Arafat

SAUDI ARABIA’S Supreme Court confirmed on Thursday that the crescent moon of Dhu Al-Hijjah had been sighted. Hajj will, therefore, begin on Friday, August 9. Pilgrims will spend the day on the plains of Mount Arafat on Saturday, August…

Ahead of Monday's gathering of Muslims across the world at Mount Arafat in Makkah,  in observance of obligatory rites for Hajj,  the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON and state pilgrims officials have been urged not to keep the…

About two million Muslim pilgrims from around the world converged on the plains of Arafat on Thursday to mark the climax of 2017 Hajj rite. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than 81, 000 Nigerian pilgrims are…

Muslim pilgrims from different parts of the world who came to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj have been converging on Muna since the early hours of Wednesday in preparation for Arafat day. The pilgrims moved in their white robes for…

THERE was a time when people would spend months and months preparing themselves financially and spiritually to live the real meaning of Hajj. However, nowadays Hajj is offered as a holiday package. Many Hajj agencies all over the world…

THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed the death of three out of the 76,000 pilgrims from Nigeria in Saudi Arabia for the 2016 Hajj exercise. The head of the medical team, Dr Ibrahim Kana, confirmed this to all…

The Independent Hajj Reporters, a civil society organisation, has advised Nigerian pilgrims to comply with the new modalities adopted by Saudi Hajj Ministry for the ritual stoning in jamarat. The National Coordinator of the…