'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II' [‎413] (448/568)

Appendix VIII.—The Meccah Pilgrimage. 413
June, the 10th day of the Arabian month Zu'lhijah. Each
of us then sacrificed a sheep, had his hair and nails cut,
exchanged the ihram for his best apparel, and, embracing
his friends, paid them the compliments of the season.
The two following days the Great, the Middle, and the
Little Satan were again pelted, and, bequeathing to the
unfortunate inhabitants of Muna the unburied and
odorous remains of nearly a hundred thousand animals,
we returned, eighty thousand strong, to Meccah. A week
later, having helped to insult the tumulus of stones which
marks, according to popular belief, the burial-place of
Abulahab, the unbeliever, who, we learn from the Koran,
has descended into hell with his wife, gatherer of sticks, I
was not sorry to relinquish a shade temperature of 120°,
and wend my way to Jeddah en route for England, after
delegating to my brethren the recital of a prayer in my
behalf at the Tomb of the Prophet at Medina.
In penning these lines I am anxious to encourage
other Englishmen, especially those from India, to perform
the pilgrimage, without being deterred by exaggerated
reports concerning the perils of the enterprise. It must,
however, be understood that it is absolutely indispensable
to be a Mussulman (at least externally) and to have an
Arabic name. Neither the Koran nor the Sultan enjoins
the killing of intrusive Jews or Christians ; nevertheless,
two years ago, an incognito Jew, who refused to repeat
the creed, was crucified by the Meccah populace, and in
in the event of a pilgrim again declaring himself to be an
unbeliever the authorities would be almost powerless to
protect his life.
An Englishman who is sufficiently conversant with
the prayers, formulas, and customs of the Mussulmans,
and possess a sufficient guarantee of orthodoxy, need,
however, apprehend no danger if he applies through the
British Consulate at Cairo for an introduction to the
Amirul Haj, the Prince of the Caravan.