Les rites pour l'accomplissement de l'Oumra et le Hajj (le pèlerinage à la Mecque et à Médine (Makkah et Madinah)). Explications historiques et pratiques religieuses d'après le Coran et la Sounna. Guide détaillé.
The rituals of umra and hajj.
Le pèlerinage de 2015 a été un des plus difficiles tant les catastrophes ont été nombreux..
D'abord, il y a eu l'incendie, sans grande conséquence, mais impressionnante d'une partie d'une aile à la Grande Mosquée de la Mecque.
Puis, la tempête de sable, tout aussi impressionnante, dont nous publions ci-dessous quelques photos:
Le lendemain, des orages ont éclaté, et il y a eu de grosses pluies.
Image unique d'un éclair frappant la Grande Mosquée de la Mecque.
Et le tout s'est terminé par la chute d'une grue causant plus de 100 morts (Que leur âme repose en paix).
Le Roi d'Arabie, également Gardien des Lieux Saints, a rendu visite aux blessés.
Quelques jours plus tard, un hôtel en face même de la Kaba et la Grande Mosquée a pris feu obligeant tous les locataires, au nombre d'un millier, à évacuer les lieux.
On peut légitimement s'interroger sur les raisons religieuses et spirituelles possibles de ces catastrophes à répétition. Est-ce un avertissement de Tout Puissant?
Au moins 220 personnes ont trouvé la mort et 390 autres ont été blessées dans une bousculade de pèlerins jeudi à Mina, près de la Mecque, ont annoncé les services saoudiens de la défense civile.
Des opérations de secours sont en cours, "il y a jusqu'à maintenant 220 morts et 390 blessés", ont indiqué ces services laissant entendre que le bilan pourrait être plus lourd.
Muslim pilgrims from around the world began gathering before dawn Wednesday in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Some 2 million pilgrims will be packed should-to-shoulder for an emotional day. Many wept as they stretched their hands out toward the sky in supplication to ask for forgiveness and pray for loved ones.
It was on this day some 1,400 years ago that Islam's Prophet Muhammad is believed to have delivered his final sermon from Mount Arafat during the hajj, calling for equality and for Muslims to unite.
Muslims believe prayer on this day at Mount Arafat, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Mecca, is their best chance to erase past sins and start anew.
The five-day hajj pilgrimage began Tuesday. To shed symbols of materialism, male pilgrims wear white terry cloth garments meant to symbolize humility and equality. Women forgo makeup and perfume, cover their heads and wear loose-fitting clothing.
Islam requires that able-bodied Muslims perform the hajj once in their lives. While following a route the Prophet Muhammad once walked, the rites are believed to ultimately trace the footsteps of the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, or Abraham and Ishmael as they are named in the Bible.
The hajj also includes circling Islam's holiest site the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in Mecca's Grand Mosque that observant Muslims around the world face in prayer five times a day.
The pilgrimage requires physically demanding purification rites and often walking long distances. Pilgrims with disabilities and the elderly are pushed in wheelchairs.
Saudi authorities say there are 1.4 million international visitors for the hajj this year. Some 600,000 pilgrims from the kingdom itself are also expected to take part.
Millions of Muslims save for years to make the journey.
JEDDAH: Nearly 800,000 pilgrims have arrived from abroad to perform Haj this year. According to statistics released by the Passport Department on Thursday, 796,581 pilgrims have so far landed in Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage that begins in another 10 days. “Of them, 780,474 pilgrims arrived by air, 9,039 by land and 7,068 by sea,” said a statement from the department carried by SPA. The government has taken extraordinary measures to ensure a safe Haj. The Grand Mosque in Makkah and its vast courtyards are packed with the faithful, many elderly women, engaged in circumambulation, prayers and supplications. The guests of God are seen reciting verses from the Holy Qur’an at all times. Among the foreign pilgrims are 100,000 each from India and Pakistan. “Most of our pilgrims are now in Makkah,” said Indian Consul General B.S. Mubarak. “Nearly 60,000 of them have been accommodated in residential buildings in Makkah’s Aziziyah district.” According to him, the weather has been better over the past few days. “It is pleasant during the night in Makkah,” he told Arab News from Makkah on Thursday. “Our pilgrims are doing fine and are busy with prayers and supplications.” “Initially, however, the weather was very harsh,” he said, referring to the period from Aug. 6 to Sept. 1 when the temperatures soared considerably in Makkah and Madinah, making it unbearable for many. Pakistani Consul General Aftab Ahmed Khokher said the Pakistani pilgrims are generally in good health. “Nearly 100,000 of the 143,368 expected have already arrived in the Kingdom,” he told Arab News. “Our pilgrims will continue to arrive until Sept. 17,” said Syed Abu Ahmad Akif, director general of Haj in Pakistan. Domestic pilgrims will start heading to Makkah and the holy sites on Sept. 20 for the five-day pilgrimage.
