Pilgrims streamed out of Mina after performing the ritual stoning of the devil for one last time on Saturday. There was no respite from the hot weather and the mercury hovered around 45 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. The pilgrims had poured into the Jamrat Complex since morning to perform the mandatory[…]
Saudi Arabia deployed large numbers of special forces on Saturday on the last day of Haj. Dozens of “special emergency force” troops were seen on one level of the Jamarat Bridge, a five-storey structure in Mina where pilgrims ritually stone the devil. Many more special troops patrolled the network of[…]
With Haj 1436 concluded, South Africa can expect the first group of hujjaj to arrive in the country on Monday morning and the larger groups later next week, according to the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc). 350 pilgrims will arrive on Monday, including groups from Al Anwar Haj[…]
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah, advisor of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and chairman of the Central Haj Committee, said that the plan for facilitating the movement of pilgrims from Makkah to Mina was a resounding success. The security and health conditions of the pilgrims are very good,[…]
Early, monthly, daily, hourly, worshippers from around the world meet at the heart of Islam, the Kaaba. Positioned inside Mecca’s Grand Mosque, the Kaaba is Bait Allah, or the House of God, and represents the qiblah, the direction that Muslims face to perform their five-times-daily prayers. One of the greatest[…]
About 60 percent of pilgrims were transported to Mina on Monday evening according to the Haj Ministry’s grouping plan. The remaining 40 percent will be taken to the Tent City on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Muhammad Al-Qarni, adviser to the Haj minister for operations and emergencies, who is also head of[…]
On Monday, the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Makkah Metro rail service will begin operations. It will operate non-stop for seven days from 4am beginning 7 Thul hijjah (Sept 21) to 13 Thul hijjah, to transport the more than three million haj pilgrims between Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafah, which are among the[…]
Two pilgrims were injured after a fire broke out on the eighth floor of an 11-story hotel building in the Al-Aziziyah neighborhood of Makkah in the early hours of Thursday. However, the Civil Defense acted swiftly and evacuated 1,028 Hajis, believed to be Asians, while putting out the blaze. Col.[…]
Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar said that this Haj season will witness the last reduction in the number of pilgrims following completion of expansion work inside the Grand Mosque. “Starting from next Haj season, the number of pilgrims will increase to 5 million and then to 30 million in the coming[…]
The sight of dead bodies and injured hujjaaj in Makkah filled most social networking sights on Saturday morning. In a harrowing account of the event that transpired Friday evening after Asr salah, South African hujaaj Muahmmed Bhamjee told VOC News that his haj will now begin on a sad note[…]
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