Al-Haj

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Al-Haj is an honorific Islamic title granted to a Muslim who has completed the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Al-Haj canonical 2
Al-Hajj 1
El-Haj 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic honorific title
Muslim honorific
religious title
appliesAfter completion of the Hajj season
appliesTo Muslim who has completed Hajj at least once
associatedWith Hajj
pilgrimage to Mecca
category Islamic culture
Islamic honorifics
culturalRole marker of religious accomplishment
marker of social prestige in some Muslim communities
etymology derived from Arabic word for pilgrim (Hajj)
femaleEquivalent Al-Hajjah
linked to: Hajah
genderUsage primarily male
grantedFor completion of Hajj
performance of pilgrimage to Mecca
honorificType post-pilgrimage title
language Arabic
notRequiredBy Islamic law as an obligation to use the title
positionInName sometimes used as part of full formal name
used as a prefix before personal name
regionOfUse Middle East
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia
relatedConcept Hajjah
linked to: Sa‘dah

Hajji
linked to: Haji
religion Islam
religiousSignificance indicates fulfillment of one of the Five Pillars of Islam
requires fulfilling Hajj rites
travel to Mecca
script Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet
semanticMeaning the pilgrim
socialFunction signals piety
signals seniority or respect in some communities
transliterationVariant Al-Hajj
linked to: Al-Haj

El-Haj
linked to: Al-Haj

El-Hajj
linked to: Al-Haj
usedBy Muslims
usedInContext community recognition
formal address
official documents in some countries
usedWith personal names of men who performed Hajj
writtenInArabic الحاج

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

جبل أحد visitedBy الحجاج
linked to: Al-Haj
Al-Haj transliterationVariant Al-Hajj
linked to: Al-Haj
Al-Haj transliterationVariant El-Haj
linked to: Al-Haj
Al-Haj transliterationVariant El-Hajj
linked to: Al-Haj