The first few groups of South African hujjaj are expected to return to the country on Wednesday afternoon, the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) said on Monday. With the annual Haj pilgrimage drawing to a close, Sahuc’s head of mission in the Saudi Kingdom has reported that the[…]
With Hajj pilgrims well into their third day of the ritual of pelting the Jamarat, there have been little incidents of note resonating from the Saudi Kingdom, despite the magnitude of the annual pilgrimage. According to ITV broadcaster, Saawmiet Moos, they were yet to experience any major issues or difficulties[…]
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[…]
The time of the much anticipated haj period brings with it an overwhelming emotion that many simply cannot put into words. While on Mina at the “tent city’ at the start of the five day pilgrimage on Thursday, millions of hujaaj sit in prayers in a state of ihram during[…]
One hundred and twenty young Saudis are performing Haj this year on behalf of Syrian martyrs, Mohammed Al-Nuaimi, supervisor of the Haj campaign for the Syrian martyrs, has said. The Saudi youth are part of the 450-strong contingent offering Haj on behalf of those who have laid down their lives[…]
With a week to go before the beginning of the sacred haj pilgrimage, the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) has noted that the majority of hujjaj have already begun making their way into the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. Speaking to VOC’s Breakfast Beat, Sahuc president Shaheen[…]
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