The Purposes of Diversity in Worship The Rituals of Pilgrimage as A Model

Abstract

The present study attempts to display diversity, patterns and forms in the worship of pilgrimage. Sections of worship have been reviewed with various considerations among Islamic jurists. As a practical example, it has been dealt with the diversity found in pilgrimage and the purpose of its diversity, divided into four sections on the whole. Firstly, the researcher started with temporal and spatial timings that are the reasons for establishing worship, followed by the diversity in the attribute of pilgrimage, then the diversity in what the pilgrim performs to the Sacred House of God, and ending with the purposes of diversity that occurs in pilgrimage actions.

Based on the findings, it can be concluded that a number of important results indicated that Islamic law brought diversity in all acts of worship. Pilgrimage is one of the most comprehensive acts of worship for diversity that includes religious and worldly interests. The diversity of the acts of pilgrimage is basically to follow the Prophet’s tradition; and the essence of diversity in worship helps to differentiate when crowding or doing what is best for oneself.