Hajj Literature

Hajj Survival Guide - 2007 (requires viewer)

Hajj - (English) by Ayatullah Sheikh Mohammed Hussein AL Ansari (requires viewer)

The Hajj: The Ultimate Journey (requires viewer)

Hajj Survival Guide - 2006 (requires viewer)

FAQ About Hajj (requires viewer)

The Ka'bah: History of Hajj Rites - Taken from The Minister - an Islamic publication

 Hajj by the Numbers - Interesting statistics of Hajj and pilgrims (c) Saudi Aramco World Feb 2003 Issue

Haram Described in the early 1880s - A fascinating account from the travel diary of the Swiss adventurer John Lewis Burckhardt who visited Mecca in the early 1800s.

Welcoming God’s Guests - Various Saudi nationals serving the pilgrims describe their experience (c) Saudi Aramco World Feb 2003 Issue

The Servants of God’s House - A description of the renovations made to the two Sacred Harams in the last century  (c) Saudi Aramco World Feb 1999 Issue

The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta - A three part publication of the fascinating diaries of the 14^th Century traveller Ibn Battuta

        1. Editor's Note

        2. The Journeys of Ibn Battuta - Part 1

        3. The Journeys of Ibn Battuta - Part 2

        4. The Journeys of Ibn Battuta - Part 3

(c) Saudi Aramco World Aug 2000 Issue

Carrying the Dates to Hajar - Information about the various dates produces in Saudi Arabia (c) Saudi Aramco World Aug 2004 Issue

The Lure of Mecca - Journeys by non-Muslims to Mecca through the ages (c) Saudi Aramco World Dec 1974 Issue

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