US EditionInside Saudi's Hajj-only Barbershop, Shaving Thousands of Heads in a Day
- On Friday during the annual hajj in Mina near Mecca, pilgrims visiting the Jamarat complex completed the stoning of the devil ritual before seeking haircuts at a nearby barbershop.
- The ritual and wearing Ihram clothing—which symbolizes purity—lead pilgrims to the barbershop as shaving hair marks their transition out of this sacred state near the pilgrimage's end.
- The barbershop, managed by Imad Fawzi who is employed by the hajj organization, serves men in white robes using electric clippers and razors, handling up to 6,000 customers on peak days like the third or last day.
- Imad Fawzi, a Mecca native who refers to himself as a "child of the hajj," explained that while the haircut is an easy task, it brings great happiness to those involved; the service is offered at a cost of 60 riyals .
- This large-scale haircutting near the ritual site highlights its spiritual importance and practical role, as about 1.6 million pilgrims complete the hajj, fulfilling a key Islamic obligation.
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Inside Saudi's Hajj-only barbershop_ shaving thousands of heads in a day
Near the holy city of Makkah, men in white robes stand quietly in a long queue, waiting for the next important act of their Hajj pilgrimage: a haircut. Shaving or cutting the hair comes near the end of the Hajj, and marks the moment when pilgrims can change out of the Ihram clothing that signifies purity and devotion. The barbershop, strategically positioned by the Jamarat complex in Mina, where the "stoning of the devil" ritual took place on Fr…
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The pilgrims line up in long lines in front of the barbershops in Mecca, or shave their heads in the open air, despite the hot weather, after the embers were thrown on the first days of Al-Adha.
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