"HAJJ" - Pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca) : 2009 DOCUMENTARY

ا للهُ أَكْـبَر، ا للهُ أَكْـبَر، ا للهُ أَكْـبَر



لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَريكَ لَهُ، لَهُ المُلْكُ ولَهُ الحَمْدُ وهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَديرٌ


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لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الحّمْدَ والنِّعْمَةِ، لَكَ والمُلْكُ، لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ

‘Here I am O Allah, (in response to Your call), here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Verily all praise, grace and sovereignty belong to You. You have no partner.’

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To each and every one of our pilgrims, we ask from Allah SWT (also for every Muslim and ourselves):

ّدَكَ اللَّهُ التقْوى، وَغَفَـرَذَنْـبَكَ، وَيَسَّـرَ لَكَ الخَـيْرَ حَيْـثُما كُنْـت

‘May Allah endow you with taqwa, forgive your sins and

facilitate all good for you, wherever you be.’

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Al Jazeera follows pilgrims from this former Soviet state as they prepare for Hajj.

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U.S. Muslim Journeys to Makkah for Hajj 2009



Al Jazeera follows Chinese Muslims as they prepare to undertake the hajj pilgrimage.

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The annual pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca is mandatory for healthy Muslims at least once in a lifetime, if they can afford it.

For 42-year-old pilgrim Maryam Abdalla of Kenya, a mother of three and nurse at a government hospital, the journey has not been an easy one.

But after seven years of planning and praying, Abdalla says she is content with the feeling that she has accomplished one of her life-long dreams.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports.

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THE HAJJ - PILGRIMAGE OF THE MUSLIMS.

Hajj 2009