 Durkheim concluded that "as the rites, and especially those which are periodical, demand nothing more of nature than that it follow its ordinary course, it is not surprising that it should generally have the air of obeying them".Some authors consider that fertility rites took place around Kaaba in pre-Islamic times.The pilgrimage to the Kaaba in the autumn and the rituals performed in it like performing the circumambulation naked, vigil in front of Mount Arafat, offerings to the pillars at al-Mina and sacrifices.