All perfect praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

I would very much appreciate if these two questions can be answered for me. 1) I would like to have full explanation on Qasar [Shortening Salah] for someone performing Hajj. For how many days is he ...

For the first time, the covering cloth of the holy Kaaba, also known as Kiswa, will have a new addition to indicate the starting and ending points of circumambulation – or Tawaf – around the sacred ...

The photo, which won the medal in the Color People category, shows Muslims during the ritual of circumambulating the Kaaba in Mecca. Conforming to the rules of the Photographic Society of America (PSA ...

On the final day of the Hajj season and the third day of Tashreeq, pilgrims completed the stoning of the three Jamarat in Mina, starting with the small Jamarah, followed by the middle Jamarah, and ...

The video of a Muslim man performing tawaf on a 'hoverboard' has sparked debate on social media regarding the use of such devices during the holy pilgrimage. The pilgrim wearing an ‘Ihram’, the usual ...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 -- Pilgrims in white Ihram garments on Wednesday performed the Tawaf Al-Qudum (Tawaf of Arrival) on the first day of Haj this year in the holy city of Makkah, according to the ...

MAKKAH, June 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysian pilgrims are reminded not to leave Makkah before performing the mandatory ‘tawaf wada’ as the last ritual of Hajj where pilgrims go round the Kaaba seven times ...

The Holy Kaaba athe the Grand Mosque in Makkah. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct 25, (Agencies): Saudi Arabia has established guidelines to ensure a smooth Tawaf, the ritual circumambulation of the Holy ...

A Bahraini man, who shot to fame after being captured by a photographer performing Tawaf around a flooded Kaaba has died, aged 86. In one of the rare pictures of 1941 flood that submerged the Makkah’s ...

MAKKAH — The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has introduced smart golf carts for tawaf (circumambulation around the Holy Kaaba). The golf ...