Six of our Khuddam went to a lecture in UCL (University College of London) on Friday, 10^th February 2012 departing from Southfields Station at 16:30. The lecture started at 18:00 and the topic was on Hajj. There were members attending from the Jama’at and a few others also came to gain knowledge on the concept of Hajj.

After the lecture was over we all walked to the British Museum which wasn’t far away from UCL and we were most impressed with the exhibition they had displayed. The exhibition showed the history of Hajj and the challenges of those who performed the pilgrimage.

With beautiful and historic artefacts, scripts and pictures alongside their descriptions made this exhibition highly interesting.

The exhibition showed how the pilgrims travelled and how Hajj evolved from a journey of a few days from some surrounding areas to only a matter of an hour’s journey to the holy city of Mecca, the exhibition also showed the spiritual aspects of the place and the rituals which were and are still performed from the time of the Prophet Muhammad (saw).

The lecture and Hajj exhibition went a long way to widen our knowledge about Hajj.

May Allah gives us more opportunities to attend these events.