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History of The Holy Mosque In Mecca

Mecca (Arabic Makkah, ancient Macoraba) city in western Saudi Arabia, capital of Al-Hijaz in Hijaz province near Jiddah. The Muslims called the city “Umm al-Qora”, meaning “Mother of Cities” deriving its sanctity from having been the birthplace of Muhammad (SAW). Mecca is situated in a narrow, sandy valley, enclosed by barren-hills. No city in the history of mankind has received …

The Spiritual Life: Prayer and Supplication For the Muslim, the necessary personal concomitant of professing God”s Unity is devotion to Him. The outward dimension of this devotion is shaped by the Shari”ite injunctions concerning worship: the canonical prayer, whether mandatory or recommended, fasting, pilgrimage, almsgiving, etc. But the inward dimension of Muslim devotions is much more difficult to grasp. Unlike …

What’s cooled, refreshing and will quench your thirst in the hot, Arabian desert? If you answered (fill in the name of the latest fad soft drink), you’re wrong. Zamzam is the name of the well that provides the water to billions of people, have thirstily drunk from throughout history, especially during the Hajj pilgrimage. It is linked to some of …

Malcolm X is one Muslim who saw the light of true Islam through his Hajj in April 1964. As a former member and speaker for the Nation of Islam, a black spiritual and nationalist movement, he believed that the white man was the devil and the black man superior. After leaving the Nation of Islam in March 1964, he made …

In Quran it says: “And pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) every one who is able to undertake the journey to it. “(Qur’an, 3:97) Hajj to get Closer to Allah(S.W.T) Hajj is an act of worship which the Almighty God has made an obligation for all those who have the capability of …

The sun was shinning in the middle of the sky and had spread its brilliant rays over vast lands. On that day, history witnessed a fateful trip. Prophet Abraham (peace upon him) along with his second wife Hajar and Ishmael, his firstborn son, was setting out for another land. Abraham left the cities and towns and entered the barren Arabian …

Hajj Exemplifies Equality Before Allah: Imam Hussain’s Sermon at Mina to scholars of religion

O people take lesson from the counsel God gave to His friends when He rebuked the Rabbis by saying: “Why do not the Rabbis and the doctors of Law (scholars) forbid them from their (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Evil indeed are their works.” (5:63) And God says: “Curses were pronounced on those among the Children …

It is the season of the Hajj pilgrimage and masses of Muslims have gathered around in Mecca. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the symbolic House of God, whether men or women, white, black, yellow, and, rich or poor and from different races and holding various nationalities have come to the Holy Ka’ba to perform the obligation of Hajj. Allahomma …