Hajj Tips: Part 2: Dealing with the crowd. Sometimes it's impossible to avoid the crowd, but rather we have to deal with it. Follows some helpful tips in those situations.
Get ready BEFORE you enter the crowd ============================= First open your slippers and pack those somewhere. Not only will you lose the slippers if you don't do it, but also a thousand such slippers will stack up and cause others to tumble. Such stacks are one major reason why people tumble to death in dense crowds. Next put both your hands straight down, don't fold you elbow and press or touch the one in front of you. This tip specially applies during Tawaf, while approaching the black near the black stone, when the crowd is almost always heavy. Now to keep your balance . . . Press backwards, and NOT forward ========================== The crowd will always press you from your back. But remember NOT to counter your balance by pressing the person in front of you. Rather lean back and start pushing backwards using your back. Thus you will give support to the one right behind you and also help the pressure from being propagating forward. An important condition for Mabrub Hajj is that we don't directly harm anyone neither do we indirectly cause any trouble to any one. And don't stand still. Continue crawling forward inch by inch while the area cleans up, all while you are pressing back. Choose your time for performing Tawaf ============================ Most heavy crowd: After Fajar salat to 8:00 morning. And after Asar till Magrib. Comparatively light: From 8:00 morning to 10:00. The above is day time statistics only. It takes about 30 minutes to perform a Tawaf during light population. That time can rise up to 2 hours in heavy dense situations. Best time for stoning =============== 10 th Dhul Hajj: Any time after 1:00 noon. 11 th Dhul Hajj: Density is almost constant through out the day spanning over to mid night, though not as high as the first day. But still dense enough to be careful. Best time seems to be after 2:00 to 4:00 at noon. 12 th Dhul Hajj: On this day most people want to stone and leave Mina before sunset. This brings in yet another rush in the first hours. The crowd is extremely dense starting from 12:00 till 3:00. But falls down at around 4:00 afternoon. Pick this time, if you can do so. You still will have ample of time still to leave Mina before sunset. Remember reaching Makka before sunset is not the conditions here! Just crossing the border of Mina is. And border of Mina is only a 5 to 10 minute walk from the Jamarat area. To be continued in part 3: Insha Allah Feel free to forward it to anyone you think will benefit from these information, with corrections that you deem is necessary. Remember to forward me a copy of your own tips. Was-salam. Your brother in Islam. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
