Hajj 2010

[Xeeshan]

Hajj 2010

Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Press Agency said that a record number of Muslims were expected to make the Hajj this year - over 3.4 million anticipated over the five days of the pilgrimage. One of the pillars of Islamic faith, the Hajj must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by any Muslim who has the ability to do so. Pilgrims perform a series of rituals including walking around the Kaaba, standing vigil on Mount Arafat and a ritual Stoning of the Devil. At the end of the Hajj, on November 16th, the three day festival of Eid al-Adha begins around the world.

A general view shows the Saudi holy city of Mecca, as seen from the top of Noor mountain, late on November 13, 2010

Saudi Arabian men ride on the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in Mecca on November 2, 2010. The Chinese-built monorail project, will link Mecca with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, and will operate for the first time during the Hajj this month at 35 percent capacity to ferry Saudi nationals who will take part in the upcoming annual Muslim pilgrimage.

Thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims are seen on their way towards a rocky hill called Mount Arafat, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

An ambulance is parked among thousands of Muslim pilgrims praying near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran

Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010

Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat, southeast of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago.

Muslim pilgrims stand on top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located overlooking Mecca late on November 13, 2010.

 

[Xeeshan]

The massive new clock atop the newly-completed Abraj Al-Bait Towers, above tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the center of the Grand mosque in Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage November 11, 2010.

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims perform Friday prayers in front of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on November 12, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims reach to touch the golden doors of the Kaaba as they perform their walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca early on the morning of November 9, 2010

 

[Awesome]

Any pictures during the rains this time?

 

[Awesome]

Would it be permissible to make another door on the other end of the Kaabah? Then make a small passageway for people to cross through so everyone can enjoy going inside the Kaabah

 

[GentlemanObserver]

Would it be permissible to make another door on the other end of the Kaabah? Then make a small passageway for people to cross through so everyone can enjoy going inside the Kaabah

Good point sir, but the health and safety aspects of this could be massive.

 

[Bas_tum_Pak]

I performed Hajj This year Alhamadulillah. I am tired but i found myself in real peace.

 

[Xeeshan]

^^MashAllah

Congratulations ap ko
Allah tala ap ki mehnat ko qabool farmaey

 

[Evil Flare]

I performed Hajj This year Alhamadulillah. I am tired but i found myself in real peace.

exhausted might be the correct word to use .

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

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Would it be permissible to make another door on the other end of the Kaabah? Then make a small passageway for people to cross through so everyone can enjoy going inside the Kaabah

That was part of the original design AFAIK when Ibraahiim AS built it. when the quraysh rebuilt it they were short of money so they couldn't put in two doors. They also didn't have the money to buy enough bricks so they shrunk the Ka3bah, it used to be a larger cube. There's a reason why the door doesn't come all the way down to the floor too, but my memory's out.

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

Pictures of the Hajj: 'shock and awe' for the onlooker!

 

[Salik]

Would it be permissible to make another door on the other end of the Kaabah? Then make a small passageway for people to cross through so everyone can enjoy going inside the Kaabah

As we know sir Hateem is actually part of Kaabah... here is some detail




1. A half circled place adjacent to Kabat-ullah is called "HATEEM".

2 . It is originally the inner side of Kabat-ullah but in the times of Prophet Syedna Muhammad (S. A. W.), it could not be built completely due to non availability of funds. It means holy kaba was initially in rectangle shape not as squared as we see today.

3. Hateem is actually the inner part of kaba and because of this fact the tawaf is done out side hateem. It means tawaf is done in rectangular shape covering holy kaba as well as hateem. Secondly no compulsory salat (5 times mandatory prayers) is permitted to offer in hateem. Hateem is closed when the imam leads 5 time compulsory prayer. However pilgrims may offer their nafils (optional prayers) in this area. pilgrims try to offer two rakat nafil here quickly as it is very little place and many many muslim brothers and sisters wait for their turn. Ladies may also offer their nafil salat here behind men at any time.

4 .This place has been kept open so that a worshiper could get the opportunity to pray here. It is just an equal honour for a faithful as he prays inside the Kabat-ullah.

5 . Hateem is also called Hajar.


Waseem's Islamic Folder - AHLAN

 

[Xeeshan]

Ironic article. I feel so disturbed for Hajjis.

Aljazeera Reports

It's 1am and we’re on our bus drive from the tent city of Mina to Arafat , where pilgrims spend the daylight hours at the plains surrounding Mount Arafat, before moving on.

It was a sight that had a post-apocalyptic aura about it and made me swallow the moisture in my mouth.

For 4km, lining the street like jagged stitches on an otherwise neat garment, were tens of thousands of pilgrims, clad in ihram, most of them deep in sleep ahead of the momentous day ahead.

A day so significant the Prophet Muhammad stated, "Hajj IS Arafat". Muslims believe that any prayer a pilgrim makes with utmost sincerity at Arafat will be accepted.

And forgiveness, that desperately sought-after grant from Allah, Al-Ghafoor - "The most forgiving", awaits a pilgrim at Arafat.

While most of the other pilgrims were safely in their tents, some entitled to "special services" tents with high quality air-conditioning, free soft drinks and meals and the relative comfort of fewer pilgrims per tent - those on the streets clearly had nowhere to stay.

Were they illegal squatters or unregistered? Were they duped by Hajj operators? Southern-Pakistani Sayid Mahboob gave me some insight.

He sought us out, seeing us walking around in the bone-crushing crowd with our camera, microphone and media accreditation dangling from our necks. Unlike Isa the Nigerian, he was angry.

"We slept on the street last night. No toilets. My mother is a sugar [diabetes] patient. The Pakistani and Saudi governments have done nothing for me," he said.

Incomplete accommodations

I asked him if he was an unregistered pilgrim.

Sayid Mahboob shot back, holding out his card that hung from his neck: "These are my documents, I paid to the government of Pakistan 226,000 rupees (around $3,000).

"This covers all the expenses ... when we went to our maktab, our tent section 49, they gave us tents that were incomplete - under construction.

"All the electricity is open, what if somebody catches shock [electrocution]? No water in the bathroom..."

I asked, "Were conditions that bad that you had to sleep on the street?"

"Very very bad. So we were sleeping on the street," he replied.

I wondered whether it was the same for him during the Mecca leg of the Hajj.

"In Mecca we had a hotel, but no water for half the day. Anytime I explained our situation to maktab officials, the government of Pakistan, the complaint centre of the Saudi government, even hotel managers - they only say one thing, because we are pilgrims, 'Sabr, Sabr, Sabr (patience, patience, patience)!!!!'... when I go back to Pakistan I’m petitioning the supreme court."

 

[subanday]

Its bad on getting back to pakistan, hajj flights delayed by hours and believe me that hajis r not given the honor and respect they thoroughly deserve..