Qatari Hajj Mission Holds Meeting with Legal (Sharia) Guides Accompanying Hajj Campaigns

The Sharia and Religious Guidance Unit of the Qatari Hajj Mission held a meeting with the Legal (Sharia) guides accompanying the Qatari Hajj campaigns, to determine their preparations for religious awareness and guidance, and to provide moral and faith support to pilgrims, in the presence of HE Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, head of the Qatari Hajj Mission, Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem, During the meeting, HE the Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs and the head of the mission underlined the prominent role of the legal (Sharia) guides in educating the pilgrims and guiding them towards a correct understanding of the rituals and performing them with spirituality and piety, adhering to the principles and morals of Islam and being patient in obedience and crowding in performing this duty, which brings together millions of Muslims from all over the world. HE the Minister urged them to take advantage of these times in remembrance, supplication, and reading the Quran, and for eve ry pilgrim to be careful to complete rituals in the correct manner to gain the great reward for the Hajj obligation, and return from it pure as the day his mother gave birth to him. His Excellency called on all legal (Sharia) guides in the campaigns to fully cooperate with all pilgrims during their performance of rituals and their stay in the camps in the Holy Sites, stressing that the State is making every effort to serve the pilgrims of the State of Qatar and all campaigns and facilitate their affairs, so that the Hajj season to be distinguished and exceptional, by providing distinguished services ensuring satisfaction and safety of all the countrys pilgrims, including preparing all means that would facilitate the performance of the Hajj. For his part, Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Al Mahmoud, head of the Sharia and Religious Guidance Unit at the Hajj Mission, said: "The legal conditions in the Qatari Hajj campaigns are reassuring and auspicious, and planning for the rituals and the Hajj route is going smoothly," affirming the readiness of the pilgrims of the State of Qatar to perform the rituals. He explained that the Legal (Sharia) guides who were chosen to accompany the Qatari campaigns during this years Hajj season are mostly Qatari preachers qualified to guide and issue fatwas regarding Hajj rituals, and they perform their work of preaching, guiding, issuing fatwas, and explaining the correct Hajj rulings to the pilgrims of Qatar. He called on the campaigners to cooperate with the Legal (Sharia) guides, stressing that the places and camps in Al Mashaer are fully prepared with all services and facilities to receive pilgrims and perform the Hajj . The meeting also discussed some of the legal issues that were presented to the members of the Sharia Unit and the guides during the last period, regarding the provisions of Hajj and emerging issues in the jurisprudential aspects of this obligation, and agreement was made on the approved fatwas regarding them, and the recommendations of the Sharia Unit and religious gui dance in the mission were taken into account. Source: Qatar News Agency