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Hajj 2019 Day 2: Children take part in Hajj with their families

A boy shelters from the sun on the second day of Hajj. (AN Photo/Essam Al-Ghalib)

A young child with a family on the second day of Hajj. (AN Photo/Essam Al-Ghalib)

A young boy makes the journey to Arafat. (AN Photo/Essam Al-Ghalib)

A boy with his elders on Arafat after the journey from Mina. (AN Photo/Essam Al-Ghalib)

A mother feeds her child at Arafat on the second day of Hajj. (AN Photo/Essam Al-Ghalib)

A boy at Arafat after the journey from Mina. (AN Photo/Essam Al-Ghalib)

A young child on Mount Arafat on the second day of Hajj. (AN Photo/Adnan Mahdali)

A young child with a family on the second day of Hajj. (AN Photo/Adnan Mahdali)

Many parents chose to take their children on Hajj with them. (AN photo/Essam Al-Ghalib)

Updated 11 August 2019 00:53

August 10, 2019 17:15

For many families, performing Hajj means leaving the children at home with friends or relatives. But for others, taking their children is an opportunity to share the spiritual experience with the whole family.