Ask anyone who’s gone to Hajj what lessons he or she learned, and you’ll receive a multitude of answers. My own Hajj taught me a number of lessons, but perhaps one of the things I most remember about it was how humbling an experience it was. I remember noticing almost[…]
The Health Ministry has issued several tips for Haj pilgrims including food preparation, nutrition, taking prescribed medication on time, and getting proper rest. The aim is to ensure that pilgrims perform their rituals safely and avoid being infected with various diseases including Ebola and MERS. The ministry’s nutrition department stated[…]
What are the blessings of Hajj? One may describe them in great detail. But, in the Qur’an, where Allah instructs Ibrahim to invite people to come to Hajj, it is said: {So that they may witness things that are of benefit to them}(Al-Hajj 22: 28). Hence, the real blessings of[…]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not going to tolerate Hajj pilgrims who violate its laws during the visit. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sanad, the chief of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said that any pilgrim acting against the Sharia law of the country or[…]
There could well be a resolution in the delay of 12 outstanding hajj visas by the end of Friday, with operators working tirelessly to ensure hujaaj depart for the Saudi Kingdom as scheduled. A technical glitch in the integrated filing system between local operators and the Saudi Ministry of Hajj[…]
With the Haj pilgrimage less than a month away, doctors are urging travelers as well as residents in the Kingdom to adopt preventive measures well in advance to avoid pneumococcal disease (PD). According to medical research, mass gatherings are associated with the spread of the infectious disease. Director of Saudi[…]
Over the past few summers, as millions of Muslims set off on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca, members of the health community have speculated about whether this will be the year when religion and a new virus collide for a big, deadly outbreak. Recently, the bug in[…]
The General Directorate for Health Affairs in Madinah on Monday unveiled an integrated plan for this year’s Haj to enable pilgrims perform their religious rituals in a healthy and infection-free environment. “We have completed the health plan to achieve the best level of performance of health services for pilgrims, workers[…]
Putting final touches on preparations to receive millions of pilgrims from around the world, the officials in the Grand Mosque in Makkah have revealed that the fourth floor or mataf, or circumambulation area around the Kaaba, will be ready before hajj next September. “We have increased the capacity of the[…]
The Kingdom will not tolerate — as it did not do in the past — any activity that undermines Haj rituals. Any conduct contrary to regulations and directives in place for the pilgrimage will be dealt with firmly. Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Chairman of the Supreme[…]
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