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Preparations For Hajj or Umrah

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Preparations For Hajj or Umrah

Preparations For Hajj or Umrah

Choose a travel agent who offers a wide selection of “packages” for Hajj. Not all of the products of travel agents are of equal quality and value. Choosing the right agent is of crucial importance. Hopefully, a representative of your travel agent will be your constant guide and trouble shooter during Hajj. Invest time and effort in this essential phase of your preparation

Talk to friends and acquaintances who may have recently used the services of various companies and ask them for recommendations. The quality of service and commitment to the comfort and well-being of the pilgrims vary significantly among travel agents. Whereas a good and responsible agent can “make” your Hajj, a bad one can just as easily “break” it.

Be sure to ask the travel agent specific questions and have him give you specific answers:

What will be the duration of your stay in Mecca and Medina? What dates? Is the program flexible or will it allow no changes once it is made? Is there any additional cost to such changes? If so, what is it?

How far away will you be staying from Haram ash Shareef, both in Mecca and in Medina? If your place of residence is not within easy walking distance (10-15 minutes), what type of transportation to and from Haram ash Shareef will be made available? How often during the day will it be available?

Will a representative of the travel agent who is fully conversant with the rites of Hajj, and Saudi rules and procedures for customs, immigration, and travel be with you at all times? Will he stay in Saudi Arabia for the duration of your visit? You do not want to be left in Saudi Arabia without adequate guidance and assistance. The laws and procedures there can be very difficult, frustrating, and time-consuming.

Will the representative of the agent be conversant with the Arabic language? If not, will an interpreter be provided in Saudi Arabia? Most Saudi authorities do not speak English, and your command of Arabic is likely to be limited.

Will you have the option of travelling within Saudi Arabia, (for example from Mecca to Medina), in a taxi hired by you at your own expense instead of the prepaid bus provided by your muallim? How about possible return by air from Medina to Jeddah on your way out of the country instead of the usual prepaid bus? Get a good idea of this additional expense.

You may want to use the above options in view of the fact that the bus journeys during Hajj season can be nerve-racking. For example, a bus journey from Mecca to Medina (approximately 400 km or 250 miles) can take as long as twenty to thirty hours, whereas a taxi will cover the same distance in three to four hours. The small additional cost you will incur is well worth the money in terms of time saved and physical discomfort avoided.

If you choose to use any of the alternate travel options (and it is highly recommend that you give them very serious consideration), be sure to redeem your unused bus coupons at Jeddah airport on your way out. Your travel agent should be able to help you in this.

What kind of arrangements will be made for your stay in Mina and Arafat? How about the food arrangements in Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah?

Does the price of your package include meals? See if the agents make an effort to vary the menu. You may have to supplement your meals with milk, fruits etc. Food supplied by the agents tends to be monotonous, and the lack of variety is likely to kill your appetite after a couple of days!

Will the agent arrange for a sacrifice on your behalf on the 10th of Zul Hijjah? This is a common service agents often provide for a small fee. They will inform you of the time of the sacrifice so that you may perform other rites accordingly.

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Services for Umrah, Haj boosted

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Services for Umrah, Haj boosted

JEDDAH: There has been a significant improvement in the services provided by the Kingdom for Haj and Umrah pilgrims, including a major increase in capacity in Makkah and Madinah, the Cabinet announced on Monday night at its weekly meeting.

At the gathering chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, the Cabinet lauded the initiatives ordered by the monarch to expand the Two Holy Mosques, said Minister of Culture and Information Adel Al-Toraifi, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

The Cabinet confirmed that several parts of the massive expansion at the Grand Mosque have been completed, including the surrounding courtyards, the mataf or circumambulation area around the Kaaba, and several of the upper floors where pilgrims can perform the tawaf or circumambulation.

At the outset of the Cabinet session, King Salman thanked Allah Almighty for the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, and for bestowing blessings on the Kingdom. He wished citizens, expatriates and the Muslim world well over the coming month of fasting and hoped that achieving the objectives of this month would help unify the Muslim world. He said Islam was a religion of peace and compassion and rejected violence and extremism.

The king also praised the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for their efforts during their 16th consultative meeting, which he said would help ensure prosperity, stability and security in the region. He welcomed the formation of the Economic and Development Affairs Commission, the basic law of the Economic Judicial Commission, and the plan to hold regular meetings of defense, interior and foreign ministers to coordinate policies among the GCC countries.

Al-Toraifi said the Council of Ministers condemned the terrorist attack on the Jordanian intelligence headquarters in Albaqa’a, which resulted in the death of several people. He said the Kingdom stood with the Hashemite Kingdom in its fight against terrorism.

The Cabinet praised the marine mediums project started by the Ministry of Interior, being carried out by the Border Guard; and the project to design and produce unmanned aircraft by Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research Institute.

The king briefed the Cabinet on the results of his meetings with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Paolo Gentiloni.

Al-Toraifi said that the Cabinet announced several decisions including approving the statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights after reviewing a report submitted by the Minister of Justice, and a Shoura Council resolution on the matter.

After reviewing the report submitted by the Ministry of Economy and Planning, the Cabinet approved the formation of the National Center for Strategic Development Studies, which is an advisory body aimed at providing input on economic development issues by carrying out studies and consultations for public and private sector bodies.

The Cabinet decided to approve the minutes of the Saudi-Jordanian Council of Coordination and the Saudi-UAE Council of Coordination; authorized the Education Ministry to sign a pact with Mauritania; and the Housing Ministry to ink an agreement with India.

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Significance of Ramadan – What Makes Ramadan Very Special?

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Ramadan is the most valuable month in the Islamic schedule (Hijri) and it is compulsory for the Muslims to quick in the month of Ramadan. Here are some intriguing and speedy focuses that demonstrate the significance of Ramadan in Islam.

  • Allah has made fasting this month the fourth Pillar of Islam
  • Allah uncovered the Quran in this month
  • Allah has made Laylat al-Qadr (The Night of Decree/Power) in this month, which is superior to a thousand months
  • Allah has made fasting Ramadan and spending its evenings in petition out of confidence and in the trust of the prize a method for absolution of sins
  • In this month, Allah opens the entryways of Paradise and shuts the doors of Hell, and chains up to the demons
  • Consistently Allah has individuals whom He recovers from the Fire
  • Fasting Ramadan is a method for appeasement for the wrongdoings conferred following the past Ramadan, insofar as one keeps away from real sins
  • Fasting in Ramadan is comparable to fasting ten months
  • Whoever supplicates Qiyaam in Ramadan with the Imaam until he completes, it will be recorded for him that he spent the entire night in the petition
  • Umrah in Ramadhaan is comparable to Hajj
  • It is Sunnah to watch I’tikaaf (retreat with the end goal of love) in Ramadan
  • It is Mustahabb in the feeling of being firmly prescribed in Ramadan to examine the Quran together and to peruse it to an awesome arrangement
  • It is Mustahabb in Ramadan to offer Iftaar to the individuals who are fasting.

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210 doors in Haram for entry and exit of pilgrims

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210 doors in Haram for entry and exit of pilgrims

210 doors in Haram for entry and exit of pilgrims

MAKKAH — Some 210 doors have been opened in the Grand Mosque in Makkah for the entry and exit of pilgrims, visitors and worshippers during Ramadan, according to director of the department of doors in the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Muhammad Bati.

He told Makkah Arabic daily on Tuesday that about 600 employees, wearing official uniforms and carrying IDs, will be guarding the doors.

Bati urged all pilgrims and visitors to cooperate with the guards to ensure smooth entry and exit.

He said the guards have been directed to treat pilgrims with hospitality and deal with them politely.

He also asked the employees of the Grand Mosque to prevent people from praying close to the doors and along the passages.

Bati urged visitors and pilgrims not to enter the Haram immediately after prayers.

He said Al-Salam door will be dedicated for the entry of the dead bodies for funeral prayer.

Bati said the special needs people can enter the Haram through a number of doors including Al-Salam, Al-Marwa, Quraish, Al-Abbas, King Fahd and Abdullah gates in addition to the doors No. 64, 68, 69, 74, 84, 89, 90, 93 and 94. He said there are lifts and escalators for special needs people.

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Makkah ready with comprehensive plan for Ramadan

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Makkah ready with comprehensive plan for Ramadan

The Makkah Secretariat has prepared a comprehensive plan to intensify municipal services in view of the large number of visitors and Umrah pilgrims thronging the holy city during Ramadan.
“The secretariat has defined the tasks and responsibilities of each department, along with continuous work of all the other central departments and sub-municipalities,” Makkah Mayor Osama Al-Bar told local media.
He said that officials have been told to personally supervise the work and ensure top quality services.
“The plan was based on intensifying the work, especially in crowded areas such as the central area, shops and commercial centers and neighborhoods surrounding the Grand Mosque,” said Al-Bar.
“All this is aimed at achieving quality control and the safety of food products and water. At the same time, due attention will be paid to continuously clear garbage in areas where Umrah pilgrims stay or frequent,” he said.
The mayor said the municipality will control vendors in the area surrounding the Grand Mosque and monitor the slaughterhouses besides maintaining streetlights and other municipal utilities.
“A total of 11,825 workers, equipped with more than 850 cleaning equipment, will work around the clock to keep the city clean. In addition to this, a number of transitional stations to collect waste within the sub-municipalities will operate along with special teams to eliminate insects and mosquitoes to prevent dengue or other diseases. More than 900 technicians and specialists in the field, equipped with more than 1,000 devices and spraying machines, will be working in this area,” said the mayor.
“All these teams will work in two shifts — morning and evening — and work around the clock.”
In the area of environmental health, Al-Bar said, a number of field committees have been formed to monitor commercial centers and stores that sell food and ensure that they meet the health standards.

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Sun to help determine accurate Kaaba direction today

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Sun to help determine accurate Kaaba direction today

MAKKAH: The holy city will witness on Friday a rare astronomical phenomenon where the sun will be exactly perpendicular above the Kaaba, i.e. the sun will rise by 90 degrees vertically above the House of God.

The shadows will disappear for a slight period. This event will allow people to define the exact direction of the prayer’s direction meticulously, reported Al Arabiya website.

Moulhem bin Mohammed Hindi, astronomy researcher in the Astronomy and Space Sciences department at the King Abdulaziz University, said that the sun passes over the Kaaba twice a year; this year it will perpendicular above it on May 27 and July 15. Tomorrow, this event will coincide with the Friday prayer at the Grand Mosque.

Hindi said “this cosmic phenomenon enables people watching the sun at that exact moment, to determine the precise direction of the Kaaba through the simplest and easiest way. People should look at the sun and thus, they shall be 100 percent heading to the direction of the Qibla.”Sun to help determine accurate Kaaba direction today

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Scholars discuss ways to develop pilgrim services

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Scholars discuss ways to develop pilgrim services

Scholars discuss ways to develop pilgrim services

MAKKAH — More than 100 religious scholars, researchers and experts met here for a second day on Wednesday to discuss as many as 60 working papers on the jurisprudence of Haj and Umrah, in addition to a host of other issues pertaining to the pilgrimage, including among others environment, economy,
media, awareness, architecture, crisis management, contagious diseases and the development of services being offered to the guests of God.

On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier, minister of interior and chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, opened the gathering on Tuesday.

He was welcomed on arrival by Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Minister of Haj and Umrah Mohammed Saleh Banten and other top officials.

The crown prince and other participants watched a documentary about the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Haj Research Institute, which is organizing the meeting, and the programs it has so far implemented, aimed at ensuring the pilgrims and visitors with consummate services that will enable them do their rites in ease, peace and comfort.

The institute was established 42 years ago to undertake studies and research relating to the Haj and Umrah. It started its activities as a research unit of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah before it became affiliated to Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah.

In its first session, the meeting discussed the issues of management, economy and the jurisprudence (Fiqh) of Haj and Umrah.

Abdullah Mohammed Abdul Rahman, a researcher at the institute, presented a working paper titled “The social and economic dimensions of vendors at the central area of Madinah: a field study”.

The impact of contagious diseases on the performance of Haj and Umrah was the second working paper. It was presented by Khaled Al-Jiraisi of Umm Al-Qura University. The paper said sick people with epidemic diseases should not be allowed to perform Haj or Umrah so as not to transfer their diseases to healthy pilgrims.

Fatima Al-Zuwaihri, a female professor at Yanbu University College, presented a working paper titled “Crisis management and its role in the safety and security of the pilgrims”.

The crown prince honored former Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar for his distinguished efforts in promoting the Haj services, former president of the Islamic Development Bank Ahmed Mohammed Ali for his role in the Sacrificial Meat Project, which the bank carries out every year during the Haj, and Habib Zainul Abideen for the great efforts he had exerted while he was the chairman of the central department for the promotion of development projects in the Holy Sites.

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Cutting hair in umrah

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Cutting hair in umrah

Mu’meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah’s Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

AssalamO Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu

Iam from India and had been to Omra from Kuwait, in 2002 for the 1st time during the last 10 days of Ramzaan month.

I performed all arkaan of Omra well, but regarding cutting of hairs I have some doubt which I want to clarify as below:

After completion of Saee during 1st Omra, I have seen some persons (Arab origin) cutting hairs at one corner side of Marwah, and at that time I don’t know the place of hairs cutting, and I went near to one Arab person who already cutting hairs. That Arab person was in Ehraam dress, may be he also had came to perform Omra with his belongings.

He cut my hairs also from three locations from my head and I asked him is it Khalaas (finished) he said Khalaas. I don’t know Arabic language except few words, and after he says “Khalaas”, I thought I have finished all arkaans of Omraa, as I read from books in Omraa hairs shaving is preferred but it can also be cut by 1″ min from 3 locations of head to complete Omraa.

That was the day of Friday morning (10 AM) so I was in a hurry to go to my accommodation to have bath and come back to Haram (Mecca) to perform Friday prayers in Haramsharief as it was the important day for me in Omra journey.

So after having bath I came to Haram in normal dress to perform Friday prayers.

After that in my room some persons asked, “have you not shaved your head”?, your Omra can’t be finished without this. My friend had convinced that Allah is great InshaAllah like that

Before going to Omra, I had plan to perform 3 Omra. One for me and One Omra for my late Father and 3rd One either for my Mother or my Wife (Both alive), so from the beginning I had plan to cut my hairs in 3 Omra to satisfy hairs cutting for 3 Omra.

Since I did my 1st Omra, I had great confusion and some kind of uneasiness in my heart that whether my Omraa will get accepted or not? On the next day (Saturday) morning after I had Fajar prayers at Haram (Mecca mosque) and while way back to room I went in the Saloon and cut my hairs from all portion of my head (not shaved), to cover the mistake which happened and after having bath I weared Ehraam dress and went to Ayesha Mosque (Meeqat) to reenter Mecca to perform 2nd Omra on my late father. So after Waazu I prayed 2 rakaat namaaz at Ayesha mosque and came to Mecca and performed Omraa well and this time I went down straight to Saloon shop which I came to know later, and cut my hairs from entire portion of my head (not shaved) and went back to room and had bath. But as I thought I couldn’t perform for 3rd Omraa.

Later, from Mecca we (all tourist bus members) went to Madina where we stayed 3 days and after Eid prayers we returned to Kuwait.  

Now after I came back to Kuwait I had great confusion and one time I asked one Indian person who along with Kuwaiti Aalim, after Friday prayers clarifies individuals doubts, and I also asked my doubt to Indian guy, but he didn’t hear my entire topic and after hearing briefly he said its OK. Some kind of tension was cleared but I was not completely satisfied, I thought to ask again to clear my doubt but time went on and now my family (Wife + 3 childrens all elders) came 2 years back here in Kuwait and they want to return back to India, after performing Omra.

So in this circumstances what I need to do, So please clarify my following doubts:

1.      Whether my 1st and 2nd Omra is OK?

2.      In case, my 1st / or and 2nd Omra is not OK, what I need to do?

3.      I heard Dam (lamb sacrifice) to be given, in my case for what penalty I am liable to give? One lamb or 2 lamb or not at all? If, I am liable to give, then where the sacrifice shall be given? In Mecca or anywhere?

4.      If the sacrifice is required in Mecca, as I have to go again for Omra with my family how I should give lamb sacrifice, because if I start Omra journey from Kuwait I have to wear Ehraam from Meeqat, so can can I wear the Ehraam and enter Mecca and later after reaching Mecca can I give sacrifice (Dam) for my previous Omra, and perform Omra with my family?

5.      I heard without coming out from Ehraam its Sin of Zeena to meet with wife, as iam staying with my wife, will I comes under this sin, if so, for this Sin what I have to do?  

6.      Please clarify in detail as I have little time to go to Omra again with my family?

I am very thankful if you could give me proper guidance as above, in detail, and also Iam very thankful for the your entire team rendering great services in the name of Allah and may Allah accept all your services (amen).

(There may be some grammatical and spelling errors in the above statement. The forum does not change anything from questions, comments and statements received from our readers for circulation in confidentiality.)

Answer:

Cutting hair in umrah

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: Whether my 1st and 2nd Omra is OK?

The Prophet (saws) said, “May Allah bless those who shaved (after their pilgrimage of Hajj or Umrah).” The Companions asked him, “O Allah’s Messenger (saws), what about those who clip their hair short?” Thereupon the Prophet (saws) again said, “May Allah bless those who shaved.” They repeated their question the third time, and again the Prophet (saws) said, “May Allah bless those who shaved.” When they asked him for the fourth time, “O Allah’s Messenger (saws), what about those who clip their hair short?” He (saws) replied: “And (may Allah bless) those who clip their hair short.

The absolute majority of the scholars and the jurists in Islam consider it a preferred act and rite of pilgrimage that one shave their heads; but if one cuts their hair short that too would suffice to fulfill the obligations of the pilgrimage.

Allah Subhanah Alone Knows how this practice of cutting a few clips of hair in three places after one has completed their rites of the Umrah pilgrimage started in the Muslim Ummah..there is absolutely no evidence in the authentic and established Sunnah or any of the accepted books of Fiqh regarding the permissibility of this act.

If one in ignorance of the laws of Allah, without any intention to disobey Allah Subhanah, did not shave their hair after the Umrah pilgrimage nor cut it short, but had only a few clips of hair cut in three places..as disliked as the act may be, the majority of the scholars and jurists in Islam are of the opinion that The Lord Most Merciful, if He so Wills, will accept the pilgrimage of the believer, and one does not need to give a damm or sacrifice as atonement. And Allah Alone Knows Best.

Your Question: I heard Dam (lamb sacrifice) to be given, in my case for what penalty I am liable to give? One lamb or 2 lamb or not at all? If, I am liable to give, then where the sacrifice shall be given? In Mecca or anywhere?

Respected brother, in your particular case, you need not give a damm or sacrifice of atonement.but you should indeed turn unto your Lord in sincere taubah and seek His forgiveness for the act that you happened to do in ignorance of the Laws of the Lord Most Majesticit is expected that you will find your Lord Forgiving and Merciful and if He so Wills and Pleases, He will not diminish aught of the reward that is due to you for your pilgrimage.

Your Question: If the sacrifice is required in Mecca, as I have to go again for Omra with my family how I should give lamb sacrifice, because if I start Omra journey from Kuwait I have to wear Ehraam from Meeqat, so can can I wear the Ehraam and enter Mecca and later after reaching Mecca can I give sacrifice (Dam) for my previous Omra, and perform Omra with my family?

First and foremost, the majority of the scholars and jurists in Islam are of the opinion that there is no sacrifice of atonement due from you.thus you are at absolute liberty to visit the House of Allah whenever you so will and please.

Your Question: I heard without coming out from Ehraam its Sin of Zeena to meet with wife, as iam staying with my wife, will I comes under this sin, if so, for this Sin what I have to do?  

One of the restrictions of entering the ehraam for pilgrimage is that one cannot conjugate with ones wife until one has come out of the state of ehraam .but rest absolutely assured brother, because you completed all the rites of the pilgrimage and came out of the state of ehraam, you are at absolute liberty to enjoy your lawful relationship with your wife.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

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Makkah museums attract visitors

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Makkah museums attract visitors

Makkah museums attract visitors

MAKKAH — Director of the Supreme Commission for Tourism and Antiquities in Makkah Dr. Faisal Al-Sharif confirmed that that there are classification criteria approved by the commission and applied meticulously to ensure a qualitative leap in museums’ displaying and conservation of artifacts. He pointed out that the objective of the licensing is to raise the level of museums in partnership with their owners, whether they are investors or individuals, to match the international quality standards adopted by the commission in the framework of the initiative launched by the president of the commission entitled “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a Destination for Muslims”.

Some museum owners gave approximate figures about how much demand is out there for museums and looked forward to more visitors with the activation of the role of museums as part of the 2030 Kingdom vision.

Humanity Heritage

Founder of Humanity Heritage Museum Magdu Ahmed Abu Ras says: “The idea of the museum began through a hobby, where I started collecting antiques and artifacts 50 years ago. I bought everything rare or old and began to establish the museum”. He added: “The museum includes 14 halls especially for calligraphy, manuscripts, periodicals, journals, documents, coins and stamps.

Islamic Dinar

Islamic Dinar Museum was founded in 1419. The founder of the museum Mohammad Omar Natoo says: “Starting as a hobby since childhood in the collection of Islamic coins, and my belief in the importance of preserving the Islamic and national heritage, I worked on the collection of a number of gold, silver and copper coins, as well as all monetary versions of Saudi Arabia’s currency, and some manuscripts, weapons and historical documents.”

Al-Amoudi Heritage

Al-Amoudi starred building the museum 20 years ago, according to its founder, Abu Bakr Al-Amoudi, who said: “We built the museum in an old-fashioned way made of mud and milk mixture and covered the ceiling with palm fronds on an area of 2,000 square meter on the Makkah-Jeddah highway 20 years before the road was officially opened in 1435H”.

He pointed out that the museum aims to introduce the Saudi heritage of the various regions of the Kingdom in general, and displays the Makkah heritage in particular in addition to historical, cultural and social parameters, and to highlight the bright present and the current renaissance in Makkah.

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Mina stampede street to be a direct road to Jamarat

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Mina stampede street to be a direct road to Jamarat

MAKKAH — The street No. 206, which was a scene of stampede that killed a number of pilgrims during last year’s Haj, will be made a direct road to the Jamarat area to avoid any overcrowding of pilgrims.

Quoting informed sources, Makkah Arabic daily said on Sunday that pilgrims using this new road will not have to cross any intersections and will directly access the Jamarat area. The sources said the project, which is being implemented by the Authority for the Development of Makkah and the Holy Sites, will be completed on the first day of Dhul Hijja (September 2).

The street was a walkway for pedestrians which ended in a cul-de-sac at which pilgrims will either have to turn right or left to continue their path to the Jamarat. The sources said a number of pilgrims changed course last year reversing their path which resulted in the deadly stampede.

Work under way to link Street 206 directly to the Jamarat area. The project being implemented by the Authority for the Development of Makkah and the Holy Sites will be completed on the first day of Dhul Hijja (Sept. 2). — Courtesy: Makkah newspaper

They said a number of tents which block the road will be dismantled and shifted to another area in Mina which has become spacious after government offices were relocated outside the tent city.

Meanwhile, the Makkah municipality has completed its operational plan for Haj by allocating 27 service centers in the Holy Sites consisting of 22 in Mina, three in Muzdalifah and two in Arafat. The centers will undertake the general cleaning, observe environmental health and ensure the safety of food being provided to pilgrims. They will also monitor the tents to curb the entry of outsiders.

On the other hand, temperature in the tents in Mina will be brought down from 33 degrees Celsius to 21 degrees during the year’s Haj thanks to a new type of air conditioners developed by an Australian company.

The company was contracted by the Public Investments Fund (PIF) of the Finance Ministry which has been responsible for the installation of air conditioners in the tents in Mina.

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Islam first to teach tolerance

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Islam first to teach tolerance

Islam first to teach tolerance

ONE of the commonest charges brought against Islam generally, and as a religion, by Western authors is that it is narrow minded. This is turning the tables with a retribution when one recalls different certainties: One recollects that not a Muslim is left alive in Spain or Sicily or Apulia. One recalls that not a Muslim was left alive and not a mosque left remaining in Greece after the considerable defiance in 1821.

One recalls how the Muslims of the Balkan landmass, once the larger part, have been methodicallly diminished with the endorsement of the entire of Europe, how the Christian under Muslim standard have as of late been asked on to revolt and slaughter the Muslims, and how retaliations by the last have been censured as very uncalled for.

In Spain under the Umayyads and in Baghdad under the Abbasid Khalifas, Christians and Jews, similarly with Muslims, were admitted to the Schools and colleges; that, as well as were boarded and held up in inns at the expense of the state. At the point when the Moors were driven out of Spain, the Christian vanquishers held a stupendous mistreatment of the Jews. The individuals who were sufficiently blessed to escape fled, some of them to Morocco and numerous hundreds to the Turkish domain, where their relatives still live in isolated groups, and still talk among themselves an out of date type of Spanish. The Muslim domain was a shelter for each one of the individuals who fled from oppression by the Inquisition.

The western Christians, till the entry of the Encyclopaedists in the eighteenth century, did not know and did not want to know, what the Muslim accepted, nor did the Western Christian try to know the perspectives of Eastern Christians with respect to them.

The Christian Church was at that point part in two, and at last, it came to such a go, to the point that the Eastern Christians, as Gibbon appears, favored Muslim guideline, which permitted them to rehearse their own particular type of religion and hold fast to their exceptional authoritative opinions, to the standard of kindred Christians who might have made them Roman Catholics or wiped them out.

The western Christians called the Muslims agnostics, paynims, even misguided worshipers. There are a lot of books in which they are depicted as worshiping an icon; and in the records of the success of Granada there are even portrayals of the huge symbols, which they were claimed to love, though the Muslims recognized what Christianity was, and in what regards it contrasted from Islam.

In the event that Europe had known as a lot of Islam, as Muslims knew of Christendom, back then, those distraught, daring, periodically valiant and chivalrous, however totally over the top flare-up known as the Crusades couldn’t have occurred, for they depended on a complete confusion.

That was the sort of “history” on which the people in Western Europe used to be encouraged. Those were the thoughts which motivated the general population of the crusader in their assaults on the most socialized people groups of those days. Christendom viewed the outside world as accursed endlessly, and Islam did not. There were great and compassionate men in Christendom who thought it dismal that any individuals ought to be accursed interminably, and wished to spare them by the main way they knew — transformation to the Christian confidence.

It was not until the western countries infringed upon far from their religious law that they turned out to be more tolerant; and it was just when the Muslims fell far from their religious law that they declined in resilience and different confirmations of the most noteworthy society.

Hence the distinction clear in that tale is not of conduct just but rather of religion. Of old, resilience had existed here and there on the planet, among illuminated people; yet those people had dependably been against the pervasive religion.

Resilience was respected of un-religious, if not skeptical. Prior to the happening to Islam it had never been lectured as a fundamental piece of religion.

For the Muslims, every one of the three religions — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — are yet three types of one religion, which, in its unique immaculateness, was the religion of Abraham: Al-Islam, that impeccable Self-Surrender to the Will of God, which is the premise of Theocracy. The Jews, in their religion, after Moses, constrained God’s benevolence to their picked country and thought about His kingdom as the domain of their race.

Indeed, even Christ himself, as a few of his truisms appear, pronounced that he was sent just to the lost sheep of the House of Israel and appeared to see his central goal with regards to the Hebrews just; and it was simply after an uncommon vision vouchsafed to St. Dwindle that his supporters in after days viewed themselves as approved to lecture the Gospel to the Gentiles.

The Christians constrained God’s kindness to the individuals who trusted certain doctrines. Each one who neglected to hold the doctrines was an outsider or a villain, to be abused for his or her spirit’s great. In Islam just is show the genuine way of the Kingdom of God.

The two verses (2:255-256) of the Qur’an are supplementary.

Where there is that acknowledgment of the glory and domain of Allah Almighty, there is no impulse in religion. Men pick their way — devotion or resistance — and it is adequate discipline for the individuals who restrict that they draw further and assist far from the light of truth.

What Muslims don’t by and large consider is that this law applies to our own particular group the same amount of with regards to the people outside, the laws of Allah being all inclusive.

Prejudice of Muslims for other men’s sentiments and convictions is confirmation that they themselves have, right now, overlooked the vision of the glory and kindness of Allah Almighty, which the Qur’an presents to them.

— A shortened rendition of Pickthall’s address that he gave on a few parts of Islamic human progress at the welcome of The Committee of “Madras Lectures on Islam” in India, in 1927.

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Jamaraat after tawaf wida

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Jamaraat after tawaf wida

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One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

I performed the tawaf al widah and stayed in minah to perform the stone throwing on 3 rd day and then left the mecca. Is my HAJJ is OK or I have to give “DUM” for being in mecca after the tawaf al widah and performed the HAJJ manasik.

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Jamaraat after tawaf wida

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Abdullah Ibn Abbas (r.a.) reported that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “Let none of you leave Makkah berore making a Tawaf around the Ka’bah (Tawaf-ul-Wida) as the last of the Hajj rites.”

Related by Muslim and Abu Dawood.

Malik has related in Al-Muwatta that Hadrat Umar ibn Al-Khattab (r.a.) said, “The last rite of Hajj is the Tawaf around the Kaabah (Tawaf-ul-Wida).”

To observe and fulfill the Tawaf-ul-Wida as the last rite of Hajj is considered one amongst the obligatory rites of Hajj.

If you performed the Tawaf-ul-Wida with the intention to leave Makkah, and on your way out of Makkah went to Muna and stoned the Jamaraat, and then left immediately for your final destination.the absolute majority of the scholars and jurists in Islam are of the opinion that although not preferred, there is no harm and there is no sacrifice of atonement or damm due from you.

But if you performed the Tawaf-ul-Wida first, then went to stone the Jamaraat in Muna.but rather than leaving for your final destination immediately, you halted or stayed over-night in MUna.then indeed a sacrifice of atonement or damm would be due from you. And Allah Alone Knows Best.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

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