Over sixty percent of Muslim pilgrims who attend the yearly spiritual exercise, Hajj do not prioritize the principles and essence of the trip, Chief Imam’s office revealed.
The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca by adult Muslim is widely held to be of great significant value to Muslims, nonetheless critics say most pilgrims who churn out for the exercise fail to concentrate on the spiritual aspect of the religious trip.
Although the National Hajj committee can ostensibly be credited for its exceptional administrative performance, spokesperson for the National Imam, Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu, believes the committee has a lot to catch up with, in terms of rigorous education and orientation to pilgrims on the spiritual values that needed to be attached to the yearly affair.
“Proper Hajj comes at the end of administrative perfections,” he stated in an interview on an Accra-based Radio Ghana.
Sheikh Shaibu has therefore exhorted the Hajj committee to intensify education on the pilgrimage to get participants understand fully what the process entails throughout the entire period.
Hajj, an annual mandatory religious duty for Muslims is embarked at least once in a lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey.
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
