A new charitable organisation has been launched called the Council of British Hajis: The CBH is a not-for-profit voluntary charity whose aims are to work for the welfare of British Hajjis and to ensure that they are relieved of any distress and to ensure that Hajj service providers perform their obligations towards the pilgrims making the experience an enjoyable one. See http://www.the-cbh.org.uk/ for more details.
Just a thought…. The Hajj is as physically demanding as it is spiritually uplifting. It is amazing how even the most ill and infirm of people, the most frail and weak seem to be given an injection of life in these places. Even those of us who are able-bodied seem to get this spurt of energy that enables us to walk 10 or 12 kilometres and not get exhausted. I have witnessed, with my own eyes, this phenomenon. It would…
Before I performed the Hajj in 2007, I used to be very critical of those who would go every year, I thought that this was very selfish since the numbers of hujjaj increase year upon year and that if you have completed this sacred duty once and fulfilled your obligation you should go for umrah instead to lessen the human load and burden on this momentous occasion. I now understand why those whom Allah has given the tawfiq financially go…