighth of the “best ten days of the year,” men wear two unhemmed white sheets as clothing. (15[2])Practitioners of this ritual must shave their heads after hitting three walls (15[2])with seven pebbles (15[1])each. (15[2])Practitioners (15[1])of this ritual perform the sa’ii to imitate (15[1])(*) Hagar’s discovery of the (10[1])Zamzam well during Eid al-Adha. People performing (10[1])this ritual make tawaaf by running (10[1])seven counterclockwise (-5[1])laps (10[1])around the Kaaba. The fifth pillar of (-5[1])Islam (10[2]-5[1])is, (10[1]-5[1])for 10 points, (10[1])what annual (10[1]-5[1])pilgrimage (10[1])to Mecca? ■END■ (10[3])

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