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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 25 One of the jamaraat walls Rounding off one crazy night The 10th of Dhul Hijjah is the day of Eid al-Adha. But for those on Hajj, it’s nothing like the Eid we experience back home. There’s no Eid salaah, no special…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 24 Hujjaaj spend the night at Muzdalifah Marathon man For most of the walk from Arafah, I drank minimal water – since there were no toilets on the road (and my water was warm anyway). As I neared Muzdalifah, I started to…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 23 The road leaving Arafah Catch us if you can After leaving Arafah alone, I had some hope because – via mobile phone – I was in constant contact with my wife and the sheikh, who were trying to figure out how…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 22 Wuqoof on Arafah (Hajj 2011) Hajj is Arafah Zawaal time soon came, and minutes later, we made our Thuhr and Asr salaah combined – as is sunnah (though some disagree on that). Right after that, lunch was announced. For me, it…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 21 Morning on the plain of Arafah The biggest appointment of my life On the first night of Hajj, we slept a few hours on Mina – getting some rest for the day of Arafah that would follow. We had no idea…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 20 The tunnel leading to Mina Friday, 4th November, 2011. The day that my wife and I embarked on our Hajj. We’d made all our preparations, entered into ihraam, and we were about to make our way up to our camp on…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 19 Entrance to the haram in Makkah Going home The same day we climbed to the cave of Hira, we spontaneously decided to go back to the haram in Makkah for Maghrib and Esha. Just the travel there and back was an…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 18 Education As stated last time, Aziziah was a place where we hoped to disconnect from comforts and prepare ourselves for the biggest 5 days of our lives. It was also the place where our tour group finally kicked in with Islamic…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 17 Our welcome gift in Aziziah It’s not about the feelings During our stay in Makkah, our last tawaaf right near the Kabah came a few nights before we left. I hated it. It was so full and uncomfortable that my focus…

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Previous posts in this series: Parts 1 to 16 The crowning moment I’ve heard that everyone gets a ‘moment’ in Makkah – some special experience where they receive inspiration, or some kind of epiphany. On one of our last mornings there, mine came. For fajr that morning, I’d managed to…