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The Supreme Scientific Council’s fatwa allowing Moroccan pilgrims to go directly to Arafat without passing through Mina was accompanied by questions and criticism from activists who said it “harmed the Hajj and its rituals.”
According to the committee’s fatwa, “This passage from Mina is a recommended one and may be abandoned in order to eliminate the fact that the pilgrims experienced great difficulties on the second day when approaching the Great Pillar. It stands next to Arafat.”
Passing through Mina (on the day of Tarwiyah) is one of the rituals of Hajj, along with ihram, tawaf, sa’i between Safa and Marwah, standing in Arafat, spending the night in Arafat, throwing Jamrat al-Aqaba, offering sacrifices, performing ihram, Tawaf al-Ifaadah, throwing pebbles to Jamarat on the day of Tashreeq, Tawaf al-Farewell, and completing Hajj.
Moroccan activists criticized Arafat’s ascension to heaven without passing through Mina, with one saying: “Even the Hajj rituals have been privatized.” While some of them asked whether “there are changes in the Hajj rituals, including in other parts of the Islamic world.”
Religious affairs experts and researchers defended the validity of the fatwa, which, as they said, was issued “in view of the hot conditions experienced during the Hajj rituals.”
“The fatwa is correct and anyone who has experienced the atmosphere of Hajj and felt the pain of reaching Mina knows the necessity of the scientific committee’s conclusion,” said Abdul Latif Wazikani, a researcher on religious affairs.
In a statement to Hespress, Wazikani added that the members of the scientific committee are “experts, scholars and jurists of outstanding scientific standing at the international level,” noting that “the fatwa indicates that the stage of Mina is desirable and, therefore, its absence does not mean that the Hajj is invalid.”
He continued: “The Islamic religion protects the body before other religions, and the current situation of the Hajj is consistent with the issuance of this fatwa and is in the interest of the body and religion.”
According to the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, the fatwa was made at the request of the Royal Hajj Committee and concerns Moroccan pilgrims travelling directly to Arafat on the ninth day of Muharram, rather than passing through Mina on the eighth day of Hijjah (Tawiya Day).
“This fatwa takes into account the situation of pilgrims who were unable to travel to Mina on the same day and stayed there for the entire day,” said Lahcen Skanfel, chairman of the Scientific Committee of Skhirat-Temara province.
According to Scanwell in a statement to Hespress, the fatwa also takes into account those who are unable to “perform the noon, afternoon, sunset and evening prayers in a short period of time, and then perform the morning prayer on the nine days of Dhul-Hijjah. “The day of Arafat), after which he goes to Arafat, combining and shortening the noon and afternoon prayers, and listens to Arafat’s sermon and stands on its level. “Until after sunset that day, then descends to Muzdalifah. And on the way back to Mina, he performs the combined and shortened Maghrib and Fast prayers to pass the Day of Sacrifice (10 Dhu al-Hijjah) and the Day of Tashlik (11-12-13), stoning Jamarat,” he said it.
Skinfel added in a statement to Hespress that it is “advised to go to Mina on the day of Tarwiyah (8 Dhu al-Hijjah) and no fee will be charged for those who are unable to go due to crowds and congestion. The long wait throughout the night causes hardship and fatigue to the pilgrims, which is why this fatwa has been made keeping in mind the situation of pilgrims who are unable to go to Mina on the day of Tarwiyah.”
The speaker stressed that “the fatwa does not prohibit those who are able and capable of going to Mina from going to Mina on the day of Tawiyah, whether on foot or using transport.” Because this day is one of the days of Hajj, which are: the Day of Tarwiyah (8 Dhu al-Hijjah), the Day of Arafah (9 Dhu al-Hijjah), the Day of Sacrifice (10 Dhu al-Hijjah), and the Day of Tashriq (11-12 Dhu al-Hijjah) for those who are in a hurry, and (11-12-13) for those who are not in a hurry, according to the word of Allah Almighty: (But whoever hastens within two days, there is no sin against him; and whoever delays, there is no sin against him, for whoever fears Him) Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 203.
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