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A Common Man’s Hajj – Day to Day Recount of Hajj 2019 – Asrar Qureshi – Part 28

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Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #247. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . This is a special series of Blogs which describes my time and experiences during Hajj this year. Part 28 DAY 29 – 18 August 2019 – 17 Zilhajj 1440 Aziziya – Haram Shareef Whenever I come to Haram Shareef, I pray to Allah to get space in the Mataf. Mataf, as you know, is the floor around Ka’aba tul Musharrafah, also written as ‘Sahn’ on various signages. Sitting in Mataf is always beautiful and inspiring. Ka’aba tul Musharrafah is in front of our eyes; Tawaf and prayers are going on by so many people; it is an unparalleled scene which affects deeply. Almost 90%

A Common Man’s Hajj – Day to Day Recount of Hajj 2019 – Asrar Qureshi – Part 27

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Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #246. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . This is a special series of Blogs which describes my time and experiences during Hajj this year. Part 27 DAY 28 – 17 August 2019 – 16 Zilhajj 1440 Aziziya – Haram Shareef Allah be praised. Allah blessed me with Hajj in 2005. I used to work in Jeddah at that time. On the first day in the office after Hajj, my office colleagues congratulated me profusely. Ahmed Shahzad, our then technical person, was also among them. He also congratulated me and then said, “please listen to this also”. “A blind person was begging on the street. Some put money on his cloth, some did