The heads of both the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) and South African Travel Operators Association (Sathoa), have hailed the success of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. The majority of the almost 2000 Hujjaj who undertook the journey have already returned home, with many praising the fluidity and ease[…]
Cape Town International airport was packed to the rafters on Wednesday night as the first groups of Cape hujjaj arrived home from the journey of a lifetime. From 8pm, family and friends started arriving, waiting anxiously for the news hajjis to walk through the electric doors at the domestic arrivals[…]
With the annual Hajj pilgrimage drawing to a close on Tuesday, the first few groups of South African Hujaaj are expected to jet back into the country on Wednesday evening. Pilgrims will return in groups of about 50 to 100 people on average each day for the next week, following[…]
The Saudi authorities, whose meticulously designed and flawless Haj operation plan has yielded an outstanding outcome, won accolades from senior diplomats representing Haj missions of various countries as well as pilgrims. They said that the Kingdom alone can undertake such a huge crowd management mechanism in a superb and extremely[…]
Authorities have described this year’s Haj as the most successful ever as more than two million pilgrims performed their religious rites with peace. “The Haj 1435 was a big success,” said Makkah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah. “I thank the Almighty for helping the pilgrims perform their Haj rituals easily[…]
This year’s Haj witnessed eight sons of a woman competing with one another in assisting their mother to perform her Haj rituals comfortably. They all wanted to gain special reward from Allah for doing goodness to their beloved mother. Many people accompany their elderly mothers and fathers for Haj and[…]
Health Minister Adel Fakeih said on Monday declared this year’s Haj epidemic-free as he announced that 70 people who were considered as possibly having MERS have all tested negative of the coronavirus. “I am pleased to announce the Haj was free of all epidemic diseases,” Fakeih told reporters in Mina[…]
Chanting Allah-o-Akbar (God is Greatest), more than two million pilgrims stoned the Jamrat Al-Aqaba, one of the three pillars representing Satan, in Mina on Saturday. The pilgrims came to Mina from Muzdalifa where they spent Friday night under the open skies. The weather was pleasant and the pilgrims had no[…]
More than two million pilgrims performed the most important rite of Haj on Friday as they stood in prayer from dawn to dusk on the plains of Arafat, 15 km east of Makkah. A white sea of the faithful surged to Mount Arafat as dawn broke on the second leg[…]
Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim Haj by close to two million believers from around the world reached its zenith on a vast plain in western Saudi Arabia Friday. “I am now a newborn baby and I don’t have any sin,” Nigerian pilgrim Taofik Odunewu[…]
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