Oh no! Please don't stop taking pictures! I look forward to them so much. I am old and I am sick and Insha Allah maybe someday I can make it to Umrah but I don't think so and I look forward to those pictures. They are so lovely and so uplifting. I need them; I need to see them; please don't stop taking them. Please just have respect for the Grand Mosque and for the other brothers and sisters. Ella Rahmani I think there is nothing wrong in taking photos of oneself while at the Grand Mosque as a remembrance of having visited the holy place. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many of us especially those living in another country. This should be done in a manner that is not disruptive of others engaged in religious undertakings. Time changes. We should be flexible. After all, taking one's picture in a discreet way does not have to interfere with the fulfilling of your religious obligations while at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque. Art Busran Burungawan I think strict action should be taken inside the Grand Mosque against violators. Last weekend while on Umrah, I saw a guy making a Skype call while in Tawaf and you could see a female on his cellphone watching and talking. Imagine where the concentration was for that person, with Allah or with his family abroad. Imran AK Let us focus on why we go there and not make it an act of tourism but rather a spiritual act of worship. Honestly, there are so many people on Facebook putting up a new picture of the Grand Mosque every five minutes that you often wonder why they don't concentrate on the reason that they are there. One or two pictures is okay, but it is getting out of hand and it defeats the purpose of worship. Furthermore, please do not question the respectable sheikh as he is only telling us for our own good. We are now turning our worship into tourism. May Allah protect us because we care so much about taking pictures that we forget about worship and are more engrossed in our social behavior. Ree Zan
