By Experiment: Hajj… A Journey towards Tolerance

How much impact does the Hajj experience have on one’s life, outlook, relationships, emotions, spirituality, and how? A study reveals that Standing at the geographical and spiritual center of your religious faith…

Hajj: Unity Towards the Centre

Close your eyes and visualize what it must be like to see people from countless communities and countries converging on one ‘Centre’ through a thousand and one routes from east and west, north and south….

Get Prepared for the Lifetime Journey

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Have you prepared for your Hajj journey? How do you practically? What do you need to know about the lifetime journey? What should you take with you? How do you behave?

First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah: Do’s and Don’ts

What do you know about the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah? What are the recommendable acts during them, and what is prohibited?

Offering Sacrifice: Refrain from This

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Offering the sacrifice during the `Eid is a divine order from Allah to Muslims. But do you know that there’re certain things you must refrain from doing if you plan to offer a sacrifice?

Hajj: Its Meaning and Position from the Qur’an

How is Hajj described in the Qur’an, in what context? Why does the Ka`bah, although a structure, have such an exalted position in such an act of worship?

Hajj: For Every Act There Is a Benefit

What real-world benefits are there behind performing Tawaf or any other rite of Hajj? What does hajj have to do with other acts of worship? How does Hajj experience reshape one’s outlook on life?

Hajj: A Different Level of Existence

He left everything behind to accompany Him alone, focus on Him, feel His presence in such a sacred sanctuary. So how does it feel? What gates are open wide for them? How does hajj ennoble one’s nature?

Former Anti-Islam Advocate, Arnoud van Doorn, in Hajj

A new Muslim now, the once strident Islamophobe, who produced an offensive film about Islam and Prophet Muhammad, was among the great Muslim gathering of Hajj this year.

Hajj 2013: In Pictures

Millions of Muslims converge yearly to Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj, one of the world’s biggest displays of mass religious peaceful devotion. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have started to leave the Kingdom after peacefully performing the journey rituals.