Views from The Hajj
Mina
My Hajj – Day 6 – Jamarat
Tuesday, Sep 13, 2016 We were done with Tawaf az-Ziyarah after midnight. While we were at Abraaj Mall, I recalled that one of my old work colleagues from Pakistan was also on that Hajj. I mused that it would be a real shocker, if I would come across him. Lo and behold, Iqbal Jutt is …
My Hajj – Day 5 – Muzdalifah & Tawaf az-Ziyarah
Monday, September 12, 2016 Muzdalifah Reached around 1AM. Prayed Maghreb and Isha and started collecting stones for Jamarat (near Mina), where stoning the devil takes place. This was an interesting exercise, whereby every Hajji scours the area for stones (mostly small), to prepare for next day’s “venture”. The organizers distributed meal boxes to the Hajjis …
My Hajj – Day 2 – Mina
Friday, Sep 9, 2016 Missed Fajar, as I was really tired from Umrah the night before. Barefoot walking is not easy for me. We prayed Jummah at a mosque behind our hotel, had pizza for lunch, and got ready with the Hajj ihram (didn’t need to for another day, as we found out later). Reached …