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Hajj in Islam

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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as pray inside and outside the Grand mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws three million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Each year millions of Muslims embark on the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, making it one of the largest pilgrimages in the world today. The five-day hajj pilgrimage takes place from eighth to the 12th of Dhul Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. In 2012, the hajj pilgrimage is observed from Oct. 24th-29th.
Performing hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Able-bodied Muslims are obligated to perform Hajj at least once in their lifetime.
Tradition says the practice of hajj goes all the way back to Abraham. Millions of pilgrims walk from Mecca to Mina to the Plain of Arafat to stand near the Mount of Mercy and ask Allah for forgiveness. Pilgrims then walk back to Mina to throw pebbles at pilars that represent the temptations of Satan.
The symbolic animal slaughter of Eid al-Adha comes next, followed by a trip back to Mecca to perform tawaf, which is walking around the Kaaba, the most sacred site in Islam.
Pilgrims drink from a holy stream, the Zamzam, before returning to Medina to finish the hajj.

This atricle appears in the Huffington Post.  For some stunning pics of this years Hajj, follow the link below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/hajj-2012-muslim-pilgrimage-mecca-photos_n_2010818.html#slide=1681783

 

Duas in Makkah Al-Mukarramah

One of the students recently requested some duas by the welknown Qari' Sheikh Sudais.

I thus decided to explore this, by providing some videos of duas in the Beautiful Haram of Makkah.




For more beautiful duas in the Haram of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, please visit:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=haramainRecordings2&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_184266

Some more beautiful duas as well as other Arabic videos may be found at:

http://mikasinterests.blogspot.com/2012/09/emotional-beautiful-dua-by-sheikh-sudais.html

Enjoy!

Ka'bah in Cape Town

Yes it's true - the Ka'bah was in Cape Town for a short while, until it was taken to Durban on the day of Eid ul-Fitr.

Let me explain:  We were recently asked to make a Ka'bah for a client, who then took it to Durban.

Naturally we made it from polystyrene, like most of the stuff we make.
Here are some pictures of the completed product:

Fatima - happy with completed product.

 

Our clients were very happy with their very own Ka'bah. 

Here are their two lovely young daughters showing their appreciation.