In the Name
of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Hajj Reform
By
Irshad Mahmood
– Director, Siraat-al-Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
Hajj is
fard only
once in our lifetime for those who are physically fit (NOT Disabled) as
well as financially healthy.
One must know his/her Medical/Physical Fitness before going for Hajj to
avoid being burden on others. Also they must start daily practice of
FAST walking
for 5 Kilo Meters
for two months immediately after Ramadan before going for Hajj. Many of us
might not
be able to get another chance to perform it again in their lifetime.
At Hajj you may have to face many challenges, and that could be a test
of
patience for you, so be patience at all times,
(Ref.
Al_Quraan_005:002, 094). Remember:
Hajj is NOT a Five Star PICNIC.
Ministry of Hajj,
Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia http://haj.gov.sa/en-us/Pages/default.aspx
must re-organize
Hajj
using modern technologies to give equal opportunity to all Pilgrims
(Hajees), since in front of Allah all
Pilgrims (Hajees)
are equal except those who are better in Taqwa NOT Money.
Allah knows their Taqwa
from their heart, which you cannot.
Suggestions
on how
they can arrange in future for Pilgrims to Hajj:
1>
Every Pilgrim
to Makkah for Hajj MUST have guaranteed equal opportunity to offer at
least five times of Salaat with Jamaat behind Imaam Kabaa inside Haram
in Makkah.
2>
Every Pilgrim
to Makkah for Hajj MUST have guaranteed equal opportunity to have one
common standard of accommodation for all. NO Five Star
Accommodations
etc. & NO Five Star Picnic.
3>
Every Pilgrim
to Makkah for Hajj MUST get guaranteed equal opportunity to stay near
Kabaa to offer five times of Salaat with Jamaat behind Imaam Kabaa
inside Haram in Makkah first and then move far away from Kabaa to give
opportunity to others to have little less rush during this time.
Otherwise those who go to Kabaa and sit there for a long time and of
course for
doing
Ibadah but prevents other Pilgrims
(Hajees) from doing their Ibadah
or making extreme hardship on others, because of occupying all the
spaces whenever they want during whole day and night.
4>
In Minaa as
well, every Pilgrim to Makkah for Hajj & Umrah MUST have
guaranteed
equal
opportunity to have one common standard of tents for all. No Five Star Tents etc.
Number of washrooms must be increased so that people don’t have to
lineups for hours. Special cares need to be taken to clean garbage
DAILY otherwise there are chances to spread epidemic/pandemic deceases
like SARS, BIRD FLUE, EBOLA. Already vast majority of Pilgrims are
getting sick every year, which could be due to Great Mess of Garbage
piles up at Mina. No one should be allowed to wash cloths there except
for emergency. Cloths should be washed later when they go back to their
hotels/accommodations etc. Hajj is for Ibadah only, not to waste time
and create problems for others. All Pilgrims MUST be well prepared for
these days.
5>
At
Muzdalifah, make sure all highways are completely shut down for all
traffics from sunset to sunrise, except those carrying Pilgrims and
Saudi Officials performing duties at Hajj, on the night Pilgrims stay
there during Hajj, and that is only once a year. Otherwise you don’t
know what impact it will leave behind on Pilgrims health due to traffic
pollutions passing from both sides of the Muzdalifah ground. Remember
there are for sure many Pilgrims whose health are little week and may
catch Pollutions base diseases and their life may become miserable for
few months at least if not for very long period.
6>
All
transportations must be provided on equal opportunities to all Pilgrims
(Hajees) and it must follow a balanced good standard.
7>
There must be allocated time for all Pilgrims to perform Tawaaf of the
Kabaa, Saee at Al-Safa & Al-Marwah, and Ramee at the Jamarat
etc.,
to avoid any bad incidents, keeping in mind there will be sick and old
people including women and we need to take care of all as much as
possible. Minaa
needs upgrade using modern technologies as one unified accommodation
for all Pilgrims for Hajj as
well as Umrah, instead of Five Star Hotels & Five Star Picnics.
Modern
Tents
can be of solid bricks for ongoing reusability to reduce pollutions.
8> They
MUST also re-organized breeding of animals, as well as sending meats
and skins after sacrifice to poor neighboring Muslim countries and get
great rewards from Allah on supporting fellow Muslims.
9> For
safety,
security
of Kabaa & pilgrimages as well as for respect
of Kabaa, they MUST NOT
build any buildings/houses/shopping malls within 0.25
Kilo Meters, NO
high rise buildings (more than two
floors) within 5 Kilo
Meters, and NO
high rise buildings (more than four
floors) within 10 Kilo
Meters of Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque which has Kabaa
inside). Make sure NO
washrooms/showers facing or backing towards Kabaa.
“Labbayk
Allahumma Labbayk. Labbayk La shareeka Laka Labbayk. Innal hamda Wan
ni’mata Laka wal mulk. La shareeka lak.”
“Here
I am at Your service O Lord, here I am. Here I am. There is no partner
to You. Here I am. Truly, all praise and favour is Yours, as well as
all Dominion. There is no partner to You.”
For
more detail
information download Organizing Hajj & Umrah and forward to all
Pilgrims:
http://www.global-right-path.com/Downloads/HAJJ_Organizing_Hajj_and_Umrah.pdf