The cost of the non-special services camp for hajj is expected to increase, after it was announced that Camp C+ will be fitted with fire resistant tents. The South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) said it received the notification from the Saudi Haj Ministry on Friday, a week after[…]
This forms part of the Hajj Stories series by South African hajj doctor Salim Parker. His features can be found on www.hajjdoctor.co.za Technology is wonderful. Modern aircrafts and computerised optimal connection times led to me completing the journey from Cape Town to Jeddah in less than twelve hours. How different[…]
This forms part of a series of haj stories written by Cape Town doctor Salim Parker. It is currently being published monthly on his website www.hajjdoctor.co.za. They looked at their Ihrams. Both have worn their respective garbs four times, once on Hajj and on three other separate occasions when they[…]
OPINION by Yusuf Abramjee The annual pilgrimage by Muslims to Makkah in Saudi Arabia is the largest single religious gathering in the world. It drew to a close last week. Official figures by the General Authority for Statistics in the Kingdom show that 1,862,909 pilgrims took part in this year’s[…]
Tears are flowing down the faces of South African hujjaj as the intense journey of atonement begins – the Day of Wuqoof. In what many regard as a life-changing experience, hujjaj are gathering on the plains of Arafat on Sunday for the apex of the pilgrimage, where pilgrims will engage[…]
Pilgrims from around the world are now on the dry plains of Arafat, which is the climax of the five-day Haj. This particular ritual is popularly known as Wuqoof-e-Arafat. Around two million Muslims from around the world and inside the Kingdom camped in the tent city of Mina on Saturday.[…]
A new Kiswa was put on the Kaaba early on Sunday as pilgrims gathered in Arafat for the climax of the Haj. The Kiswa which is the black embroidered cloth is usually placed on the Kaaba on Arafat day. The Kiswa is made at a special factory with over 100[…]
Hujjaj are settling into the tent city of Mina today, as they prepare for the climax of haj – the day of Arafat on Sunday. About 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Mina for day one of the haj, facing intense heat of up to 45 degrees. As helicopters hover[…]
After 35 years of delivering sermons and leading prayers in Namirah Mosque, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Al-Asheikh, chairman of the Senior Scholars’ Commission and Ifta Council, has apologized and will not be taking the job this year for health reasons. Al-Asheikh used to deliver the sermon and[…]
Pilgrims, both domestic and foreign, have gathered in the tent city of Mina on Saturday as this year’s Haj begins. With prayers on their lips, beads clutched in their fingers, water bottles in their hands, e-bracelets on their wrists and bags on their backs, they began the first leg of the[…]
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