Ondo state Muslim pilgrims have perform their lesser pilgrimage on arrival to Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Sunday June 11th, 2023.
This was after they had visited the historical places in the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia during the weekend.
A reliable source among the state pilgrims forc2023 made the disclosure in a telephone conversation.
According to the source, the pilgrims have performed their Jumat service at the holy Prophet Muhammed’s mosque in Medina on Friday and had on Saturday, visited historic sites in Medina
Places visited include: Kubah Mosque (the first mosque where jummat prayer was observed when the prophet got to Medinah) masjid qiblatain (The mosque with two qiblah), the mountain of Hud where Sayidna Hamzah was buried.
” After the Ziyaraah (visitation) we were moved to Miiqot in mecca for the performance of our Ummrah (Lesser pilgrimage) in line with the condition and process for performing pilgrimage rites,” said the source.
The lesser pilgrimage entails their visit to the Miiqot where they will put on their hiram ( white cloth) and perform the necessary birth and then head for Tawarf (running round the sacred heart of the Kaaba.
In a telephone chat with the Chairman of Ondo state Muslim Welfare Board, Alhaji Dikirullah Chandy Adam, he confirmed that the pilgrims have on Sunday June 11th, 2023 moved from Medinah to Mecca, Mukarramah stopping at Miiqot to assume Ihrams (white garment).
He said the pilgrims who arrived in two batches on the June 6th and 7th, June 2023 had arrived Medina from Lagos for the purpose of visitation to historic sites.
Another pilgrim who pleaded anonymous said the process of taking off from Ilorin to Mecca was altered because the Ilorin terminal developed a fault and that a flight took them from Ilorin international Airport to Muritala Muhammed International airport Lagos where another flight airlifted them to Medina in Saudi Arabia.
” We are now at Mecca in readiness to perform the hajj proper, ” he confirmed
