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Saudi Arabia announced that only 104,000 domestic pilgrims will be permitted to perform Hajj this year and the number of foreign pilgrims will be cut by 20 percent, reports hajjXinhua.
As many as 208,000 Saudi pilgrims preformed Hajj last year, Al Riyadh newspaper reported Wednesday.
The the number will be slashed by half to reduce congestion at the Grand Mosque due to ongoing extension works, Undersecretary of Hajj Ministry for Pilgrim Affairs Abdulrahman Al Nufiai told the newspaper.
He said there were 248 companies that were registered to provide services to the domestic pilgrims and they could accommodate around 377,500 pilgrims.
Saudi Arabia announced in June a decision to reduce the number of foreign pilgrims by 20 percent and domestic pilgrims by 50 percent this year.
Officially, 3.1 million pilgrims preformed Hajj last year. Inclusive of illegal Hajj performers, the number could be around 4 million.

Volume 001, Book 002, Hadith Number 007.
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Narrated By Ibn 'Umar : Allah's Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):

1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle.
2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly.
3. To pay Zakat. (i.e. Obligatory charity)
4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca)
5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.