24 Aug 2018
He emphasized that sincerity in words and deeds is the real essence of one’s faith and that the pilgrims should embrace the spirit of unity and solidarity with fellow Muslims that they had experienced during Haj in the rest of their life. “Haj is a sermon for those who remember and obeying God, and it is a source of piety. Any worship, which does not make the faithful closer to God and not keeping them away from sins, is an adulterated and worthless one,” he cautioned the pilgrims.
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24 Aug 2018
The Haj of 2018 has been a resounding success. The pilgrimage is practically over now with pilgrims leaving Mina to Makkah on Friday to pray Jumaa in the Grand Mosque, do tawaf Al-Wadaa (farewell circumambulation) around the Kaaba and get ready either to depart for their respective homes or go to Madinah to pay homage to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and pray at his mosque.
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24 Aug 2018
A total of 111 children, consisting of 60 males and 51 females, were provided with education and entertainment while their parents were busy completing their Haj rites.
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24 Aug 2018
“The crowd control mechanism at Jamarat was excellent and the pilgrims could perform the stoning ritual comfortably despite extreme temperatures. The Indian Haj mission received small number of complaints this time and that were mainly related to distribution of precooked meals by some muallims in their Mina tents, and the mission intervened quickly to sort out the issue,” he said.
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24 Aug 2018
JEDDAH:
An Arab national committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Friday morning, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
“Two other pilgrims who were wounded in the incident are in a stable condition in hospital,” said Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Mansouri, spokesman for the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques. Security authorities are
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