A Pilgrim’s Voyage: A Hajj Pictorial

I have just returned from The Hajj.

At this point in time I am at a loss for words to effectively describe my Hajj. Suffice it to say it was an amazing, spiritually-uplifting and moving experience. Additionally, I was part of a great group and made many friends.

Here is a gargantuan collection of pictures from the pilgrimage (taken with the Samsung SGH-X820). Unfortunately, the best pictures were the personal ones (and I am not publishing those!). You will have to settle for these.

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Arriving in Jeddah

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A Checkpoint

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The View From The Hotel In Aziziyah

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The Hotel Entrance

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A Sermon Following A Regular Prayer

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Fill Up The Plate. It’s Fuel. We Have A Long Way Ahead.

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The Kuwaiti Contingency In Mena

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A Vendor In Mena

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The Caffeine Abode In Mena

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Beads For Sale In Mena

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Spending The Night In Mena

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A Sermon At The Mena Camp

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The Area Outside Our Tent

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3 a.m. – Mena

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The Pebbles I Picked Up At Muzdalifa In Anticipation Of The Stoning Of The Devil Ritual In Jemarat

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Arriving At The Jemarat

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Walking Towards The Three Pillars Of The Devil

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On The Horizon: The First Pillar

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Stoning The Devil With 7 Pebbles

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Exiting The Jemarat Area

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Arriving Under Masjid Al-Haram

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Outside The Masjid Al-Haram

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Muslims Performing The Final ‘Tawaf’ Around The Holy Ka’aba

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Members Of The ‘Hamla’ (Tour Group) Preparing To Pose For A Photograph

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The Group Picture

17 thoughts on “A Pilgrim’s Voyage: A Hajj Pictorial

  1. حجا مبرورا و سعيا مشكورا يا أخي.
    thats just a blessing to have the chance to undertake it, and the pictures are just very Nice.

  2. As a non-Muslim who’ll (probably) never get to go to Mecca, your photos were great – really made it seem more “real” than all these so-called documentaries and “let’s make Islam seem cool” CNN documentaries over new year.
    I just feel some concern for the future of Mecca… I’ve analysed the geography of the area, and if you consider the increase in people who will want to go there in the future… it’s going to be an impossible situation where a much smaller and smaller proportion of the world’s Muslim population will have the chance to go. I hope the city planners are thinking about this well in advance.

  3. Ali/Musaed,
    Toxy,
    Eman,
    Veto,
    Forzaq,
    Moocherx,
    Muhannad,
    MacaholicQ8 et al:
    Thanks for the kind greetings and for your comments.
    Forzaq: I too thought it was illegal to photograph inside and I truly stuck to that until I saw various individual with camera phones posing for shots. so I went ahead and took a shot of myself with the Ka’aba in the background and other assorted shots as well.
    Moocherx:The enlargement of the Jemarat area (stoning the devil pillars) was a new event this year and made a big difference to us. The pillars used to be very narrow (you can see they have been substantially enlarged in the pictures) and people died last year – the authorities seemed to have done an excellent job so far.
    But yes, Muslim pilgrims are increasing substantially by the year (I heard figures of 3 million and up this year).
    I think the authorities could focus a bit more on transportation and roads cause that’s where the main gridlock happens – a couple of cops impede traffic and that results in hours of delay and frusttration.

  4. Assalamoalaikum. Great pictures, unfortunately images SP_AO420.jpg downwards have not been displaying for the past two days. Please Assist. Jazakamullah Khairan Wassalaam.

  5. Aleikum Al Salaam, Abdul Rashid.
    I went over the pictures again and made some modifications – hopefully they all show now. Thanks for passing by this site.

  6. Amazing n simple superb picts. Alhamdulillah i hv performed hajj d same yr same time and looking at d abv picts it reminded me of my whole journey………JAZAAAAAAAAKALLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
    – Rgds,
    Rizwana

  7. salamz
    a superb pictorial depicvtion, bro
    Taqabbal allahu minkum
    Like others during this years Hajj,
    I was unaware photo-taking was tolerated
    May Allah Ta’ala enable this to be a
    source of encouragement for others to
    perform the Hajj & visit these supremely
    uplifting sites – the Haramain Shareefain! Aameen.
    Wassalam
    Yusuf
    PS. Any equivalent pics of Musjidun Nabawi (SAW)?

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