All employees working directly or indirectly during the Hajj this year must be inoculated. Foreign pilgrims will have to quarantine for three days on arrival. Authorities have specified procedures that must be followed at entry points within and before entering the country. These include verification of all health documents, including vaccination certificates, and visual screening procedures.
Pilgrims will be divided into groups for transport to holy sites. All places of accommodation have Covid health protocols in place to ensure social distancing and prevent overcrowding in rooms. Catering companies must ensure food is provided to pilgrims in their rooms, to prevent people gathering for meals.
Buffets will not be permitted in restaurants or hotels. When the pilgrims travel to Arafat, bags will be sterilised and designated pathways laid out from train stations to help them navigate the holy sites safely. Pilgrims will be assigned specific seats, with an empty one in between to ensure social distancing protocols are followed.
Pilgrims will be restricted to their accommodation in Arafat and Muzdalifah, meaning they cannot go to see friends or relatives staying in other hotels or compounds. Saudi health authorities said they will continue to assess and update the precautions as needed. The Ministry of Hajj has introduced smart technology to facilitate Hajj rituals. These include a Hajj smart card system, which will enlist all the approved Hajj pilgrims and link them to services and amenities, including access to camps, transport, hotels, cashless payment terminals and ATMs, and identify crowded spots at the holy sites in Makkah and Madinah.
The Hajj smart card is encrypted with a QR code that enables pilgrims to download the app on their smartphones. The card uses near-field communication technology, which makes it readable by kiosks to identify crowded spots throughout the holy sites and help guide lost pilgrims. The ministry said that the local companies which are responsible for transporting pilgrims from outside Makkah, must register the pilgrims' details and record the amount collected from each, and send it to the Ministry no later than July The companies must ensure that all pilgrims are given their smart cards for entry to Makkah.
The ministry shared a live location link, using Google Maps, on its official Twitter page, showing the locations of the camps in Arafat and Mina. A guide to the importance, steps and dates ]. All you need to know about Hajj in Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and a once-in-a-lifetime obligation for every Muslim who can afford it.
Mariam Nihal. Expand Autoplay. Image 1 of Hajj takes place two months and 10 days after Ramadan ends, during the Islamic month of Dhul-Hijjah.
The height of Hajj corresponds with the major Islamic holy day Eid al-Adha, which commemorates Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son on Divine orders. The pilgrimage, conducted over five days, includes numerous detailed rituals including wearing a special garment that symbolizes human equality and unity before God, a circular, counter-clockwise procession around the Kaaba, and the symbolic stoning of evil.
What it's like experiencing Hajj first hand. Kaaba Ka'bah , a cube-shaped structure draped in black silk, is the most sacred shrine of Islam and the chief goal of the pilgrimage. There is a black stone enclosed in a silver ring in the eastern corner of the Kaaba.
Muslims believe that the stone was given to Abraham by the angel Gabriel. Participants touch or kiss the stone to end the ceremony around the Kaaba. People who have completed the pilgrimage may add the phrase al-Hajj or hajji pilgrim to their names. April - A fire in Mina, Saudi Arabia, tears through a sprawling, overcrowded tent city, trapping and killing more than pilgrims and injuring 1, February 1, - A stampede kills Muslim pilgrims and injures more at a stone-throwing ritual which has been the source of deadly trampling in the past.
January 5, - A small hotel in Mecca collapses, killing at least 76 people. The hotel, Luluat Alkheir, is occupied by Asian pilgrims when it collapses. January 12, - A stampede kills at least people. The stampede, like others in the past, happens during the stone-throwing ritual in which the pilgrims stone a symbolic devil.
Each day of Hajj has a specific meaning, and those who participate must prepare for their pilgrimage with a distinct outfit. During the Hajj, pilgrims must also refrain from cutting their hair, clipping their nails, wearing perfume, or having sex.
Muslims who participate in Hajj do so to come together and show commitment to Allah, as well as part of a ritual to show that every Muslim is equal in the eyes of God.
Before entering Mecca, all men should wear a white garment called an Ihram to show equality. MORE : Mother and son convicted of murdering jogger who ran on their land. Poppy Logo. FB house promo. First day of Hajj — Pilgrims enter into a state of holiness by wearing the Ihram while inside Mecca and proceed to Mina, a town around 10km outside the city. It tends to be large groups that make this journey, and they camp when there.
Mina, the city of tents, has over than , air-conditioned tents that provide temporary accommodation to Hajj pilgrims.
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