8 The farewell tawaaf. 7 Hair shaving. 4 Alnfrah and overnight in Muzdalifah. 5 Throwing pebbles. 6 The sacrifice. 3 Arafat s pause.

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1 AL Special Supplement For Hajj 1438 issued by Alhayat Newspaper - Saudi Edition - WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2017 ISSUE NO Done 8 The farewell tawaaf 7 Hair shaving 3 Arafat s pause 4 Alnfrah and overnight in Muzdalifah 5 Throwing pebbles 6 The sacrifice 2 Safa and Marwa 1 Tawaaf around the Kaaba The Holy Trip The Hajj season has ended. The first impression might make you think that the huge work done by the various Saudi authorities took only one month. If you think so, if you may allow me, you are a wrong. Hajj requires an intensive work over 11 months that includes training and preparation, successfully hosting 2.4 million Muslims and if you think that it ended with their departure from the holy ritual sites, you are wrong for the second time, because on the same day, starts the preparation for the next season, as it is a non stoppable process supervised directly by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, While the different sectors operate according to a program that is prepared with great accuracy and care. HRH, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Governor of Makkah region, the head of the Central Hajj Committee told the press that the work on the next pilgrimage will begin after the end of the last day of the current pilgrimage. The happiness that appeared on the sincere faces of the top Saudi leaders for the completion of Hajj and the great organizational success will be only a moment to exhale before the work begins again for more organized pilgrimage and higher level of services for the guests of Allah. (Photo By: SPA)

2 2 AL HAYAT Dr. Awad : terrorism targeted the holiest places Jeddah- Al-Hayat The Ministry of Culture and Information held yesterday the annual ceremony to honor the media and cultural delegations participating in the coverage of the Hajj season this year, in the presence of Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awad S. Al-Awad. Who stressed that the Kingdom has the honor to serve the two Holy Mosques and make use of all its material and human resources to serve pilgrims ward every year to achieving the best level and providing the best services that help pilgrims to perform their duties easily. He pointed out that the Ministry of Culture and Information is happy in the Hajj seasons to host media and intellectuals to perform the Hajj and cover its blessed rituals and provide all technical services necessary to perform their duties. Dr. Al-Awwad said that since the time of the founder late King Abdul Aziz and until today, the kingdom plays a great role in the service of the Two Holy Mosques and has implemented mega projects in the two holy mosques and the holy places. He stressed that the Kingdom strives to unite ranks and achieve security and peace in various parts of the globe and to fight terrorism that targets Islam and works to distort its image. He noted that terrorism targeted the holiest places but God has defeated its evil. He add that the media should be a tool to combat extremism and terrorism and to combat hate speech and that our media should convey the message of peace and spread love and coexistence with peoples and cultures. He thanked the media for the efforts exerted and the excellent coverage of the Hajj season, which contributed to the integrated media coverage of a great event that made the world know about this great event and follow the news and learn about the feelings of the pilgrims and share their stories and spiritual experience through the provision of media platforms with a global dimension. He also praised the role played by the local media and the Saudi press in highlighting the bright and vital aspects of all the distinguished services provided by the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz in all fields. Al-Awwad considered the local press as one of the main partners in the local and international media work in their constant keeping with events and developments. Then, other speakers, representing Arab, Asian, European and African delegations, delivered speeches in which they expressed thanks for the generous invitation and hosting of the media delegations participating in the coverage of the Hajj season this year. They highlighted the role of the Kingdom and the services it provided and the projects carried out in the two holy mosques and the holy places, which had a great impact on enabling pilgrims to perform their rituals. They appreciated the distinguished role of the Government of the Kingdom and its various institutions in caring for Muslims affairs and interests around the world, in addition to its main role in combating terrorism and maintaining the stability and security of the region. The guests of the Ministry of Culture and Information sent a cable of thanks to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, expressing their pride and appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for the best level of services provided to the two holy mosques and holy places. They stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia represents the heart of the Islamic world and senses hopes and pains of Muslims everywhere and strives to achieve unity, cooperation and solidarity in our Islamic world and to achieve security and peace in the whole world.

3 AL HAYAT 3 No Politics Reject to politicize Hajj «Pilgrims from abroad»: this year is the best Jeddah - Mona Al Manjoumi Pilgrims from abroad representatives refused to turn Hajj into political matters, so they urged their pilgrims not to raise any political slogans that may touch the pure image of Hajj, to be committed to perform the obligatory duties according to what Allah wants, as they agreed to ignore the cheap calls launched by the countries that are enemies to both the kingdom and Islam, stressing that the great efforts of the Saudi government are only to serve the pilgrims. A complete package of services Dr. Khalid Al-Attiyah, the head of the Supreme Iraqi Committee for Hajj and Umrah, stressed that all Iraqi pilgrims who performed the Hajj this year enjoyed the integrated package of services provided by the government agencies of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, stressing that 45 thousand Iraqi pilgrims felt really as if they are in their second country, describing the pilgrimage season this year as an ideal and successful Hajj, thanks to the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and all the agencies working in Hajj, in addition to the National Organization of the Pilgrims of the Arab Countries, on the services Dr. Ahmad Al-Attiyah, the Yemeni Minister of Awqaf and Guidance, Head of the Pilgrims Affairs Office, congratulated the Hajj leadership of the success this season, assuring that 25 thousand Yemeni pilgrims enjoyed the system of services since their arrival to the Saudi outlets until their departure, with valued the services and capabilities that the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques gave to the Yemeni pilgrims, praising the cooperation of the relevant agencies in the services provided to Yemeni pilgrims represented by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. Al-Attiyah pointed out that the pilgrims' commitment to the regulations and instructions is due to the intensive awareness sessions they have before their arrival to the Kingdom, clarifying that the Saudi services and efforts are a clear indicate of the Saudi deep faith in its great mission towards the pilgrims. Great efforts Ibrahim Al-Eatani, The Head of the Pilgrims Affairs Office of Lebanon, attributed the success of the Hajj season to the great efforts of the Kingdom for the sake of the pilgrims, the great projects, the rituals train, the new Jamarat Bridge, the expansion of the Tawaaf, the developed tents and other projects cost billions of Riyals; in order to have such a safe and secure Hajj. Al-Eatani refused to change the pilgrimage to political matters, pointing out that the Hajj is a great worship and no one can touch the purity of the worship of the Islamic nation and religion, as he is performing Hajj since 1985 in charged the administration of the Lebanese Mission since 2002, and he saw this year is a remarkable development. A special Hajj Professor Mohammed Kormar, the Head of Religious Affairs, Head of the Turkey Pilgrims Affairs Office described this year's Hajj season as the most successful in all aspects, thanks to the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for all the services provided to the pilgrims of Turkey, which contributed to overcoming all difficulties for them to perform their rituals easily. Kormar praised the large step carried out by the Motawifs of Pilgrims of Turkey Muslims of Europe, America and Australia Foundation during the pilgrimage season this year in cooperation with the Turkey Pilgrims Affairs Office in the provision of modern German sophisticated and heat resistant tents in Arafat for more than 80 thousand Turkey pilgrims this year, air conditioning and lighting, which all contributed to have an atmosphere of faith and comfort for all the pilgrims, in addition to its keenness to coordinate and cooperate with the pilgrims affairs Office to have such highest levels of services. Right Planning Dr. Mohammad Hamza Youf, the head of the Russian Pilgrims Affairs Office also admired the proper planning and execution of the Saudi government and all the concerned agencies parties working in such a successful season, condemning any political ideas that may disturb the pilgrims, praising the services and facilities provided by the Saudi government to 23,000 Russian pilgrims. "What I saw of services and facilities are beyond description and it is not possible for any country in the world to do what Saudi Arabia does.", Hamza Youf added, assuring that the cooperation with the Motawifs of Pilgrims of Turkey Muslims of Europe, America and Australia Foundation and all agencies working in the Hajj such as the security sectors and the Ministry of Hajj led to a successful and ideal pilgrimage.

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6 6 AL HAYAT Madinah Health enhances its readiness to receive pilgrims The Directorate General of Health Affairs in the Madinah Region continues to enhance its readiness to receive the delegations of pilgrims coming from the holy places by land and air after they performed their Hajj rituals with ease and safely by mobilizing their full human capacity to provide preventive, curative and ambulatory services to them. Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Health sector held a meeting with the regional health leaders to discuss the most important points of providing the highest quality health care services to the pilgrims until they return to their homes. The health of Medina succeeded this year in ascending 23 patients of the holy sites through 31 ambulances equipped with the latest capabilities, where grouping e process transferred directly for the first time through the command and control center until pilgrims arrival safe to Makkah. Sites for pilgrims to visit Photo by: Yousef Al-Dobaisi Red Crescent implements its plan for post-hajj season S audi Red Crescent Authority in Madinah is implementing its operational plan for the second Hajj season 1438H to provide all the health and therapeutic services to the pilgrims of the Prophet's Mosque after performing Hajj in Makkah and the holy places with ease and safety. The plan includes the provision of emergency health services for all those who need pre-hospital assistance inside Medina and on the roads leading to it in all places of pilgrims during the pre-hajj and post-hajj times by receiving all requests for emergency medical service from all sources and speed. Makkah - Omar Al - Badawi F ive days are the minimum duration of Muslim pilgrimage to move between the holy rituals sites, Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, Jamrat and Makkah. Makkah is far beyond those sites only, as its purity and sacred lands contained and framed the journey of the Muslim pilgrim to Allah. The Muslim, who came from a distant country and paid a lot of money to win this opportunity, he deserves return to his country after absorbing all of Makkah, not only for religious motives, but also as it is spiritually connected to the Prophet Muhammad's place of the messages from Allah for 13 years and even for 40 years of the Prophet's life and his youth, so there are a cultural duty for the pilgrim to visit such sites. In such days, pilgrims and visitors are keen to visit the Islamic monuments in Makkah, mountain of light, cave of Hiraa, the historical places of Islam, mount and cave, Al Mua'la tombs where the mother of believers Khadija Bint Khuwaylid is buried with a large number of the Prophet's companions and followers. Hiraa cave or Ghar is the cave where the Messenger of Islam Muhammad peace be upon him was willingly abandoned before the Qur'an was revealed to him from Allah and by Gabriel, every year, the place where revelation was first revealed to the Prophet. Ghar Hira is located at the east of Makkah, on the left of Arafat, at the top of Jabal al-nur or Jabal al-islam, at a height of 634 meters, and about 4 km from the Holy Mosque. It is a hole in the mountain, its door to the north, four cubits length, one cubit and three quarters wide and only five people can sit in it, where the enterer to the cave will be heading towards Ka'aba, seeing all Makkah from the above. The Well of Towa is among the important historical places in Makkah, located in the Jarul neighborhood between AlQubba and Ray Abu Lahab in the well-known valley of Towa,where the Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)spent his night, distributing his army to return to Umm Al-Qura. It is an old well, folded with stone was built by Abd Shams ibn 'Abd Manaf and later by Aqeel ibn Abi Talib. Wadi Towa is one of the three valleys in Makkah, and the well is still known in this valley from the Jarul direction, visited by pilgrims as an important archaeological landmark, surrounded by an old building built in the Ottoman era but now it is an unfit well. Ghar Thur is located in Jabal Thur, lies about four kilometers away on the southern side of the Grand Mosque, was the cave that was directed Prophet Muhammad and his companion Abu Bakr al-siddiq on their way to Madinah on the journey of the Prophet's migration, as his tribe, Quraish was after them. The cave is located at a height of about 748 m from the sea surface, a hollow rock height of 1.25 m, has two openings holes in the west, where Prophet and Abu Bakr entered to it and another opening from the east. It is said that the reason for the name Thor after being known as Mount Athel is that it was inhabited by Thor bin Abd Manaf or because it resembles a bull in the direction of the south. Al Baia't Mosque is a historical Mosque was built in 144 H by the Abbasid Khalifa Abu Jaafar Al-Mansur in the place where the pledge was made in commemoration of such an Islamic event. The mosque is located 500 meters away from the site of Al Baia't Mosque and it is seen by pilgrims crossing for the Jamarat area, includes a mosque with no roof, and overlooks Mina from the north side of the southern slope of Jabal Thabir, overlooking the People of Al-Ansar's area or Al Baia't's area. Jabal Abi Qubais is among the places visited by pilgrims, a mountain on the eastern side of the Grand Mosque, 420 meters high known as the first mountain to be laid on earth and it is also called Jabal Amin because it is kept by Allah, as the black stone in the middle of the mountain.

7 AL HAYAT 7 Players in «Ihraam» Muslims traveled to the most purified spot on earth to spend few days in the hands of Allah Almighty, through a journey between the Holy House of Allah and the holy rituals sites to perform the pilgrimage, looking for Allah's forgiveness, leaving behind everything can divide them. "Dembaba", the Senegalese player in the Shanghai Chinese club, born in France assured that the performance of Hajj guarantees the Muslim with worldly and heavenly gains, while his sins are forgiven as our Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him promised. The player who had a great distinguished sporting experience in the European League was not embarrassed to admit his ignorance of the rituals right order, stressing that he is now fully aware of the rituals of Hajj from the beginning to the end. The Senegalese player performed Umrah five times before, the first time was in 2011, when he came to the Kingdom and specifically to Makkah, in which he felt serenity and calmness, that urged him to return five times to live the same experience. He expressed his thanks to the great work and efforts of the Saudi government, referring to the huge expansion and the other developments in the Holy Mosque of Makkah in general. Dembaba described what he saw and felt in the holy rituals sites during the performance of Hajj, as it was the first time for him to see Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah during the Hajj season, it filled with the guests of Allah in a majestic scene he had not seen before, admiring in the same time the high level of services provided to the pilgrims. Jack Fattie, another Senegalese footballer in Sydney FC, who was born in France too, took the opportunity to live such blessed days in Hajj, overwhelmed with happiness when he started his spiritual tour between the Holly Mosque, sleeping in Mina, passing through Arafat until the sunset, visiting Muzdalifah and back to Mina for stoning the Jamarat with the rest of the rituals deeds. Fati admired the remarkable development of various services and infrastructure in the holy rituals places. The two players, who were among the guests of the Ministry of Culture and Information this year, agreed that the Muslim's performance of the pilgrimage is a divine matter with which the one feels longing to the most holy spot on earth. Many of the world's most famous footballers performed the pilgrimage, Karim Ben Zimma, the French player and the Real Madrid FC striker was the most notably last year. And before Frank Ribery the french plays in Bayern Munchen. Special Security Forces completed their duties The Special Security Forces have completed the tasks and duties entrusted to them in the service of the pilgrims of Grand mosque, after having completed all tasks, their teams are finest examples in providing the best services to pilgrims in this season. The spokesman of the Special Security Forces Colonel Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Fadhliah said, «The special security forces participating in Hajj this year carried out all the tasks and duties entrusted to them, according to plans and scenarios prepared by the forces to carry out its tasks to participate in the security of pilgrims and the support of their colleagues security forces Hajj to implement the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and under the direct supervision of Prince Abdulaziz bin Oud bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee to serve the pilgrims to perform their rituals with ease and security. He pointed out that the participation not only limited for the forces in security aspect, but also to its humanitarian message by helping elderly, children, guide the lost and exchange greetings with the pilgrims of all ages and nationalities. The mission includes greeting them on the occasion of Eid al-adha and complete performing Hajj and provide them with all services they need until their Leaving in sunset of the third day of Tashreeq. Founded by Kamil Marwah in 1946 Editor-in-Chief: Zouheir Kseibati Established by Alhayat International Riyadh Office Jaddah Office Dammam Office Registered as a newspaper at the Post Office Prince Mohammed Alfaisalia Destrict Almazroiah Destrict Bin Abdulaziz Street Almadina Street King Saud Street Co Editor-in-Chief: Saud Alrayes

8 8 AL HAYAT Makkah Madinah Jeddah weather Humidity 35 80% Wind speed km/h Till they leave Makkah Makkah - Omar Al - Badawi After completing Hajj and his religious duties, the pilgrim returns to enjoy the rest of the Eid in joy and comfort with his Muslims fellows from all over the world in all their languages and races, an open theater of human encounter, exchanging congratulations on the occasion of Eid, completing their rituals in Hajj, becoming closer with the links of religion and discovering a lot through these links and as a long journey to the different parts of the earth after those areas are gathering in one place. Some of the Hajj and Umrah companies organize the programs and activities inside their camps to celebrate the Eid through poetic competitions, distribute gifts and drawers in order to enhance the sense of joy of Eid and alleviate the burden of alienation. Musa Al-Zubaidi, a cultural supervisor in one of the pilgrimage campaigns, said that organizing a full celebration program is one of the duties of the campaign and its main functions with a great impact over the souls of the pilgrims, as their feeling is indescribable, especially after their great happiness in fulfilling their Hajj duties. The government and voluntary agencies that are concerned with the provision of services and facilitation for the pilgrims are not separated from the Eid, but they continue their efforts to prepare and provide everything that would serve the pilgrim, including distributing gifts and congratulations to all pilgrims on the occasion of Eid to raise their morale and encourage them. Ministry of Health congratulates some of its patients in hospital and medical centers, as well as the Department of Religious Affairs in the Ministry of Defense hosts the beneficiaries of the Hajj program this year from the martyrs' families and those who participated in the battles of restoring hope in Yemen. After the decomposition of Ihraam, the pilgrim wears his normal clothes; days after the ritual began, while the white Ihram is a scene of equality and religious justice, white waves and waves that no one can distinguish the ethnic backgrounds, but sooner or later, each person is back to the nature, with their cultural characteristics, while the holy rituals sites become an open space decorated with cultures and colors, each one expresses his country through his national costume, no sense of loneliness even in the presence of such great diversity and to retain their ability to accept the other with an original sense of the first white days of Hajj. 20% increase in money exchange shops during Hajj Mina - Mohammed Al Shahrani The amount of trading in money market during the pilgrimage season for this year is better than last year because of the increasing number of pilgrims, said Talib Khan who works in a money exchange shop in Makkah, adding that this season is better than the previous two seasons with an increase of 20 percent due to the increase in pilgrims this year, while the most traded currencies in this year's pilgrimage season are the seven currencies of, US dollar, euro, pound sterling, Indian rupee, Pakistani, Indonesian and the south African rand in addition to the GCC currencies. Khan mentioned that the dollar is the first currency in trading this year's pilgrimage for two main reasons, first is its preference, because of its fixed exchange rate with the Saudi Riyal and secondly because some countries are in conflicts like Syria and other countries, so they use the dollar instead of their official currencies. He pointed out that there are currencies that have not been traded and purchased from cashiers in the Hajj season this year, such as the currencies of Malta and Georgia, due to the lack of circulation internationally, as well as the Afghan, in addition to the Libyan currency because of the shortage, explaining that there are currencies prevented from circulation in the exchange market of Saudi Arabia, like Israeli shekel, that is why the Arabs of 48 from Palestine are using US dollar or the Jordanian dinar in the Kingdom, while Qatari riyal is located in all the money exchangers in Makkah for trading.