sarafrazi

Updated: January 4, 2026

When Musalmans go on pilgrimage to Mecca, they shave their heads on their arrival there; the ridicule is, to have incurred the shaving without the merit of the pilgrimage. Called the khil'at sarafrazi, i.e. of exaltation.

Mīr Amman Dihlavī - Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes