Journal of Sakarya University Faculty of Theology

Abstract

There is a practice of pilgrimage in most of the religions. In general,
holy place isconsidered as the common point of pilgrimage in all these
religions. Another commonpoint, though not in all religions, is holy
time. However, there is no regularly organisedpractice of pilgrimage in
other religions as in Islam, the time and place of which isdetermined by
the revelation, made incumbent on those who have sufficient funds,
andthe way of its practice and the conditions of its acceptance are
explained. From thispoint of view, the practice of pilgrimage is not so
clear even in other Abrahamicreligions, Judaism amd Christianity, as in
Islam. In other religions, to be a pilgrim, thereis no time and place
conditions similar to standing at Arafat on the night day of J. Hijjaand
circimambulate the Kaaba on the next day in Islam. Pilgrimage in other
religions issimilar to visiting holy places in Islam at any time of the
year, and this kind of visitingcan be considered as a supererogatory act
of worship in Islam.