Hajj And The Future Of Saudi Royals

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i can't help but feel uneasy... but, don't you think such sentiments will cause the disunity of the ummah? i long to go for hajj too, i'm in a waiting list -- 3 years more, insya Allah. i can understand the long wait, as obviously millions & milions of Muslims around the world want to do hajj too... so to accomodate all of them at one time, the limited area might not be possible. it might even be dangerous -- stampeding / suffocation can occur (as in the past have). so I believe the Saudis are just protecting the pilgrims' safety, in a way...


so that's why people can't go as they like. they will have to go by stages, systematically to serve all muslims worldwide... i think that's understandable.


& i understand why if the Saudis want pilgrims enter late & leave early (if that's the case), coz most governments & nations are careful of foreigners in the land. a sudden influx of foreigners, in a long period of time, without control might cause some diplomatic & immigration issues i think. i believe they have their credible reason. but when pilgrims too have credible reason to stay much later, usually the Saudi will let them stay. i've heard cases of it.


i once worked at LTH, a financial institution mainly to provide systematic service from hajj pilgrims in my country. the ppl are mostly excited to perform hajj, & never heard such complaints before... most go happily, wanting to seek Allah's Forgiveness; & they do the Hajj rituals, guided by clerics.


i heard a lecture once, the clerics said there in Mecca, yes, u'll see many people doing many ways of rituals -- most ppl think it's the different mazhab. but the cleric said, there's no such thing, & tell what is right & wrong to do -- following the Quran & Sunnah. basically, i myself don't know much how to do hajj, (it's gonna be my first time) -- so i just try to learn & also depend on my family (who had performed hajj) & the cleric's guidance. the clerics are very experienced in hajj, as they guide & take care of the pilgrim groups all through hajj mostly every year. so I trust Allah to be in safe hands & guidance. whatever, maybe best to seek refuge & guidance from Allah, i think.


& yes, it's true pilgrims under hajj institutions do have better facilities than people who go on their own selves, but that's just because they go in a very large group... the resources are pooled, so people share & can afford the accomodations together. if other pilgrims want the same, they can. just be pro-active & pool the resources -- design a financial-institution to serve for a systematic hajj in ur country & ur all set, insya Allah.


& i believe the Guidance of Allah will Guide if we ask, insya Allah. if I do something wrong, I hope He'll Guide me & muslim friends... i hope u & every pilgrims & me will have a Hajj Mabrur..