22 | August | 2011 | almiskeenah

…may all hearts throb with the LIGHT and LOVE of Allah Ta’ala just as BaituLlah is during these most auspicious nights…Ameen

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…these last two photos are pre-Ramadhan shots, but are also symbolic of the central spiritual nucleus BaituLlah is in our lives…click for the source, along with a comprehensive gallery of other photos, old and new, of Masjid al-Haram…

…oh that the whole year were Ramadhan, as our Beloved Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam said we would wish for, if only we knew it’s importance…SubhanAllah! how the heart throbs like no other time…

All good is from Allah Ta’ala whereas mistakes are from this humble speck. May Allah Ta’ala Bless all readers, bringing you all closer to Him and His Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. May He accept our humble efforts and grant us the capacity to be good and do good. Ameen.

…the police, civil defense and commando presence this year was exemplary…effective strategies for crowd control are being adopted with positive improvements…Insha’Allah these efforts continue to be implemented…the police would form a human ‘wall’ by holding hands, creating barriers that people could not penetrate…as seen in the photo above and below…

…they were also far more diligent with maintaining corridors inside the Masjid…

…here the crowd is pouring out from the Malikul Fahd door…but there were times prior to Salat, when a ‘wall’ was made with shoulder to shoulder police blocking any trying to enter as the red lights indicating the area had reached capacity were on, as seen above…

…whatever one opines…it is imposing…with more in progress…

…see the open balcony on the top of this protruding darker marble central facade? That’s where this speck stayed with the entire expanse of that balcony at our disposal!! SubhanAllah! The prayer hall for brothers is on the floor above and the sister’s prayer another floor above that. A Fatwa has been made saying Salat behind the Imam is acceptable from these prayer halls…

…first decorative feature appearing on the new expansion…

…seen lit here from the opposite direction…maybe this was featured for the laying of the official foundation stone by the King on Juma’ah…see article here which includes a model of the completed expansion…

…taken after ten Rak’ats of Taraweh to show how the central area of the Zamzam tower becomes an extension of the Masjid…sisters were in a large group behind the brothers…

Statistics show that the number of people performing Umrah during the Ramadan season has reached 4 million during the first half of the holy month. They also show estimates of pilgrims spending more than SR4 billion on gifts and souvenirs.

…it is so obvious being there that the official designated area for worship is totally inadequate, and even when the vast extension is ready, with the anticipated projected numbers in the future, streets and shopping complexes may still be overflowing…Allahu ‘alum…

…at random times during the night the glass bulb section above the clock face sparkled like a huge diamond and different beams of light circled the sky…