On the first day of the pilgrimage the millions of devotees that have traveled from far and wide would now make their way from Makkah to Mina, a small village located east of the city. Mina is an enormous tent city.The Saudi government spent billions of riyals in erecting fire proof tents after the hajj was marred by a fire a few years ago causing damage and loss of life. My dads sister was present that year during the hajj and she related to us that when the fire broke out people started running in all directions. During that time she had lost her husband in the crowd. The Hujjaj would spend the entire day and night at Mina engaging in the recitation of the Quraan, praying and basically taking rest before heading off to Arafat tomorrow.
I would like to thank my dear friend Madani Norzai for sharing these pictures with me. He is currently in Mina with a group of South African Hujjaj.....May Allah accept their Hajj and make the journey easy for them....Ameen!!
Shukran Jazeelan Fauzia for sharing that piece of information with all the blog readers. Truly appreciated and do keep on reading and providing my blog with your valuable input and knowledge. :))))
ReplyDeleteIf you do something haram in Islam, like hugging, what happens?
ReplyDeleteI am a teen and I was wondering... lets say I hug a guy, not sexually, and I think (from my sources) that that is haram. (Although one of my sources says dating is ok with sexual intentions but whatever) Do I go straight to hell? What if I do a good deed right after to balance it out?
Alsooooo ... if someone purposely does something sort of haram, but they think "Hey I'm going to hajj soon so it doesn't matter." Does it?
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