Investigating and analyzing the prevalence of pilgrimage culture in the Islamic world in the 6th century AH : case study “the travelogue of Ibn Jubayr”.

Pilgrimage has been one of the common cultures among Muslims since the beginning of Islam until today. However, this culture and its practitioners have been attacked and suspected by Wahhabism. With false arguments, they excommunicate the pilgrims, including the Shiites, and consider them to be deviant in their beliefs and even polytheists. Therefore, in recent decades, Takfiri groups have condemned Shiites and even consider killing them as permissible. The important issue in this regard is whether the culture of pilgrimage was prevalent only among the Shiites and did they make this tradition a heresy? Or has this culture been current among all Muslims, including Sunnis? One of the ways to answer this question is to examine the social history of Muslims in the early Islamic centuries. Travelogues are important sources in presenting social history. Among them is Ibn Jubayr's travelogue. This travelogue is one of the oldest travelogues that has interesting reports about the spread of pilgrimage culture among different Muslim communities in 6th century AH. Therefore, it can be said that pilgrimage, since the first centuries, is a common culture among all Muslims without any problems, and the doubts raised in this regard by Wahhabism are rejected.

Investigating and analyzing the prevalence of pilgrimage culture in the Islamic world in the 6th century AH : case study “the travelogue of Ibn Jubayr”. Keywords:

Pilgrimage , Shia , Sunni , Ibn Jubayr , Travelogue , Hajj , Ahl al-Bayt (a.s)