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.

Main activities of hajj at Muzdalifah on 10th Dh-Hijja night

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Going to Muzdalifah

It is essential to stay at Arafat up to sunset of 9th Dh-Hijja . According to Arabic calendar after sun set of 9th Dh-Hijja the night of 10th Dh-Hijja starts. Most of the hajjis began to move from their tent towards Muzdalifah after ashor salah. They go to boarder of Arafat & stay there until sunset. After sunset the huge mass rush towards pedestrian way & the area become very much crowd y. If you go by walking you have enough time so do not rush to Arafat boarder earlier. Go slow to avoid over crowd. Arafat to Muzdalifah is 5-8 kilometer depending your tent location at Arafat. It is very easy to walk, do not walk very first or very slow. The pedestrian way is very broad. Lot of toilets / wash rooms are available on both side of the road. Take some water & fruit juice with you before start walking. You will be very thirsty during walking but do not drink much water.

It is comparatively difficult to walk maintaining big group of hajjis. So make small group of 2-3 hajjis, not more for easy walking. Take a long stick host one or two small colored flag for your identity with this stick. During walking host it up so that other person of your group can locate you easily. All walking people are on same dress ihram so it is very difficult to identify a person from behind, because all look alike. Many people can not think about it before but when problem occur they feel great tension . So be very careful about this issue. Share your experience for pilgrims.

Stay at Muzdalifah

When you reach to Muzdalifah the first thing to do is perform magrib & esha salah at a time, then take some food & go for sleep by placing mat on the ground, sleep until fazor azan then awake up & perform fazor salah & began to walk toward boarder of Muzdalifah to mina. You have to stay at Muzdalifah area until sunrise.

If you reach the boarder before sunrise stay there do not cross Muzdalifah boarder before sunrise. Muzdalifah to Mina is about 3-4 kilometer depending your location at Muzdalifah. So do not hurry, you are now going to your tent at Mina, use your map to locate your tent & see how to reach there, by which road you can go to your tent. When you enter into mina then find out the road of your tent & walk through that road to reach your tent easily. If you need rest then go to your tent for rest. If no rest required then go directly to jamarat for stone through before that take your breakfast.

Main activities of hajj at Arafat on 9th Dh-Hijja

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Going to arafat

It is sunnah to start going to arafat some time after sunrise on the 9th Dh-Hijja when sun light will spread around mina. But hajj package managers began to carry hajjis to arafat by bus from 8th Dh-Hijja night to avoid traffic jam. Keep your bag at the tent if you have weighty bag because you are coming back to your tent after one day. Carry the sleeping mat, map of mina & arafat, one piece of extra ihram cloth , a towel & your regular medicine if any. Do not carry any weighty food because lot of food are supplied to hajjis at arfat. If you carry weighty things to arafat you will be in trouble when you will come back from arafat to Muzdalifah & Muzdalifah to mina by walking.

Stay at arafat

Stay at arafat on the 9th Dh-Hijja noon to sunset is the most important activity of the hajj, without stay at arafat hajj will not be completed. Normally hajj package managers arrange tent for hajjis at arafat, hajjis can seat & take rest in tent at arafat. Many foods are supplied to hajjis by different donors. Do not eat heavy so that you become ill, bear it mind that you have to walk to Muzdalifah from arafat. Though there is arrangement to go to Muzdalifah from arafat by bus but due to severe traffic jam bus moves very slowly its take long time to reach & hajjis who are in bus feel great tension weather they will be able to reach to Muzdalifah in time, then some hajjis get down from bus & start walking.

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