Should Muslims Still Perform Hajj? (Quran Only Islam)
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Hajj, also known as pilgrimage, is something Muslims do worldwide. It involves travelling to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and visiting the Kaaba. Hajj is a mandatory requirement of all Muslims who can afford to make the trip, however should Muslims still perform hajj based on Saudis bad ethics and their increasing fees for Hajj? This it what I discuss in today's video.
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I agree with you .. especially regarding the arms deal!!!
True🕯️
It's all about money and power, it's like building mosques every corner its money making machines god doesn't say build me mosques every where from gold and silver, god is the king of hearts, god is everywhere its creator of the awesome universe it doesn't need mosques or anything else. God has left us the book of guidance the quran, worship God alone full stop nothing else matters , you can worship God wherever you are but first you have to believe from you heart that God exist if you have slight doubt in your heart don't bother.
Well said!!
Doubts are completely normall.....
Doubts are normal brother/sister. No point of being rude and saying don’t bother . Allah knows what every heart is feeling. Many have doubts but deep form know God exists
Why have faith if you have doubts do you know the meaning of faith
النور 24:36
In houses which Allah hath allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein He is praised morning and evening.
The real meaning of pilgrimage is to feed the poor in any place...﴿وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا﴾ [الإنسان: 8]Feeding the needy and treating them kindly is one of the compelling reasons for entering Heaven with the presence of monotheism and after the mercy of the Most Merciful.
Is it not the meaning pilgrimage to set out for a place? Whether it be physical or spiritual?
@fasterhardhouse6301 😂😂😂
Big stretch. Stop interpreting things that are established. It should be clear from the Quran what the pilgrimage is.
I agree with your reflection on the corrupt behaviour of the Saudi monarchy, rulers and governing elite. However, I got a sense of belittling or disrespect of prophet Mohammad (PBUH) from your talk. Muslims don't idolize him or classify his Hadith and Seerah over Qur'an. Nonetheless, they come 2nd to Quran in order of Islam references in matter of teachings, laws, practices and Muslim life. In the Qur'an, it is said by Allah, to love, obey Mohammad and to follow his teacings. Mohammad (PBUH) was chosen by Allah to deliver his book, the Qur'an and be the last prophet to mankind. One can't claim to love Allah, while disliking or disrespecting Muhammad or any other prophet for that matter. We knew Allah through Muhammad, carrying and delivering his last message to human kind. Wassalam upon those who follow his guidance.
C'mon buddy, hajj ritual is copied from Arab paganism ritual. It is not from Abraham's. It is pure pagan ritual.
Source of reference ? 😂😂
These are unfortunately the facts lol
@@hussainillahi3465 Pre-Islamic ArabiaEdit
A camel caravan traveling to Mecca for the annual pilgrimage, c. 1910.
Pre-Islamic Arabs were worshippers of other gods. The Kaaba was still the center of their worship,[5] and was filled with idols and images of angels.[6] During the annual pilgrimage season, people from home and abroad would visit the Kaaba. The Quraysh tribe was in charge of entertaining and serving the pilgrims. Shibli Nomani mentions that the pagan Arabs introduced some unholy rites during their pilgrimage. Unlike today's Hajj, they did not walk between the hills of Safa and Marwah and did not gather at Arafat. Some would maintain silence during the whole course of pilgrimage. Except for those from the Quraysh tribe, pilgrims would perform tawaf while naked. During the initial years of Muhammad's prophethood, the pilgrimage season offered Muhammad the occasion to preach Islam to the foreign people who came to Mecca for pilgrimage.
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Do you know Muhammad religion before 40 years old?
@@hussainillahi3465 czcams.com/video/w041e9G8NhQ/video.htmlsi=z10TXkzSrg7K6jUA
yo, provide a source please
100% with you on this, brother.
I've been a Muslim for 30 years, and i've been offered complementary Hajj 3 times over this period of time, but always refused, the first time just on instinct, not yet knowing about the imposter Saud.
Can't take any bribe from hypocritical criminals: we will visit Mecca and Medina when they will be liberated in shaa Allah. Ditto for Jerusalem.
No need to waste money .. in this situation. Unless correct time come. Your Assah
Yes there is a huge problem !
You should absolutely Refer to verses 107-110 of surah Al Tawbah!
To be able to understand where the Hajj should be performed !
People used to perform Hajj a very very long time ago. Therefore , to unlock
The puzzle just read very carefully , and with understanding .
Welcome back to the future !
Hi i am new to Quranist Islam and had a question, how is hajj done according to quran only and what soes quran say about the rituals
For an important pillar in Islam..they have made it almost impossible to go....yr take is very reasonable and people are now fully awake for what's really happening..!
The "Pillars of Islam" is an invention..
Even if you want you can't perform hajj. Nobody can go to hajj anymore! because there is no messenger anymore! the God's messenger is needed for the hajj. That's why you dont need to know "known months". 22/27 says: And proclaim the hajj to all people, they will come to YOU, rijalan/MEN who is weak (about knowledge, religion etc), through distant passes.
Yes, only MEN/rijalan were invited for hajj 1400 years ago! Hajj was a method used to spread the revelation to people who lived far away in the era of the messengers. Of course the Quran was sent to all people however go to the messenger was not practical and safe for everyone 1400 years ago.
The message was completed and protected. aqimis salat and hajj are all about the revelation.
I think Rijalat in this context isn't men rather it's on foot as it was in 2:239. I can only extrapolate this as inviting all of mankind or all people on foot at the beginning of the verse would seemingly be contradicted if rijalan in this context only refers to men. Nonetheless your point about the obsolete nature of the practice still stands
@@2ad4ddd RIJALAN means MEN in the Quran. especially RIJALAN in 2:239 means MEN because of 2:228 ...walilrRIJALI ʿalayhinna darajatun... (the MEN have a degree over them) of course "MEN" is solution.
Now that you, and like-minded people, didn't go for Hajj, since this video, the price of Hajj is now 4 times higher (in just 4 years). It's ridiculous BUT you refraining to go is simply making things worse for others who wants to go (who are obligated to go). It's the same obligation on you too regardless of what Saudi is doing with (part of) that money.. Remember: Allah does not put burden of sins which you didn't commit, Saudi lawmakers will be questioned about it, not you. Your duty is to perform Hajj, as instructed by Allah (swt) if you are capable.
Hello brother. The hajj is a sensitive subject for several reasons.
1) The fee Saudi Arabia (along with travel agencies and hotels) charges. One needs to be rich in order to go to pilgrimage nowadays, which is an obligation for muslims. Yet Saudi Arabia cares about how much money they can extort from them, instead of looking for ways to make their travels, accomodations and nourishment better, cheaper and safer.
There's one more thing related to this: As a muslim who lives in Turkey, the U.S. (and whoever else is involved behind the curtains) has been trying to establish a terrorist state in our south eastern borders. Thousands of trucks loaded with weapons have been sent to terrorist organisation "ypg" by the u.s. And most of the expenses are covered by Saudi Arabia. They also support Isis. It's like a secret that everybody here knows. It's quite understandable when people suggest not going to hajj for a while.
2) Hajj times are extremely compressed. The Qur'an informs us that there are 3 or more months for hajj (2:197). If you do the research, there are 4 months in which you can do it: Ramadan, Shawwal, Zul'Qada and Zul'Hijjah. However, the majority of the muslims believe that it's only performed in the first 10 days or so in the month of Zul'Hijjah. This not only causes queues where people have to wait for one or several years before they are allowed to go to pilgrimage; but it also causes stampedes.
3) Circling the temple. It's not what the Qur'an says. The word tawaf means visiting yet people understand it as circling the Masjid Al Haram. Hajj is actually about bringing people together for a conference where they can discuss topics with their proofs, without fighting, without fearing for their security. And ihram is actually not a bathrobe-like garment to be worn but a set of restrictions to abide. A detailed explanation as to what hajj is about can be found in this video:
czcams.com/video/Gdre7jyQOIg/video.html
(Please keep in mind that this doesn't mean I support all of this person's views on every subject)
4) The tower/hotel looking down on the Masjic. It's unacceptable for me. How their king let something like that be built right accross the masjid is mind boggling (unless he was a traitor to muslims). It feels like the owners of that building are literally saying "I can come to your most sacred temple and build a huge tower, looking down upon it like a man about to crush an insect".
Plus, there's the crescent on top of it looking upwards. Is it really a crescent or does it symbolize ox horns? We have the same symbol on top of almost every minaret and dome of every mosque here in Turkey and I believe it's a leftover symbol from Turks' previous religion, shamanism. Our mosques, masjids and their surroundings need to be cleared of these idols.
These are my thoughts.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me 🙏
The crescent logo is historically related to a pagan idol Ba’al
@Yousef Ghaneemah Pilgrimage months, which are also the sacred months, are the last 4 months of the lunar year (Ramadan, Shawwal, Zul Qa'dah, Zul Hijjah). Proof here:
www.quranaloneislam.org/the-4-sacred-months-of-hajj
The crescent on our flag is a bow though, and tamga of Ottoman Beglik, it was changed so much that ended up as crescent.
Turkey is a terrorist state. YPG are defending Kurds, Arabs, Yazidis, Assyrians, Armenians and all minorities/religions. Erdogan is a fascist dictator
Did prophet MOHAMED government earned acsubgke dinar coz of haj? But Saudi Arabia earns in billions of USD.. Wow
None of the prophets before went to mecca or saudi on a pilgrimage, there is no record of abraham ever being there
Alice Cw
34:44
in 34:44 it also says that no warners were sent before him to the people of Mohammed, so no prophet hajj did there either
@@AMGbrmmbrmm yes but it says also to make the pilgrimage like those before you did... and they did... just not in mecca. Look at the place are you serious?
@Menaz Akhtar Moses told them to go all the way to saudi for a feast at mecca? Sounds like one of your hadith stories
@Menaz Akhtar did he also ride the flying g horse to get there quicker?
The clock tower and the adjacent buildings are a monstrosity.
You should not worry about the politics of SAUADI but do what god has commanded' to visit MASJID AL HARAM in the time of HAJJ 'if you are capable and you have the means to perform HAJJ. What SAUADI is doing by increasing the price of HAJJ has nothing to do with you ' your duty is to god only' if the price has put you off then you have love for money not god. Do not worry about the increasing of price of HAJJ but worry about not performing HAJJ before death comes for you' hope this message changes your mind.
You’ve been duped by the makers of the fake religion called Islam.. read my comment above about the real meaning of HAJJ
This is complete none sense, if you really know the Quran you wouldn’t say this. No, only a fool would pay any sort of money or support to a Zionist country that commits crimes against their neighbours Muslims whether it’s Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Somalia and others. You’re saying that regardless of what Saudis do, you must do hajj if you can!!!! Well I can’t not because of money fool, but cuz I don’t want to be involved in killing innocent people by FUNDING such evil government… you do realize what Allah says about those who kill, and you want to support them in the name of Allah and Quran!! You don’t understand what are your priorities as a Muslim from the Quran. And I truly doubt that follow Quran alone, otherwise you wouldn’t say this utter nonsense.
Brilliant Sir,
Actually, these Quranists are trying to deceive, trick Muslims to abandon Hajj - their aim is to destroy pillars of Islam - one by one, beginning with Hajj with bogus excuses.
Also, most comments are not muslims ( false user name), but by paid agents to deceive average Muslims.
All Quran ayats are mistranslated, altered, changed to further their agenda.
Avoid them, warn families, friends.
Would like your view on the original mecca being in Petra ?
Becca = modern Petra
Makkah is not Bacca ;)!
Quran 14:37 states that the Sacred House is near a uncultivated/seedless valley. This does not match Petra.
Furthermore the Arabs were completely unlettered in previous scriptures which means they never heard of the message from Christians and Jews and Petra at the time of the revelation was under the Christian Empire.
Don’t be fooled by the work of Dan Gibson. I know I was initially but all of his work is derived from hadith literature.
Hajj is an obligation, God would not make it an assumption of where it would be. Makkah is where the Sacred House is.
How you go from being a philosopher to submitting to Arabic paganism is incomprehensible to me.
Maybe you weren't very good at it.
Have you looked into the fact that Mecca might not even be the place described by the Quran? There are actually no historical records of the modern day Mecca having existed until 300 years after the Prophet Muhammad. The most likely place is Petra, Jordan. It fits the description described in the Quran.
I am still looking into this matter, but it's worthwhile to keep in mind that modern day Muslim have really fallen off the tracks of guidance. If someone could proof otherwise it to me it is, I'm always ready to accept new knowledge.
It was actually called bakka back than not Mecca
becca is in petra
mecca is in saudi arabia
Zam zam water is proof enough Kaaba is in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Salaam aleykum, would you be willing to make a video on your thoughts regarding khitan?
I will definitely make a video about this in the future
Salaam bro I'm glad that you trying to convey the true massage which is only from Quran ofcourse, but remember God never once mentioned in the Quran ya Arab, instead He addresses human as bani adam bani Israel, Naas, insaan, nafs, believers, nd so on therefore we shouldn't worry about what Saudi people or government have to say because they're not the one who's maintaining or running the system it's God who's in control we should only worry about what God says, God speaks to thoes who wish to speak to Him, and you are surely speaking to God through Quran so best wishes to you for doing the greater work, salaam.
I enjoy listening to your vids.. What do u think of the Petra - Mecca debate?
Thank you! It’s something I’d have to read in to. What do you think?
@@TheBritishMuslim_
Thanks for replying. I think it's an area that Muslims should be seeking to find out more. Dan Gibson's archaeological findings show that the original home of Muhammad was in Jordan, Petra... I just hope that more academics or even like- minded ppl like yourself can find out more or at least start the conversations happening online. So that at least this will answer wider questions about the Holy place for pilgrimage and what it really means etc
Also.. Pilgrimage in quran I'm sure is very different to how we practice today..
If the Petra-Mecca debate proves to be false.. Then at least we know.. I hope more ppl like you and 'Quran Centric' bring insightful knowledge to the surface
I'm from London, UK and struggling to find like-minded ppl 🇬🇧
The British Muslim Chapter 53 of the Quran does validate Dan Gibson’s claims.
Al-lat, Uzat and Manat were Nabatean pagan idols and God was making Muhammad PBUH think if they can be compared to Him.
Yousef Ghaneemah I just learned about Gibson at end of last year. But I can say he is not dumb. I was surprised to see what he said because I knew of this before Mecca is not in Saudi
Yes Petra I know is truth and only learned about the man who says this last year but I knew since a child
The Hajj as per Qur'an is to invite mankind to Mecca so that the 'signs' of Allah can be shown to them. This would be to put the Qur'an into practice and show them how Islam that evolves from this works. It would be the United Nations centre, but much more, and global problems would be addressed, benefit for mankind, not a paganised personal 'salvation'.
The Hajj we have from the mulla-gods, is to stone 3 pillars, idols by any other name, run between two hills, sleep on a mountain, shave your head [Qur'an means clear your head of all preconceived thoughts so that you learn the truth etc], drink holy water that cures us of all our ills[!], and walk around the kaaba when the circumambulation the Qur'an describes is the one where our affairs revolve around the kaaba as it is the centre for the UN type central authority, not a physical walk/run.
How the mighty have fallen!
They have lost themselves but All we do we do it for Allah. And what Allah tells us we should do it InshaAllah. But I am very disappointed in Saudi Arabia. I even made video about them. I like your videos, watch some of mine INSHA'ALLAH. Selam alejkum
For someone that thinks...Your title "The British Muslim" doesnt resonate well.
Ibrahim and Lut PBUT were delivered to the lands that God had blessed, which was towards Israel. Not Mecca.
We r growing FAST :-)
why is it so complicated to understand the quran, there are so many different opinions on the subject of salad that praying or not praying means hajj, fasting, ... I'm slowly no longer sure what to believe in. of the only quran people everyone has their own opinion, edip yüksel, sam gerrans, dr kashif khan, dr mansour .... everyone explains their own opinion to us, but that can't be in the interests of Allah?
I understand it can be confusing. Although, why are you depending on sonlmeone else to tell you what to believe? The Quran encourages you to think and ask questions. You should definitely read other people's opinions and learn different methods of thinking, but ultimately I believe you should make educated and informed conclusions yourself.
The British Muslim that's why I don't care what I mean, why do so many people read so many different messages from the Koran? should the message actually be clear? so that there is only one question, whether you believe this clear message or not, but we don’t even agree on what the message said. See this video ... opinions diverge and the question arises what hajj actually means. just like the word salad and many other meanings
My opinion is that us humans are of different entities with thoughts, experiences and also we come with our own limitations. God almighty knows this and encourages us within our limitations to seek him and to find him. God knows best what is good for us his people.
God bless us all
I completely agree . It’s so confusing. Personally to me dr kashif khans translation makes more sense but you don’t know what to believe . Marvellous Quran CZcams channel does good translation. But everyone says different things. I feel so trapped
@@chechen1001
Hany Atchan, another deceiver.
He mistranslates, misquoted, alters ( meaning of Arabic words), ignore grammatical rules of Arabic, after 2 hours of gibberish, claptrap, declares -
See Quran says - Abraham has two sons - Issac, Yaqub.
Then, another video, 2 hour of same gibberish, claptrap- declares - Adam, Ishmael, Mohammad - same ONE PERSON ( Islamic Trinity - 3 in 1).
We could not control our laughter.
We 2 billion Muslims know from whom we should take knowledge, learn Islam, which books, Tafseer, saheeh hadiths books, Imam's books - we should rely on.
Bring more Hany, Quranists, Jay Smith, David woods and their minions - nothing can stop Islam -fastest growing religion in the world.
Try again!
You are reinventing islam what are you going to do.
They say its one of the pillars.
Yet you can enter janah without going for it.
You can not have Islam and understand Quran without bible accept it
What goes on their is what polytheist arabs did then allah followed suit with the practices.
How do you know the wife of adam or abraham without fabricated hadith
Mecca is not in Saudi and they know it People will come to know the truth
Where is your evidence?
Believe whatever you like,
We nearly 2 billion Muslims know where Mecca is.
Some liar, trickster western scholars can do nothing to change our 1400 years old belief.
Try again!
The fastest growing religion in the world is Islam.
@@OmarOsman98
Sir,
I think Dan Gibson ( evangelist, liar, deceiver Christian) wrote a bogus book - Petra ( Jordan) is Mecca. Jay Smith also now propagates this lie.
Zero proof, zero evidence in the book. No archaeological findings, nothing. Just lies.
As Islam is spreading everywhere, but Christianity is collapsing, Christians are helpless, surprised and desperate, attacking Islam by any lie, deceit, fabrication.
Read Dr Kashif Khan's articles on the internet to know Allah's Islam and ask him questions to know more. The Islam which u see being practiced is paganism not real Islam which is a Deen not a religion.
Brother I’ve been reading his translations and they make sense but everyone is saying different things. Some of my family members say he could be leading people astray and I’m doing something dangerous by following that translation. Honestly I feel so trapped. I do think deep down his translation makes sense.
@@missqueen354 something like this happened to me too, in the very beginning but it was just fear and doubt , nothing else, his translations are logical and correct , look for the logic and if you still have doubts then ask him questions. There are other muslim researchers too, who are also saying what he is saying, with proof , that there are no rituals in Islam / Quran . Don't worry sister, also ask Allah for guidance, HE guides, HE guided me to these articles.
@@missqueen354 if you have more questions, let me know. May Allah guide you and me more.
Yes finally I find someone following dr kashif khan amazing work learnt about all these lies
@@thetru123th your comment is not clear, can u explain ?
Hello brother if you are a thinker i wood like you to research dan gibson petra salam
Ba'al and the Cresent moon (bull horns) do have a connection. I don't believe Mecca is relevant nor related to the Qur'an at all. The "mother of all cities" is elsewhere. Peace.
Very likely in Petra, Jordan.
@@scullyfbi4196 very likely ar Isaiah 42:10 states Selah for the upcoming prophet. Peace.
@@scullyfbi4196 Say hi to agent Mulder from me.
Bekka is the Sacred House mentioned as the First House of Worship on the Earth. 3:96
Bekka is mentioned once
Mecca is mentioned once. Look at the way Mecca is mentioned.
I don’t believe Mecca is the Sacred House mentioned by LLah.
Rather it verily well might be the Rose City. Petra, in Aqaba, Jordan. The signs are all there. The Monastery of Petra is The House. L’Lah’ Al Rahman knows best
Verify to yourselves everything ive said. Don’t believe me and don’t take it lightly. Don’t follow blindly and don’t turn away from something that might be the way. Search Salaam.
Exactly
Like the Greek gods Satan need worship(energy) in order to be strong, the more energy he can get from his worshippers the more powerful he becomes, Hajj is a giant black magic ritual designed to empower Saturn with energy harnessed from worshippers,back in Roman times Saturn was worshipped in the form of a black cube.saudis are taking our energy and our money but if we are to thick to see it then we deserve it
𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐣 𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧?
@@zitbey yes
I went to Mecca with the family when I was a kid. We walked out of one particular exit/entrance and there was a KFC. Finger licki' good!
FROM ABU-QUASIM TO MUHAMMAD.
The Corpus of the 114 Surats informs us that there is a Tradition which claims to be an Apostolic Tradition yet rejects circumcision while the Apostles were all circumcised, didn't believe in Trinity, and had prescribed a dietary Law during the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15:22-34 which dietary law the said Tradition rejects. Is it not ironic!
Based on those clues we can infer with certainty that:
Qur'an is a codeword for the Torah of Moses
Reminder should be the proper Title for the current corpus of those 114 Surats.
Islam meaning an Evangelical Political Party supposed to restore the pristine Apostolic Tradition of Jesus' disciples in Jerusalem and also enforce the Torah, the Law of Moses, as the Law of the land.
Muhammad as a euphemism for Messiah/Christ
Abu Quasim as an Arabian Evangelist who later became a Sovereign Ruler,
Legislator, and Founding Father...and picked Muhammad as a reign name as do the Popes when taking up the Apostles names.
"We(the Children of Israel) sent you, O Abu Quasim, as an Apostle and a Prophet so that you and your people may believe in God and His Messiah/Muhammad/Christ, help Him, praise Him, sing hymns for Him evening and morning.
Remember when Jesus Asked, 'who will assist me in the way of God? The disciples replied, 'we shall be the helpers of God; bear witness that we are Muslims.'" Surat...
Unfortunately the "Muhammad" of the Palace and the "Mohammad" of the Shahada in the Mosque got blended together in the Tradition.
If it is true that Abu Quasim signed off his formal treaties, official decrees, and other legislations as Muhammad as reported by Ibn Hisham, then this might explain how this present OPTICAL ILLUSION was perpetuated by those who were eager to capitalize on the Pilgrimage to Macca. Let's keep in mind that his Friday sermons in the Mosque were not about himself but about Christ/Messiah and His way.
It' s high time to differentiate the palace and the Mosque under the Messianic title Muhammad...!!!
What a rubbish you have no evidence your claim is conspiracy Christianity is a pagan religion
@@laylaali5977
You can't read it, can you? No religion is discussed in the polemical exchanges between Jesus and the Pharisees but rather the Law given to Moses and who was the Christ, and what the authority of that being referred to as Christus by the Greeks, or HaMashiock by the Hebrews, was.
Debating religion is missing the point...
Sperstitious people debate religion, rational people debate the Law...and its application among the pagans
And are you not putting your words above those of the prophet "sws" now?
The prophet literraly went for hajj while Mecca was ruled by polytheist mushrikoun but you are too pure to go while mecca is ruled by muslims?
But you can't really know since you reject all hadiths and I guess history too.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to defend Saudi gvt or anything and they will have to answer to their Lord on the Day of Judgement.
Always stunning to see a "Quran only" dude making videos to give his own knowledge to others. I'm pretty sure this not "Quran only" approved.
I loved it...👆👆👆
Never met a hadith rejector who can read quran in Arabic.. 😔
Agreed. I am fine with people having their beliefs when they are backed well by research and evidence. Arabic is a necessity in Islamic theological study.
Quran centric is an Arabic speaking Hadith rejector. Check out his channel.
Joseph from Quran Centric is a native arab speaker.
@@elbowstancenow1519 Native Arabic speaker doesn't mean you can speak or understand the classical Arabic of the Holy Quran.
@@OmarOsman98 There we go again. The classical arabic.... Allah SWT words are clear without any misunderstandings. Period.
Go to PETRA!
I think it will be worth the experience...we can't control the price...its like paying tax when your govt UK govt has done worst things....but this should not stop you from performing Hajj if u can afford it