The Ka’baII, a photo from Makkah, East

Photographer's Note

Allah Almighty says:
قل إن كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم الله ويغفر لكن ذنوبكم Say if you love Allah, follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. (3:31) The best type of Hajj is the Tamattu' type. In Tamattu' Hajj the Pilgrim does not bring sacrificial animals with him. The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) has commanded his companions to do that. Tamattu' Hajj is to perform Umrah in the months of Hajj and to disengage from Umrah and then again enter into the state of Ihram for Hajj in the same year.

UMRAH
1- If you want to perform Umrah, first perform ghusl (total wash), if possible, as you do for Janabah. Next put on the Ihram cloths (Izar & Rida). A female Muslim can wear any decent clothes that does not expose her body and beauty. Then Pronounce the Talbiyah (i.e Labbaiyk which means: I am ready to obey and respond to your call).
2- When you reach Makkah, do Tawaf of the Ka`bah seven times for Umrah starting from ِِAl-Hajar Al-Aswad (Black stone) and finishing by it. Then perform two raka'hs behind Muqam Ibraheem, if it is possible, or any place (behind it).
3- After the performance of two raka'hs, go to Safa to perform Sa'i between Safa and Marwah seven times commencing from Safa and ending at Marwah.
4- After completion of Sa'i you may shorten your hair. By this, your Umrah is complete and you may disengage from Ihram clothes and put on normal clothes.

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talatbay (2428) 2006-07-10 9:08

Merhaba Haya,
very affecting image but I prefer, if you cropped the buildings behind the Ka'ba and the lights, the frame will become more affecting.
TFS

andante (7092) 2006-07-10 9:15

Salam, Haya,

Very powerful composition, you are prsenting here. I would love to have the oportunity to share this experience. I understand it is one of the most visited sacred places in world.

Very interesting note also.

Cheers,
Enrique

ilgar (556) 2006-07-10 9:21

salamo alaikom
thanks
very very nice shot
and great photo
thanks

zebzebar (615) 2006-07-10 9:48

Marhaba Haya
Ka’ba...great place
i wish you could cropped rigth side.
thanks for sharing

Selcuk

lyes123 (59) 2006-07-10 10:04

Salam

Very Very Very nice picture

i am very happy to see this photo

feather (51130) 2006-07-14 17:16 [Comment]

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harold (2377) 2006-07-15 11:41

salut haya jolie prise cette image qui représente bien la vie du musulman du beau travail et une belle note bravo . amitié de corse harold

rajhema (1873) 2006-07-19 11:44

Haya,
I want to visit this place, but I heard people practicing other religion can't get in there. So that makes this photo precious for me. I can't take this ever.

Your lighting is good and there should be a reason for not centering the dark structure. Huge and high activity place. Good one.
TFS
Rajesh

ebayrakci (244) 2006-07-19 13:09

Great place greate photo. TFS.

fyapici (200) 2006-07-22 2:55

Assalamu Alaikum!
It's not important that the shot is best or bad. Just enough to see this holy place and Beytullah. I can not criticize it, because my eyes don't see except of the Kaba. Shookran!

ramanvij (195) 2006-07-27 5:52

i have always seen this place on tv & on posters. really beautiful lighting & the colors . i think a bit of wide angle would have helped.
very informative too.
thanks for sharing
raman

yesterday (9833) 2006-07-27 11:27 [Comment]

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wanna_yu (0) 2006-08-02 14:59

Hello Haya,
this is excellent night shot, very sharp and very usefull note. Thanks for sharing and all compliments.

Best regards
Ivana

MDL (1102) 2006-08-06 9:38

Hi Haya, Nice night shot, the light is good as well.

voyagenation (1180) 2006-08-28 10:27

Salam Haya, thank you for the note. its very informative!

great photograph...

aadilj (18102) 2006-09-07 2:06

Alhamdolillah,
Thanks for sharing this priceless image.

nex (2738) 2006-11-18 19:13

This is something I wanted really to see and suck in the atmosphere if it will be possible just one time of my life. Necessary to say that not for the trophy, but to fell the strange and spiritual atmosphere of this great place.
unfortunately I am cristian so it´s impossible for me, it´s like when we are going to the great St. Peter´s Basilique in Rome...
great one Haya

vbbreizh (2622) 2006-12-08 10:26

Hello Haya,
Very nice shot of this magic holy place...the Kaba...
Good composition, nice colors, great light...
Well done !
Regards, Gilles

kmdunlap (33) 2007-02-19 5:05

Thank you for sharing this part of your life with all of us on TE- many of us have never had the Hajj explained to us by someone who has been, and this image conveys something of this event that we will never see in the news. The various colors in the image are very striking, especially the contrast between the black and white, but also the background colors in the archways. The slight motion of the people in contrast to the Kaba gives a great feeling. Sometimes it is difficult to crop images of places like this, because of our experiences there, but I agree with another poster that as powerful as this image is it would be even more so if you cropped just above the arches to eliminate the buildings, and especially the bright stadium lights.

Kristi

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