A few months ago, a few VOC staff members visited marhoom Maulana Yusuf Karaan at his home during his illness. The honourable scholar, who died on Sunday, narrated an incredible story, which we had to tell. Maulana Karaan at the time had completed documenting the story as a legacy for[…]
Ninety-five percent of a project to expand the circumambulation area around the Holy Kaaba (Mataf) has been completed, thanks to 30 months of non-stop work ordered by the late Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Work is proceeding according to schedule for the third phase of the scheme,[…]
Following the conclusion of its annual road-show held in Cape Town at the weekend, the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) has called for volunteers in the Muslim community to be part of its hajj and medical mission during this year’s haj season. Sahuc annually relies on its volunteers[…]
Following a jam-packed roadshow at the weekend, the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) has released its accredited list of haj operators for Haj 1436. Sahuc has urged prospective hujjaj to book with these tour operators this haj season as they have been endorsed by the regulator. 1. Al[…]
About 800 prospective pilgrims gathered at the Athlone Civic Centre on Saturday morning for the South African Haj and Umrah Council’s (Sahuc) annual road show, eager for better insight into the logistics and processes involved in the annual haj journey. In a programme that spanned several hours from 9am onwards, a[…]
Potential hujjaj from Cape Town who are eager to understand the preparations for this year’s haj will find valuable information at an annual roadshow organised by the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc). The information session will take place on Saturday 14 March 2015 at the Athlone Civic Centre[…]
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[…]
Wiping the tears and sweat from their faces, multitudes of pilgrims bared their souls on Mount Arafat for the blessed Day of Wuqoof. The day marks the pinnacle of the Haj pilgrimage, as millions of Muslims stand on Arafat to repent for their sins and supplicate for forgiveness from the[…]
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Asheikh will deliver sermon on Friday prior to the standing (wuqoof) at Arafat, the most important ritual of Haj. He is delivering the Arafat sermon for the 34th year in a row. Asheikh, who lost his vision at the age of 17, sees[…]
Saudi authorities are planning to introduce a barcode system for Mina tents to help stranded pilgrims identify their tents with the assistance of Google maps. “A technology has been already developed for this purpose,” said Mohammed Al-Ruwaished, head of the information technology committee at the Youth Welfare Presidency’s scout camp.[…]
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