Muslims urged to settle disputes, forge unity

Muslims urged to settle disputes, forge unity

MADINAH: The imam at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, called on the Muslims yesterday to settle their disputes and forge unity.
Delivering his Friday sermon to a gathering of more than one and a half million pilgrims at the Grand Mosque, Al-Sudais said, “This is the sacred place and time to settle disputes that have caused the Ummah untold miseries. We should not disunite. One of our major problems is the issue of Palestine. Our Palestinian brothers are suffering due to injustice and Israeli siege and also because of infighting and division among themselves.”
The imam welcomed the Haj pilgrims to Makkah and called their pilgrimage a journey of repentance and piety. He urged them to keep away from sinful deeds. “The safety and security of the pilgrims is in the hands of Almighty Allah.

The sanctity and inviolability of the Two Holy Mosques cannot be marred by crises or extremist activities,” he said.
The khatib at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, Sheikh Salah Al-Budair, in his Friday sermon said that Allah forgives all sins of pilgrims who repent genuinely because they come from far off places with the sole aim of winning the mercy of the Almighty. “They are cleaned of all past sins,” he added. “The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: ‘A virtuous Haj pilgrim has no reward but Paradise,’” Al-Budair added. He also urged the pilgrims to behave kindly, help and cooperate during the pilgrimage. He asked them not to push or jostle at crowded places and not to quarrel with anyone.
According to the Saudi Press Agency, more than 500,000 worshippers attended Friday prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque.

“After visiting and praying at the Holy Mosque in Madinah, thousands of pilgrims who came mostly from Arab and Muslim countries, returned to Makkah yesterday,” said Hamid Al-Bakri, director general at the Haj Ministry’s branch in Madinah.
Al-Bakri added that the ministry’s branch had taken all possible steps to make their journey comfortable and safe.
“Our teams made 2,154 inspection tours to various field offices serving the pilgrims. The teams of the emergency and operation center made 2,000 rounds and inspected all the facilities for the pilgrims including the arrangements at the departure points,” Al-Bakri said.

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