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A Common Man’s Hajj – Day to Day Recount of Hajj 2019 – Asrar Qureshi – Parts 25 & 26

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Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #245. 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 25 DAY 26 – 15 August 2019 – 14 Zilhajj 1440 Aziziya – Haram Shareef Allah Decreed, No Rafath (sexual), No Fusooq (disobedience) and No Jidaal (disputing, fighting) during Hajj. By His Grace, we did not see any Rafath. Fusooq was found here and there. Jidaal however raged throughout the time; even during Ihram. Sadly. Now that the Hajj was over, it didn’t take long for some people to return to who they were to begin with. Disputi...

A Common Man’s Hajj – Day to Day Recount of Hajj 2019 – Asrar Qureshi – Parts 22 & 23

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Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #243. 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 22 DAY 23 – 12 August 2019 – 11 Zilhajj 1440 Jamarat - Mina Today, we had only one job to do. Go to Jamarat after Zuhr and throw 7 pebbles each at all three Jamarat. We boarded the train from Mina-1 station near to our tent and went to Mina-3, which is the last station, and which is nearest to Jamarat. The arrangements at Jamarat are excellent and throwing pebbles (stoning) is easy. The stoning platform has four levels; the passages...