After we finished our seminar in Istanbul on our way home we stopped at Jeddah, after we cleared our passport at the Immigration and took our luggage we had a ritual of cleansing (wudhu) which is compulsory,Face, hands and feet are washed before the faithful bow to pray.
We changed our ordinary clothes to Ihram clothing.
We were picked up by our agent and took us to Mecca with limousine. After we checked in at Hilton Hotel we went to Al Masjid Al Haram, we entered the Holly Mosque thru Babussalam Gate and prayed there, after that we offered two Rakat prayer at Hijjr Ishmael , then we Tawaaf, walked counterclockwise around Kaaba seven times, when we finished we offerred two Rakaat prayer at Muqaam Ibrahim, then we did Sa’i, walked between Safa and Marwah Hills seven times, after that we drinked from Zamzam Well and have our hair shaved only part of it.
We continued our ritual prayer at the Holly Mosque as much as we can, then we went back to the Hotel, changed our Ihram Clothing to ordinary clothes.
It is prohibited to take photos inside and outside the Holly Mosque, so I don’t have such photos.
Women are allowed to enter Saudi Arabia for Hajj or Umrah as far she has Muhrim (family,relatives) come together, but non Muslim is prohibited to enter Mecca.
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