Main activities of hajj at Mina on 11th-12th Dh-Hijja

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Second day pebbles through

On 11th Dh-Hijja you have to through pebbles on three jamarat from noon to sunset, this is sunnah. But if not possible due to over crowd you can do it until sube sadik. If you did not do kurbani & tawaf-e zearat you can do it today. It is best to do before noon, you can do it until sunset.

Third day pebbles through

On 12th jllhaz you have to through pebbles on three jamarat from noon to sunset , this is sunnah, if you can do it until subesadik. If you did not do kurbani & tawaf-e zearat you can do it today. After stone through at three jamarat you can leave mina today before sunset , most of the hajjis do this. So a huge crowd seen at jamarat & also on roads to go back to Makkah. But this is not essential to leave mina on the 12th Dh-Hijja . This is sunnah to leave mina on 13th Dh-Hijja bfore sunset. Before that you have to through pebbles on three jamarat after noon to sunset. So you can think to stay at mina on 12th Dh-Hijja & leave mina on 13th Dh-Hijja . It will be much better to avoid crowd & follow sunnah.

Main activities of hajj at Mina on 10th Dh-Hijja day

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Pebbles through

After arriving at mina on the 10th Dh-Hijja morning first thing to do is pebbles through at jamarah-e akaba. sunnah time is till noon but it is jaez to stone through till sunset. This is comparatively crowded area but the crowd is not same all day long, when you see much crowd stand aside for suitable time to pebbles through. After pebbles through you have to go out from jamarat through another way. This road seem to be new to you, Now see the map with you & find out road which lets you go back to your tent. Before going back to tent you have to perform kurbani & then cut your hair.

Kurbani

After stone through at jamarah-e akaba you have to perform your kurbani. If you have given money to bank to do kurbani on be half of you then you have to know the time of kurbani from the bank. You have to give this money to bank before going to mina at Makkah. Bank officer will give you a cupon & declare the time of kurbani on the 10th Dh-Hijja . This time is important because you have to shave your head or cut your hair after kurbani.

Hair cutting

After kurbani you have to shave your head or cut your hair, there are many hair cutting saloon or barber around mina, but the cost is little bit high. Do not go here & there to get cheap barber, you will get saowab for spending this money.

Back to the tent

Now this is the time to back to your tent. Many hajjis face trouble to back to tent. So always carry the map with you & try to remember the tent number & road name of your tent, it will help to come back safely to your tent. Always hang your tent number card on your chest. If necessary take help from police or scout. But problem is that they do not know English, they can help you if you have the tent number card because it is written in Arabic. After come back to tent take a bath leave ihram & wear normal dress, take rest for some time. Then take preparation to go to Al-Masjid Al-Haram for tawaf-e zearat.

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 Mina on 8th Dh-Hijja

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Going to mina

You are going to mina for staying five days at mina, arafat & Muzdalifah. Carry only the essential things. A foam bed & one pillow is given to every hajjis at the tent. Take some dry food & necessary medicine. Take one extra piece of ihram cloth with you. You will be there wearing ihram before hair cutting on the 10th Dh-Hijja . After that you will be in normal dress for next two days, 11th Dh-Hijja & 12th Dh-Hijja till after noon, but it is sunnah to stay at mina till 13th Dh-Hijja after noon .

Stay at mina

Tamuttu hajjis who are staying at Makkah go to mina by wearing ihram at their home/hotel on the 8th Dh-Hijja . Normally hajj package managers carry hajjis to mina by bus on on 7th Dh-Hijja from afternoon to avoid crowd. It is necessary ( sunnah ) to stay at mina on 8th Dh-Hijja day after night. hajjis stay in tent at mina the tents are air conditioned but lot of hajjis are accommodated in every tent so there is a crowded situation. Share your experience of staying at tent at mina.

Food-stuff at mina

All kind of foods are not available at mina as like as Makkah. Over all hygiene & sanitation of mina is not so good. So there is a chance to be ill by food borne diseases. Be careful to eat food & strictly maintain personal hygiene. Share your experience of taking food at tent at mina.

Tent location

All the tents & roads at mina are mostly identical, so it is very difficult to identify own tent when go out from tent for any purpose. Map of mina with road name & tent number is very important tool to locate own tent. Before go to mina card with tent number & address is given to every hajjis. So try to locate your tent in the map, see the road name beside your tent. Make a study about all neighboring road name & how to go from one road to another & how to go jamarat from your tent & how to come back from jamarat. It is also important to locate the bus or taxi station near to your tent & how to go that station to go to Makkah. When you come back from Makkah by bus or taxi at that time the station is not the same from where you go to Makkah . It is another bus station at other location. So make a study about the bus station location & how to come back from there to your tent. Try to find out local bus or taxi route at mina, arafa & Muzdalifah. Many hajjis face problem to come back to own tent.

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