Hajj Experience Guide

The time for Rami on 11 th to 13 th Zilhaj starts after Zawal (start of Zuhr time). For these days, crowd is lesser from Asr time. Similar to 1 st day, use the train (or your pathway) to reach Jamart building and throw seven pebbles each to each Jamara , starting from Jamarah Sughra to Jamarah Kubrah. The whole day is available for prayers and reciting Quran. If you have not performed you Tawaf-e-Ziarat, you can move to Haram after Rami. If you like to eat from your Qurbani meat , you can also visit your Hotel (preferably in day time) for cooking/eating and return to Mina for night . Rami for 12 th Zilhaj is similar to that of 11 th Zilhaj. If you like to stay for 13 th , make sure you inform your Maktab people in advance. If you want to leave after 12 th , leave Mina before Maghrib time (after 12 th Zilhaj Rami). After performing Rami on 12 th Zilhaj , either you can walk back to you Hotel (use GPS navigation if available), or r...

Rami, Qurbani and Tawaf-e-Ziarat are performed in the sequence or else one has to offer Dam (qurbani). After returning from Muzdalifah, if you have enough strength and do not have aged persons or women with you, you can directly go to Mina-3 for Rami at Jamaraat . Avoid starting Rami before sunrise though. The best time to go for Rami is an hour before Asr. Normally , there is lesser or no crowd and you can easily perform you Rami and return back to your camp in Mina. If there is crowd, try to move slowly and carefully. Keep water with you and whenever you get chance, fill you water bottles from dispenser installed on walkway to Jamarat. DO NOT try to return from the same path you came . DO NOT move in opposite direction or try to run during Rami. Stay away from the train platform gates . For 10 th Zilhaj, Rami is for Jamarah Uqbah (Last one) only . Jamarat in Mina Through seven pebbles at the pillar for Jamarah Uqbah so that the stone...

Immediately after Fajr prayer, people leave mina camp on foot to reach Arafat. The pedestrian is properly marked but it is recommended to keep a map and GPS based app for navigation. There are ample drinking water and Toilet point throughout the road. Maktab people start calling for groups to leave for Arafat after Fajr. The train station is very crowded and people who offer prayers inside station reach the train in 30-50 minutes. Keep on moving with your guide towards station. Do not try to get into buses leaving from Mina with other pilgrims to Arafat as they will not open gates. Depending upon the conditions, it takes 2-4 hours to reach platform to board the train. The train hardly takes 5 minutes to reach Arafat though. Another way around is to walk towards Muzdalifah 3 station , and get onto hired buses (not Maktab buses). They take around SR 25-50 per head . These buses will drop you at Masjid-e-Nimrah. You’ll have to walk your way to Pakistani...