Hajj Guide: Pre-Hajj Preparation Tips - 3

15 Days to Go

1. Ensure Ehraam is ready, sorted and washed.

2. Ensure Khums is Upto date. 

3. Start Shopping and Packing.

4. Visit relatives and friends (the Ma'sumeen have recommended that visit relatives and friends before leaving for Hajj and seek forgiveness from them, while you are back from Hajj the relatives should visit you).

Hajj Guide: Pre-Hajj Preparation Tips - 2

1. Sajdagah (small size)
2. Travelling bag for Arafaat and Mina.
3. A Mug, a plate. a glass, fork & spoon, a bowl.
4. Dua books.
5. drawstring bag for pebble and a small flashlight.
6. A shoe bag for Haram.
7. Toiletries (must be without scent)
8. Ehraam. Ladies 2 pairs of it. (one to go in hand luggage). Gents can purchase from Madina if they go first to Madina. If the flight is for Jeddah, they should purchase from their home country.
9. Bath towel
10. Some comfy shoes. a pair of slippers.
11. Men can purchase a jacket for using the multi-pockets for the cash or credit/debit cards, mobile phones.
12. spike guards/extension for the hotel room as their are limited electrical sockets. While it is very necessary for charging mobile phones in Arafaat and Mina.
13. Sufficient quota of Regular Medicines (blood pressure, diabetes, heart, asthama). Medicines for these are very expensive. It may cost more in Hejaaz (Saudi Arabia) or it may not even available. Note: Medicines are very very expensive. Cough Syrup. If you get regular headache, please get your blood pressure checked.
14. Dry snacks after getting down from plane towards the hotel. It takes hours and the tour operators are helpless to provide you the same.
15. Diabetics, please inform beforehand your tour operator to provide you the tea and food as per your requirement.
16. Tissue paper and Sun glasses a must. Undergarments and socks. Few clothes. A night suit.
17. Share these requirements to be carried to other Hajis.
Note: Do not purchase expensive and sophisticated suitcases and bags, as they will get a very rough treatment in the luggage of aircraft and bus.

Hajj Guide: Pre-Hajj Preparation Tips - 1

1. Ensure Qur'an Recitation is Correct
2. Start Learning Masails of Fiqh for Hajj (i.e. of Ayatullah Seestani, Ayatullah Khamenai)
3. Read books on Hajj
4. Prepare your WILL (wasiyyat) in writing.
5. Familiarize yourself with Duas.
6. Arrange the booklet of Dua Arafat with meaning.
7. Get into habit of reciting Salatul Layl (namaaze shab).
8. Make preparation for work leave, school preparations etc.
9. Start doing exercise at home and walk for half an hour daily. 

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Remembering Taqdeerul Hasan Rizvi (Kallan Bhai)

Six months have passed for the demise of marhum Taqdeerul Hasan Rizvi famous as Kallan bhai, the proprietor of Al Khaiber Enterprises.
Two Majalis have been organised for his eisaal-e-sawab. One at Iranian Masjid (Moghul Masjid) and other at Zainabia Imambada of 7th & 8th September 2012 respectively. All are invited.

Shia Education Award of Excellence

Today at 4.00 PM a programme is organised to felicitate the students who have excelled in their studies. The function will be held at Birla Matoshree Sabhagriha, Marine Lines, Mumbai, near Bombay Hospital. Honourable Olama of Mumbai will grace the ceremony.
Jaffri Educational Trust has been felicitating the bright students of the community for the last 5 years and encouraging them to go for higher studies.
Please note the Function will start @ 12:30 PM on time with lunch followed by Salat.

Allama Zameer Akhtar Naqvi in India

On the Occasion of the martyrdom of Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) Three Majalis has been organised by the sons of marhum Sayed Ali Musavi on 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sept. 2012

at Azakhana-e-Zahra (s.a.), Daarush Shifa, 

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)

Timing daily after Namaaz of Maghrabayn

Zakir: Dr and Allama Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (Pakistan)

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Land Sharks Gobble Up 31 Shia Graveyards out of 47 in Lucknow

Lucknow had 47 Shia graveyards registered with the Shia Central Board of Waqfs (SCBW), but 31 of them do not exist any more. Private houses and other establishments have come up on their land. This has resulted in acute land shortage for burial space, leading to a steep rise in the rates of grave land. People are reserving their burial land in graveyards during their lifetime at a premium.

The situation came to the fore when some Shia community members complained to SCBW about costly grave land at Imambara Ghufran Maab, which is allegedly under the caretakership of Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad. Working chairman of SCBW Syed Waseem Rizvi confirmed the report and stated that land of each grave was sold for Rs 65,000, making it impossible for poor Shias to bury their dead.

People have started booking their grave land while still alive. Such land, known as hayati qabr (living grave), usually has a small board with the name of the person who has bought it. The general rate is Rs 10,000 for the first three years and then renewal on additional payment. People also make bulk bookings and then sell grave land like real estate. Full Story