The pilgrimage (Hajj) is 1) One of the most important pillars of Islam. 2) A principal means of obtaining proximity to the Almighty. 3) One ...

When one enters the desert and sees the mountain-roads and other obstacles of travel, he should remember the time of his departure from this world and ...

 Hajj as an obligatory act of worship (Ibadat) means to visit the Kaa'ba in Makkah on the specified dates in the month of Thul-Hijjah ...

01. Hunting: Remember that hunting within the sacred area around and in Makkah, known as the Haram, is always forbidden. It is not confined to Ihraam. ...

THE UMRA-E-TAMATTU CONSISTS OF FIVE PRACTICES01. Ihraam: 02. Tawaaf: Around the Holy Kaaba seven cycles. 03. Salaat Al-Tawaaf/Prayer of ...

 01. Ihraam 02. Wukuuf-e-Arafaat or staying in Arafaat. 03. Wukuuf-e-Mash'ar (or Muzdalifa) or staying in Mash'ar (or ...

  Day One: The 8th Day of Thul-Hijjah On the eighth day of Thul-Hijjah (Yawm-e-Tarwiyah), the pilgrim put on his Ihraam after the Salaat of ...

  In the province of Hijaz in the western part of Saudi Arabia, not far from the Red Sea, there lies the town of Makkah. In the center of this ...

 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 ...

    AL-BAQARA (THE COW) 01. Surely the Safa and the Marwa (two mountains in Makkah) are among the signs appointed by Allah; so ...

Al-Haram The Holy City of Makkah and its surrounding areas. Al-Haram has different boundaries. These boundaries extend to three miles on one side, ...