Showing posts with label al-masjid al-haram. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Closing activities of hajj at Makkah


بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Tawaf-e-bida
After come back from mina to Makkah at your hotel try to spend most of your time in Al-Masjid Al-Haram. When your departure time is fixed, then go to Al-Masjid Al-Haram to perform tawaf-e-bida, do it one day before the date of your departure. After completion of tawaf-e-bida your hajj activities ended.

Shopping at Makkah & madinah
Some hajjis spend lot of time for shopping. Remember that the main objective of of your trip is to perform hajj to gain satisfaction of Allah. The main things you can buy is date-palm, tosbe, miswak, cap, books, holly quran audio CD, holly quran multimedia CD, DVD, Prayer mat etc. Try to buy things which are of KSA origin & used for religious purpose. Quantity should be limited. All hajjis are allowed to carry at least 5-10 liters of Zam Zam water with him in airplane. For this you have to buy a very good quality container. Some time it is seen that water falls down by breaking container during journey.

Main activities of hajj at Makkah on 10th Dh-Hijja


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Tawaf-e-zearat
You have to go to Makkah for tawaf-e zearat now. Perform tawaf-e zearat on 10th Dh-Hijja is best, you can do it till 12th Dh-Hijja before sunset. You can go to Makkah by walking through pedestrian way, it is about 8 kilo meter. You can also go by taxi or public bus. After performing tawaf you have to go back to Mina. You can go back to mina by walking through pedestrian way or by bus or taxi . You can get bus to go to mina just under Al-Masjid Al-Haram, under Al-Masjid Al-Haram there is tunnel way where you will get bus to go to jamarat.
Again you may be in trouble to come back to your tent at mina. So study about maps of mina , your tent number,road name, nearest bus/taxi stand to go to Makkah & also nearest bus/taxi stand where bus or taxi stops when come back from Makkah. The stand is not the same to go & come from Makkah. Keep your tent number ID card with you, if necessary you can take help from police or scout or others.

Stay in Al-Masjid Al-Haram


بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Talking in Al-Masjid Al-Haram
Al-Masjid Al-Haram is the most important & respected mosque of the world. It's dignity is very high. Every hajji must have great respect upon this grand mosque. Maintain proper etiquette in this mosque is very important . Talking or talking by mobile phone inside this mosque is strongly prohibited except religious talking. Sound of mobile phone ringing inside this mosque is serious violation of etiquette. Switch off your mobile phone when you are in Al-Masjid Al-Haram. So be very careful about this issue.

Sleeping in Al-Masjid Al-Haram
Many hajjis sleep inside Al-Masjid Al-Haram for short time rest. If any one enter into Al-Masjid Al-Haram for intention of atekaf then his sleep for rest will be treated as ebadath or worship. For this he must spent all his time in Al-Masjid Al-Haram for religious activities only. Many hajjis who reside at the hotel far way from Al-Masjid Al-Haram come to mosque in the morning for fazor salah & stay in the mosque for whole day until esha salah. After esha salah they go back to hotel. So they need sleep for rest. Share your experience here.

Shoe keeping
Use a low cost easy to walk rubber sandal to go to Al-Masjid Al-Haram from hotel. Rubber sandal is useful for ablution because at that time sandal is being watered & it is dried easily after few minutes. Many hajjis generally feel great tension for shoes & can not give proper attention to prayer by putting shoes in the boxes near to him. Some hajjis put their shoes in front of them. All of these activities is not favorable for peaceful prayer. By these activities it is difficult for a hajjis to maintain proper etiquette to great mosque.
In every entrance gate of Al-Masjid Al-Haram there are many shoe boxes as rack system, put your sandal in a plastic bag or cloth bag , hang a colored lace in bag & keep it in shoe boxes at entrance gate, so that you can identify your sandal bag by seeing hanging colored lace . When you come back from prayer remember the gate number. Share your experience of shoe/sandal keeping in Al-Masjid Al-Haram.

Important ebadot in Al-Masjid Al-Haram
One of the important ebadot in Al-Masjid Al-Haram is the holly quran study. To understand quran you should carry tafsir of quran in your own language with you in Al-Masjid Al-Haram. If you stay more then one month try heart & soul to complete study tafsir of whole quran during that time. It is great opportunity for you that you are now in that great place where most of the holly quran sent down on Rasulullah sallallahu alihe osallam from Allah. This is the best place on earth to understand quran. So spend most of your time for study tafsir-e quran. When you feel boring or exhausted then pray nafol salah , if necessary take rest by sleeping in Al-Masjid Al-Haram for some time than again began to study quran. Mark important part of tafsir by marker so that you can write note when you come back to your home. You can write important topics name & page number in a paper keeping it with the last page of tafsir.
You can easily carry tafsir-e quran by a shoulder bag, take a thick prayer mat & a pumping pillow for prayer & taking rest in Al-Masjid Al-Haram . Take some date-palm or other light food to eat in Al-Masjid Al-Haram during study & prayer, because go out for eating & again come back will take a lot of time. Share your experience of prayer in Al-Masjid Al-Haram.

Walking in Al-Masjid Al-Haram
According to hanafe majhab a person should not cross by walking in front of a person performing salah. But in special case if a person becomes unable & urgent necessity arise then he can cross by walking in front of a person performing salah, but highest precaution should be taken as far as possible to avoid it. It should be followed in all mosque including Al-Masjid Al-Haram & masjidenabobi. Person who are performing tawaf can cross by walking in front of person performing salah.
According to humble majhab a person can cross by walking between two rows in front of person performing salah in Al-Masjid Al-Haram, but for other mosque it is allowed only when bound to do so for situation.

Stay in KSA


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For performing hajj you are going to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)for about 20-45 days. Before going there you have to arrange hotel accommodation, talk with your hajj agent about food supply & your transport to Al-masjid Al-Haram. Discuss about treatment facilities & money exchange issues with hajj agent and experienced hajjis. To know more about these issues & share your views see the topics below-