Sentences with word «hajj»

"Hajj" is a pilgrimage that Muslims all around the world undertake to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is a religious obligation and is considered one of the five pillars of Islam. During this journey, Muslims worship, perform rituals, and seek spiritual enlightenment. It is an important and sacred event in the life of a Muslim. Full definition
«Notice came to me yesterday, the 14th day of November, 2017 at about 6 pm while on lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia about a notice of contravention purportedly served on the residence of my 90 - year old mother, Alhaja Sarat Banire, at her 24A, Remi Fani Kayode Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos by the agents of Lagos State Government from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development demanding within 24 hours, proof of planning permit obtained before the building was constructed.
While Mecca won't be quite as hot, the heat will likely still cause many deaths during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Eltahir said.
Even before the National Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress gives the go - ahead for the election of a flag bearer for the 2020 elections, a nationwide research conducted by The aL - hAJJ indicates former President John Mahama has an edge over his potential competitors.
This exhibition presents a compelling portrait of the massive urban redevelopment now underway and its effects on residents and the millions of hajj pilgrims who travel there every year.
The authors of this article have clearly never been on hajj as a non-saudi.
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello was on Thursday stopped from traveling to Saudi Arabia for a lesser hajj at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport as his travel visa had expired.
His 2008 talk at the TED Conference, the annual hajj of tech barons and thought leaders, has snagged more than 1.5 million hits since it was posted online; it also earned Stamets invitations to brainstorming sessions with Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the guys who run Google.
THE FAST OF YOUMUL ARAFAH For those not performing hajj, it is Mustahab (desirable) to fast on this day according to their calendar.
The man behind the purchase and importation of controversial 43, now 55, Armor - plated presidential fleet, Kwabena Boateng Aidoo and three of his companies have dragged Harzet Company Limited, publishers of The aL - haJJ newspaper, to an Accra High Court (General Jurisdiction) for defamation.
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If the lawmakers sit on part time basis, they can have enough time to go to Mecca and Jerusalem for hajj and pilgrimage respectively.
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello was on Thursday stopped from traveling to Saudi Arabia for a lesser hajj at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport as his...
The latest move by EOCO comes less than a week after The aL - hAJJ reported in its last edition plot by President Akufo - Addo and his advisers to disgrace former President Mahama.
Btw hajj is not a time for political rhetoric and protests, it is a time when one nears himself to Allah almighty.
I hope that happens within my lifetime because I'd like to make hajj without being under their thumb.
The aL - hAJJ last week reported how President Akufo - Addo and his advisers are plotting to terrorize and disgrace immediate past President, John Mahama; using state machinery to persecute persons linked to him and his family.
The Domeabra - Obom constituency, The aL - hAJJ gathered, is presently torn apart with the incumbent MP, the constituency Chairman, Secretary and Organizer, vowing to ditch the elected parliamentary candidate while the Women Organizer, Youth Organizer and other executives also swearing to crush those seeking to sabotage the party.
Political analysts conversant with this development; in sharing their thoughts with The aL - HAJJ explained that, the president may be unable to say same back home largely due to fears of his predecessor gaining political mileage.
Nayef, who chairs the Saudi hajj committee, ordered the probe during a meeting with senior officials responsible for the pilgrimage in Mina, where the stampede took place.
Though a known NPP financier, Mr Boateng Aidoo, The aL - hAJJ found out, has had a good «working relationship» with the former Mills and Mahama - led National Democratic Congress administrations.
Mr Boateng Aidoo was reported relieved of trauma the deal caused him when The aL - hAJJ recently reported that President Akufo - Addo had ordered the National Security and Finance Ministries to liaise with appropriate agencies for the vehicles to arrive in the country by next month.
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa, on Saturday, said he had released the sum of N280 million for the 2016 hajj operation.
As we all now know, Art Basel Miami Beach's 2016 edition was marked by more political work than usual, even if many of the VIPs skipped this year's southward art collecting hajj, making for thinned - out crowds.
The annual, and much larger, hajj pilgrimage occurs in October, bringing millions of visitors to Saudi Arabia, where most of the infections have occurred.
Reliable information available to The aL - hAJJ indicates that, President Akufo Addo and his appointees are quivering over fulfilling their own campaign pledges some of which they have openly admitted is giving them sleepless nights.
The Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday urged Muslims going for the 2017 hajj in Saudi Arabia to pray for God's intervention in the health challenge of President Muhammadu Buhari.
This is the date when the Hujjaj (Haji pilgrims, plural of Haji) assemble on the plain of Arafat, six miles away from Makkah al - Mukkarramah, where they perform the most essential part of the prescribed duties of hajj, namely, making Tawbah (repenting) at the Wuqoof of Arafat.
«I have some Hausa children, most of whom are speaking better Igbo on my scholarship scheme while I have been sending some of their parents on hajj.
Government has no business supporting anybody to perform hajj.
It is the location of the qibla, or direction of prayer, and the destination for millions of participants in the annual hajj, the pilgrimage required for all Muslims who can afford it, at least once in their lives.
Checks in the house of the legislature by The aL - hAJJ revealed that the minority bench is almost equally divided along the lines of the party Flagbearer and the suspended chairman.
Transport and road networks are on the increase to facilitate smooth movement of goods and services via sea, air and land hence the expansion of the Takoradi and Tema Ports, as well as the upgrading and renovation of Kotoka International Airport, Kumasi Airport and Tamale airport — recently used for airlifting this year's hajj pilgrims to mecca.
Banire, who said the news came to him in Saudi Arabia, where he is on lesser hajj, added that the building, located at 24A, Remi Fani Kayode Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, was leased to him by the Federal Government and that he never carried out any structural work on it.
It is hilarious that a muslim country would reduce the number of people it allowed to go to mecca because it was afraid of the influence of the hajj.
Saving Muslims from the hajj is quite easy!!!
ok now, i think it would be great to have an arab summer, but only if it truly stems off hajj.
People do nt go to hajj to discuss about politics or personal issues.
The hajj in not about, and most likely will never be a western style gathering where people name drop and exchange business cards and email.
In a neat unification of profit - making and proper worship, the Abraj al - Bait was built next to the Grand Mosque and promoted as a means to expand capacity for pilgrims coming to Mecca for the hajj.
Sources close to the former first couple told The aL - hAJJ that aside the immediate family of Mr. Rawlings, his children are also sharply divided over the present happening in the family.
A court clerk at the Atta Mills Court Complex (name withheld) revealed to The aL - hAJJ that, two litigants who turned up at a High Court in Accra recently for judgment in their case had to leave in anger and frustration after they were told that the docket on the case was missing.
Sources at the Flag Staff House have disclosed to The aL - hAJJ (GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com) that «His Excellency has been in touch with Lt Col Gbevlo - Lartey to return o government.
Even as the Judiciary Council, under the able leadership of the Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood is struggling to purge the judiciary of «bad nuts» after Anas» recent inglorious revelation which shocked the conscience of the whole nation, court registrars and clerks have developed ingenious ways of milking litigants and lawyers dry, The aL - hAJJ's investigations have uncovered.
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