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The Benefits and Virtues of Rajab, the Month of Allah
The above ayah references four sacred months, with Allah (swt) specifically commanding us not to wrong ourselves during them. (We’ll get to this command later!) The Prophet (saw) clarified what these months were in the following hadith: ′Time has come back to its original state which it…
Read More »The 60-Day Project Ahead of Hajj
Dear brothers and sisters, Have you not ever wished to perform Hajj? Do you not want your sins forgiven? Do you not wish to be sinless as on the day your mother gave birth to you? Imagine this great bounty, about which the Prophet, , said: “Whoever performs Hajj and…
Read More »Righteous Deeds with the Same Reward as Hajj and ‘Umrah – III
… Continued Al-Haafith Ibn Rajab said, “O brothers, if you were prevented from performing Hajj this year, turn inward and exercise self-restraint.” If you are prevented from performing the Hajj rituals, you can still shed remorseful tears for your sins; this is like the shedding of blood…
Read More »Saudi Security returns a bag containing money to US pilgrims
MAKKAH – The undercover police in Makkah was able to return a bag containing a sum of money and a passport to American pilgrims in a record time of 24 hours after it was lost in a taxicab. The Americans said they were shifting from an apartment to another in Makkah…
Read More »Arab News and Hajj: Covering the greatest gathering on Earth
Arab News ran more than 300 news stories on the 2018 Hajj season The paper also launched the 2018 version of its smartphone Hajj app for pilgrims to use JEDDAH: Arab News has a tradition of covering Hajj “but 2018 was a little different,” its editor-in-chief Faisal…
Read More »CHRONICLE OF HAJJ ADMINISTATION IN NIGERIA
“CHRONICLE OF HAJJ ADMINISTATION IN NIGERIA” Compiled Ibrahim Muhammed National Coordinator Independent Hajj Reporters Hajj in the olden days Organized Hajj: The Pre-colonial Period The history of organized pilgrimage caravans from Kano dates back to the early nineteenth century when caravans were regularly started from the city. According to the…
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