Hajj Overview

Alhamdulillah, puji-pujian kepada Allah, di atas rahmatNya saya, emak, dan adik lelaki telah menjadi tetamuNya menunaikan kewajipan Haji yang baru lepas ini. Ada kawan-kawan yang minta saya share serba sedikit pengalaman haji, kot-kot ada info boleh jadi panduan.. jadi saya share terus kepada yang lain-lain as well.

Sebenarnya kerja-kerja haji boleh dibuat dalam masa seminggu sahaja. (Trip haji kita biasanya >< 40 hari, ini if I'm not mistaken, adalah disebabkan faktor logistic, especially pengangkutan. Siapa yang nak pegi sekejap sahaja, boleh ambil package yg puluhan ribu harganya, I suppose because it's a "priority itinerary"). Jadi, hari-hari lain tu kita spent untuk beribadah di Masjidilharam, and ~9 days di Madinah. Bagus juga, sebab bukan selalu dapat simpan duit banyak gitu

Kerja-kerja haji are very specific, masa dan lokasi dah ditetapkan. Hari-hari haji = Hari Tarwiyah ialah pada Zulhijjah 8-13 sahaja:

• 8hb - bermalam di Mina
• 9hb - wukuf di Arafah, bermalam di Muzdalifah
• 10hb - melontar di Jamrah Aqabah dan stay di Mina
• 11-13hb - melontar di ketiga-tiga jamrah (Ula, Wusta, Aqabah) dan stay di Mina. The last day is optional.

Selain daripada itu:

• membuat korban
• tawaf & sa'i di Mekah

Umrah dibuat before or after that. Umrah consists of:

• Tawaf = 7x mengelilingi Kaabah dalam keadaan suci
• Sa'i = 7x back and forth between bukit Safa & Marwah (a total distance of > 3km)
  
  Haji yang lepas ni, the formal number of pilgrims are 1.5 million. There are many others who did it "illegally", so it's likely to be 2 million. Bayangkanlah bagaimana.. That many people at that particular places in that particular timeframes. Nak arrange tempat tinggal, pengangkutan.. setahun sekali.. nightmarish logistics, I would say.
  
  Di Mekah dan Madinah sekarang ada kempen NO SMOKING. Apparently Arabs are among the biggest customers of cigarettes. Sad.. sad. I notice they also love soft drinks! Kesian. Don't be surprised to see Bizza Hut (as there's no equivalent "P" in Arabic), Burger King etc right in front of the Masjidil Haram. At the peak of the season, people flock these outlet after the prayers.
  
  More later, Godwilling.....!

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