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The first time someone properly explained ihram to me I was sitting in a pre-Hajj preparation class, notebook open, thinking this would be straightforward. Two white cloths for men, modest dress for women, a list of things not to do. How complicated…
So last Eid my sister called me in a mild panic at 9pm the night before asking if I had any ideas for keeping her three kids occupied the next morning before the big family lunch. The youngest was four, the middle one six, and the eldest eight and…
When people hear "Hajj" and then ask how long it takes, they usually expect a simple number. Like five days or two weeks. The honest answer is that it depends on what you're counting. The actual ritual days — the specific acts that make up Hajj —…
My neighbour knocked on our door one Eid morning carrying a massive tray of meat. She wasn't Muslim. She had no idea what day it was or what we were celebrating. She'd just noticed the smell coming from our kitchen since five in the morning and…
Let me start by saying something nobody really says in these guides: Hajj is not tidy. Every "step by step" article makes it sound like a neat sequence. Do this, then this, then this. And yes, there is a sequence — a real and important one — but the…
Okay, so every year without fail I end up scrambling on the morning of Eid trying to figure out what to actually send people. Like the close family is easy — you just see them and hug them and that's that. But what about the cousin you haven't…
I was probably eight or nine the first time I really paid attention to what was happening on Eid al-Adha. Before that, it was just — Eid. Big breakfast, new clothes, family over, meat in the fridge for days. At some point my father sat down and…
