Monday, October 26, 2009

Ramadan Story


On the last week of Ramadan my older brother and I decided to feed a poor people and provide meals to them at Iftar time. We planed to give 50 meals per day. On early morning he went down to one of the tents contractor. He hired a tent can keep up to 50 people. Then we went together to one of the local restaurant in the area and we placed our order.

Later on of the day the tent contractor came in and sat-up the tent beside our house. We were pleased to see the tent have been build up. Two Horus before the Iftar time we drove the car around our district searching for poor people. We invited poor people within the limit. thirty minutes before the Iftar time all the people who been invited showed up. I was looking at my brother with a worried face because the meals were late. He rushed to his phone and called the restaurant to find out what happened.

Unfortunately, the order was delay due an accident happened to the delivery car. At first we did not see how we can get over this situation until my brother drove his truck towards the accident location and picked up the meals. He arrived to the tent just on time and we were extremely happy that we fed the poor people.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Procedure Essay: The Hajj

THE HAJJ is the fifth of the five pillars duties of Islam. Every capable Muslim should make the HAJJ at least once in his or her lifetime. The Hajj takes place annually during the first 10 days of the Dhu AlHajji.

However, Ihram During the Hajj, pilgrims must be in a state of Ihram. Men wear two pieces of white unstitched cloth - covering the waist and legs, the other around the shoulders covering the upper body.At Mecca pilgrims walk seven times round the Kaaba at the Great Mosque in Mecca. Many also attempt to touch the Black Stone, and run seven times along a passageway in the Great Mosque. There are many sequences of rites and actions for performing Hajj rituals such as Ihram at Miqat, Tawaaf, Arafat, Muzdalifah and return to Ka’ba and farewell. Moreover, each ritual the pilgrims must do a particular type of worship.

At the end, pilgrims must remember that sexual intercourse with his/her spouse before the first Tawaaf the Hajj will become invalid or unlawful.