#mecca

[safi-soliman]

Cats in mosques

#cats #cat #mosque #islamic #places #photography #makkah #mecca

[ebrahimsharabash]

"You are in this world to build a place for you in heaven, do not forget that"

#اقتباس #شعر #فصحى #ادب #مصر #تمبلر #عرب تمبلر #أدب #عربي #حنين #مسلم #جنة #الله #الفجر #الاسلام #muslim #heaven #islam #egypt #mecca #مكة #الدنيا #نصيحة #معرفة #علم #تمبلريات #شرباش #ابراهيم شرباش #arab #arabic

[zegalba]

Lightning striking the Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

#mecca #saudi arabia #lighting #nature #photography #night #clock tower

[mindofserenity]

Home truly is magnificent ‎سبحان الله

#may allah accept from us #kaba #mecca #subhanallah #myreminders #islamic reminders #islam

[h-widit]

Ramadan Mubarak

I don’t own or take any credit for any of these pictures.

#Ramadan #iphone #Ramadan Mubarak #samsung #islampost #lockscreen #muslim #wallpaper #islamic #wallpapers #aesthetic #Mecca #homescreen #widit #madina #h widit

[azkar95]

Al-baqra (196:199)

And complete the ḥajj and ʿumrah for Allāh. But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charityor sacrifice. And when you are secure,then whoever performs ʿumrah [during the ḥajj months followed by ḥajj [offers] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days during ḥajj and of seven when you have returned [home].

Those are ten complete [days]. This is for those whose family is not in the area of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is severe in penalty(197)

Ḥajj is [during] well-known months,so whoever has made ḥajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of iḥrām], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during ḥajj. And whatever good you do - Allāh knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allāh. And fear Me, O you of understanding (199)

Then depart from the place from where [all] the people depart and ask forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful

#hajj #mecca #islamic advice #islamic reminder #holy quran #islam #islamic design #islamic #دعاء #quran #اذكار الصباح #اذكار #اذكار المساء #islamic supplication #quranic verses #verses #حج #ذو الحجة #آية قرآنية #آيه

[wordsbyhisheart]

May Allah allow us to make it to the end of this Ramadan, May he allow us to stay firm on our Deen after Ramadan and May he invite us to next Ramadan

آمین ثم آمین

#ramadan #ramazan #peaceful #muslim ummah #muslim #islamicreminders #madinah #mecca #islamdaily #islamicpost #wordsbyhisheart #duaa #daily duaa #prayer #Muslim prayer #tumblr daily #quotes #islamicquotes

[writingwithcolor]

Jews (and Muslims) in space! AKA fun with halakhic hypotheticals

@whiteraven13 asked:

Hi, I'm writing a sci-fi book that involves a long spaceflight before arriving on a new planet. How would being in space affect things like Shabbat (since no sundown) and praying towards Mecca? I want people's faiths to be important in the book because it always drives me up the wall when sci-fi stories are like "In the future people will be enlightened and won't need religion any more." Thank you!

Oh boy are you in luck, because this is actually something we talk about all the time! An astronaut in our current world doesn’t have the option of taking a full 25 hours off work, but they have in fact marked the beginning of shabbat by lighting electronic shabbat candles. Jewish astronauts have generally observed the shabbat times of their point of takeoff; lighting shabbat candles in orbit therefore has a set precedent. 

We don’t yet have a precedent for which direction to face while praying; Judaism and Islam treat this issue differently, since in Islam they face toward the actual direction of Mecca, while in Judaism we face due east even in places where Jerusalem is to the West or North of us. My instinct says that on another planet we would face toward planetary East, but on a long spaceflight my thought is that we would likely not worry about what direction the Jewish prayer space faces, since we also have the convention of facing toward whichever wall the torah scrolls are stored on, regardless of which direction it is. Speaking of which, there has been a torah scroll in space, on more than one occasion. 

Judaism has a lot to say about time. We don’t only mark the beginning and end of Shabbat at certain times, we also pray three times a day, at set times, and we observe holidays linked to the seasons--the seasons as they are in Jerusalem, regardless of which hemisphere of the Earth we’re standing on. It might be a jar for characters who have been observing the shabbat times of Houston for years to finally set down on a planet where their sense of time might be completely different--and narrative-wise, that’s not a bad thing: an American Jew stepping off a plane in Australia might have a similar experience.

The question of whether pork products created by a Star Trek style replicator would be kosher is open for constant debate: my gut says that when it came down to it there would be some people who do and some people who don’t accept the kosher status of a replicated pork chop, just as there is now for Impossible or Beyond fake-meat cheeseburgers. 

Thank you for your discomfort with the trope of an enlightened future where the traditions of our ancestors have been eradicated, and for wanting to paint a picture of a better future, one where we are valued and given the resources and freedom to preserve and develop our living cultures. 

- Meir

I agree with Meir - the good news is these are very realistic dilemmas and you will find lots of relevant commentary online; the bad news is, you will find a lot more questions than answers! But that’s also good news, because you can pick and choose the decisions and outcomes that suit your story. The line of reasoning will matter more than the conclusion.

Not much to add except I answered a slightly similar question with some pointers on things to google and why:

Jewish Character Stuck in Time Loop

Thanks for including our religion and culture in a highly technological future world 😊

- Shoshi

#Jewish #Muslim #science fiction #religion #prayer #holidays #Shabbat #Mecca #asks

[thatjewishzionistscout]

People saying the Israeli government is trying to conflate the land with Judaism is like saying the Saudi government is trying to conflate Mecca with Islam.

It’s stupid. The land of Israel has always had deep connections to the Jewish people.

#israel #palestine #israel palestine conflict #jewblr #free palestine #jewish #hamas #i stand with israel #mecca #israeli government #judaism #Israel is always tied to Judaism

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

A week ago, a woman visited Islam's holiest spot, the Kabaa in Mecca, and unfurled a Palestinian flag while smiling for a camera. 

Saudi security quickly came to tell her to put the flag away, which she did. 

That was the entire incident. But video of it caused an uproar on social media,where people claimed she was "arrested" (she wasn't.) and that she had every right to display the flag.

Haaretz reports that Saudi officials have responded:

Speaking with Al-Ekhbariya TV, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais stressed that the holy site is a place of worship where only religious slogans and chants should be heard. Al-Sudais, one of the nine imams of the Grand Mosque, said that visitors come to the site to pray and worship, not to express political views. He urged worshippers not to let their emotions distract them from their prayers, suggesting that they pray to God (Allah) for salvation over their concerns rather than expressing demands at the holy site.

This is a policy. Whether one agrees or not, the Saudis have a policy for their holy sites and are trying to enforce it.

Compare this to what regularly happens on the Temple Mount with the full permission of the Waqf:

But they do prohibit the Israeli flag from being shown.

Meaning the only consistent policy shown by the Waqf is antisemitism. 

I'm still waiting to hear from any human rights group that Jews should have equal rights to worship on their holiest site. 

#mecca #kabaa #palestinian flag #saudi arabia #israeli flag #waqf #temple mount #Youtube

[gain-ajr]

Masjid Alharam, Makkah. Abdullah Aljahdlie

#إسلام #إسلاميات #صدقة #صدقة جارية #مكة #مكة المكرمة #السعودية #المسجد الحرام #الصلاة #islam #islamic #makkah #mecca #saudi arabia #masjid alharam #prayer #abdullah aljahdlie #gain ajr

[ibrahiim2]

16 رمضان

اللهم أن ذنوبي , لم تكن إستهانة بحقك , ولا جهلاً وأستخفافاً بوعيدك , وأنما من غلبه الهوى , وضعف القوى , فأستغفرك ربي وأتوب إليك .

الحمد لله على التمام والله يتقبل منّا يا رب

#mecca #hl94 #umrah

[ancientorigins]

Every day, five times a day, Muslims across the world face the holy site of Mecca and pray. Mecca is believed to be the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad but when followers visit the site, it is not actually Mecca they are facing but a building called the Ka’aba.

#mecca #muslim #religion #history #ancient #holy #spirit

[agentfascinateur]

The Keffiyeh, not welcome at Mecca:

Abdur-Rahman described the experience as “upsetting”, especially as it happened in a place of worship, and during Israel’s relentless bombing of Gaza, which, since 7 October, has killed over 11,000 Palestinians, including more than 4,000 children.

“It made me realise how Palestinians in Gaza and in their country must feel being treated by the Israeli government, and the abuse they get just for being Palestinian. If anything it broadened my empathy even further than it already is,” he said. 

Abdur-Rahman decided to share his experience on Instagram, saying that he did “not want to give the wrong impression of Mecca, which is a beautiful place,” but rather he wanted to shed light on how Palestinians “don’t have a voice”.

#palestine #free gaza #free palestine #palestinians #jenin #gaza invasion #gaza #west bank #genocide #war crimes #israeli apartheid #ethnic cleansing #israeli occupation #idf terrorists #al shifa hospital #save the children #child murder #benjamin netanyahu #mecca #mbs #ksa #united nations #ceasefire

[saebby]

one day 🥹🤍

#makkah #mecca #madinah #medina #muslim #islamislove #islamdaily #islampost #islamic #islam #malaysia

[wgm-beautiful-world]

SAUDI ARABIA

#saudi arabia #arabia saudita #abraj al bait #royal clock towers #mecca #makkah #asia