The Muslim Jummah Development Initiative (MUDI), in
collaboration with MUDI Hajj Umra Services Limited, will be organising the
maiden edition of the free hajj school to educate Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
The programme, which comes off once every month for five months, is designed to
complement the works of the Hajj Board to educate and prepare Ghanaian would-be
pilgrims to have a full understanding of Hajj and its performance.
A statement issued by Hajj Abdel-Manan Abdel-Rahman, the Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), said the free hajj school is on the theme: “Schooling the Pilgrim
for a Complete, Accepted and Rewarding Hajj”.
It is aimed at providing Ghanaian pilgrims with intensive schooling in English
and local languages.
Areas to be covered within the programme include the significance and pillars
of Hajj and Umrah, the rules and regulations governing Ihram, the Tawaf, Sa’ee,
women issues, performing Hajj and Umrah on behalf of another person, and a
practical step-by-step guide on Hajj performance including items to pack,
medications, among others.
Resource persons for the school include Sheikh Dr Tamin Abubakar of the Islamic
University at Madina, Sheikh Ahmed Nkrumah of Ummul Quran University, and
Sheikh Abdur Rahman Botchway, an Islamic Scholar and Educationist.