you know what i hate see going ? the 2 floor temporary tawaf.
honestly i experienced it my self its very very useful. 1st of jan this year i was staying in makkah with a friend and made umrah. i had some back and leg pain so i was walking with a cane. i could barely walk. i only did tawaf walking then used a wheel chair in safa and marwa.
those 2 floors made it possible for me. without them i dont think i could have done tawaf. cuz the ground floor was packed and ppl were over each other. there were a lot of ppl like me either had enjories or were too old or their health and body isnt strong enough for them to make tawaf on the ground floor. even a healthy young women would be hard or nearly impossible for her to do tawaf if she had a small body.
those 2 floors are life saving. ppl worry about the looks of the haram and forget about the safety and comfort of ppl.
they should really think about leaving them.. in few hours i saw enough to make me convinced it would be a mistake to remove them. today its easier for muslims from around the world to come and make umrah. its not like the past. in shaa Allah after the project is completed the haram will be full 24/7. its already full now. or most of the time
its not just practical and safe it saves lives and make it possible for many ppl to do tawaf safely. without those 2 floors in the future i think its going to be very very hard or impossible for some ppl to make tawaf. remember if you make tawaf inside the building or on the roof, depending how far you are from the kaaba, one round is equivalent to 7 rounds of tawaf near the kaaba. i also tried this.
one of the main reasons they rebuilt the building is to make it easier to make tawaf inside the building and have less pillars on your way.
also another good reason to leave them. when head of states, diplomats and VVIPs come do umrah they can use those floors instead of the ground floor. so their security wouldn't bother ppl. this is very important too. i experienced it when i went to hajj few years ago with high officials. and we had a lot of security. one smart thing they did in the new jamarat. they made an underground jamarat so high officials can go through jamarat without bothering the ppl. it really made a HUGE difference.
of course during that time the temporary tawaf wasnt there. but i saw on youtube high officials using those temporary mataf and its very clear how useful it was.
so give me your thoughts guys. should it stay or should it go ? and remember looks come last. safety and comfort of thousands of ppl come first. makkah is not the vatican lol
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