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Saturday, 18 September 2010

List of Approved Hajj Agents 2010

List of approved UK pilgrim services agents (for Hajj)

For the last month (18 August to 18 September 2010) I have been looking at the the list of approved UK Hajj Travel agents issued by the Ministry of Hajj (MoJ) in Saudi Arabia (The results can be found below).

The official list of Hajj Agents (that are categorised by All Countries) can be found here:
http://www.hajinformation.com/hajj_agents.php

I had taken the list provided by the Ministry of Hajj and using my research skills obtained further information to help UK pilgrims decide which Travel agent to choose (the data is by no means 100% accurate). I have split the agents into its regional areas. If any data is found to be inaccurate please let me know and I will change it immediately.

(1) I have checked to see if these travel Agents have ATOL. It must be stated that not all of the companes listed by the MoH are ATOL registered. ATOL is a protection scheme for air holidays and flights managed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). All tour operators and travel firms selling air holiday packages and flights in the UK as a principal are required by law to hold a licence called an Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (ATOL). For More info Click Here!

If an ATOL tour operator fails, the ATOL scheme ensures customers contracted with the ATOL holder for an air package or a flight, do not lose the money paid over or are not stranded abroad. e.g. After the collapse of Luton-based tour operator Go4 Hajj a couple of years ago, pilgrims were refunded £270,000 from the firm's ATOL protection.

Unfortunately there have been many scams played by criminals operating as Hajj agents (whom my family & I have been a victim) and an ATOL registered company is one way of eliminating these vermins (may Allah (SWT) forgive them and show them the right path).

To check if a company is ATOL registered Click Here! If it doesn't have an ATOL then don't book it at ALL!

(2) A reputable travel agent should be part of the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) or Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO). Before you pay, make sure you have a copy the itinerary in writing and always read the terms and conditions. You should also make sure you receive a full receipt and ATOL confirmation invoice.

If the travel arrangements, accommodation or other service during the pilgrimage fall short of what was paid for, complaints can be made with a view to obtaining a refund under the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tour (Amendment) Regulation 1998.

I searched the names and office & registered office postcodes of companies within the ABTA members list to determineand if the Travel Agenst listed by MoH were ABTA members. To double check ABTA members please Click Here!

(3) Some Travel agents are IATA accrediated. IATA is an international airline association. Airline agents accredited to IATA are also able to issue tickets. IATA agents can be checked Here! BUT you will need to have their (the Travel Agents) number to validate if they are IATA accrediated. Checking IATA status is not as important as checking ATOL. Due to time constraints I have only briefly checked the websites of agents to see if they are IATA accrediated.

(4) Another way to check for a Travel Agents status is to check how long they have been in operation. Most companies are registered in the UK as Limited companies and you should be able to check their names in the Companies House database. To check Click Here! This will tell you if they are still trading or how long the company has been set up. If they are not registered then you will have to ask yourself if they are a proper trading company. I have listed all the companies that are trading below. Offical company registered address will be the same as their office adrress unless stated.

(5) Ask the Travel Agent if they are the muazzam card holder. This is basically the company which will be providing you with the Hajj visa. If so, ask to see it.

Choosing a Hajj Agents

These are all good indicators in choosing a travel agent – but these indicators does not necessarily mean that they will guarantee you a good experience whilst in the Holy lands – that is why it is best to use reputable agents that other pilgrims have recommended.

There are many criterias you will need to consider before choosing a travel agent.

Items such as the dates of flights, food (if it will be provided), accommodation (will you be sharing rooms with others), proximity to the sacred mosques, languages spoken, group leaders (how involved they will be), Quarbani etc etc.

For more info please read the following links...
(1) http://www.salaam.co.uk/travel/hajj-umrah/travel-issues4.php
(2) http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?180018-Choosing-an-Umra-or-Haj-Agent
(3) http://www.abhuk.com/events.htm#event6

For those who have intentions of doing Hajj this year – may Allah (SWT) make your intentions come true and protect you throughout your journey and back – Ameen

Here are the list of Approved Hajj Agents 2010 and their contact deatils.


GREATER LONDON

AL-KAWTHER
Address: 408 North Circular Road, Wembley, London, NW10 7PN
Mobile: 00 44 (0)7904 284 945 (taken from MoH website)
Telephone: 020 8998 8966
Fax: 020 8998 8335
ATOL: This company is not registered with ATOL
IATA: The Company does not have a website hence unable to conduct further research.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 05195243, Date of Incorporation: 02/08/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/08/2009 (DORMANT)

AN Travel Ltd
Address: 208A - 210 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BJ
Telephone: 020 7426 0113 (taken from MoH website) / 020 7247 6256 (taken from CAA website)
Fax: 020 7426 0429
Email: info@an-travel.com
Web Sites: www.an2travel.com / www.an-travel.com
ATOL Number: 6484
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: Their website states that the Company is a member of ABTA – BUT having checked the ABTA website it states that the company is no longer a Member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 05116120, Date of Incorporation: 29/04/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

AFTA Tours Ltd
Address: 85 Coldharbour Lane, HAYES, Middlesex, UB3 3EF
Telephone: 020 8813 6002
Mobile: 07775 601 333
Fax: 020 8813 6455
E-mail: hajj@aftatours.com / info@aftatours.com
Web Sites: www.aftatours.com
ATOL Number: 5713
IATA: 91266302, Checked and valid on IATA code checker website.
ABTA Number: L5467 & Y1186
UK Company Registration No. 04119964, Date of Incorporation: 05/12/2000, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2008 (FULL)

Ahmed Tours & Travels Ltd
Address: 162 Sebert Road, LONDON, E7 0NN
Leyton Office: 275 High Road, Leyton, London E10 5QN
Telephone: 020 8532 8855 / 020 7078 7399 (taken from website)
Mob: 07931 784 928
Email: sale@ahmedtours.com
Web Sites: www.ahmedtours.com
ATOL Number: 9775
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 04787287, Date of Incorporation: 04/06/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Al-Qibla Travels Ltd
Unit 1, 61 Princelet Street, LONDON, E1 5LT
Telephone: 020 7247 2272
Fax: 020 7422 7537
Email: info@alqibla.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.alqibla.co.uk
ATOL Number: 10115
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 05189825, Date of Incorporation: 26/07/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/07/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation
(Shia organisation)
Stone Hall, Chevening Road, London, NW6 6TN
Telephone: 020 7372 4049, 020 7244 8112 (taken form MoH website)
Fax: 020 7372 0694
Email: snk@alkhoei.org / yousif@alkhoei.org
Website: http://www.al-khoei.org
ATOL Number: This Company does not hold an ATOL licence.
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether if it was IATA accredited
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Registered Charity Number: 802000
UK Company Registration No. 05588247, Date of Incorporation: 10/10/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)
Registered address: AL-KHOEI LIMITED, 386C NEASDEN LANE NORTH, LONDON, NW10 0BT

Al-Muntada Al-Islami Trust
Address: 7 Bridges Place, Parsons Green, London, SW6 4HW
Telephone: 020 7471 8282, 0207 471 8280
Fax 0207 471 8281
Email travel@almuntadatrust.org
http://www.almuntadatrust.org/travel
ATOL Number: 4778
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether if it was IATA accredited
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No: This organisation is not registered as a limited company but as a charity regulated by the UK charities Commission.
Registered Charity Number: 293355

Albrek International Ltd
Address: 99 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, LONDON, W12 8NL
Telephone: 020 8749 3877
Fax: 020 8749 5149
Mobile: (UK) 07930 402 295
Mobile (KSA): +9665 6677 9096
Email: info@albrektravels.com
Web Sites: http://www.albrektravels.com
ATOL Number: 9969
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 04958046, Date of Incorporation: 10/11/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Al Ehsan Trust for Hajj & Umrah
ATOL registered under Company Name: Online Holidays (UK) Ltd
Address for Al Ehsan Trust: 71-Sheaveshill Avenue, LONDON, NW9 6SA
Telephone: 020 8201 3057, 020 8205 2042 Mobile: 07776 143 923
Fax: 020 8201 3057
Email: dralbatat@hotmail.com
Web Sites: www.alehsan.com

Address for Online Holidays (UK) Ltd: 2 Alpine House, Honeypot Lane, LONDON, NW9 9RX
Telephone: 0871 666 1347 / 0207 099 6259
Fax: 0871 6661349
Web Sites: www.flightstores.com / www.dubaiholidays.com
ATOL Number: 9805
IATA: The Company (Online Holidays (UK) Ltd) has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
AL-EHSAN TRUST LIMITED: UK Company Registration No. 04344544, Date of Incorporation: 21/12/2001, Status: Active Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
ONLINE HOLIDAYS (UK) LIMITED: UK Company Registration No. 06247875, Date of Incorporation: 15/05/2007, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Al-Kabir Travels & Tours Ltd
Address: 47 New Road, London, E1 1HE
Telephone: 020 7377 9955
Mobile: (Mustafa Kabir Ahmad) 07956 651 212
Mobile: (Md Rahin Ahmad) 07763 122 360
Fax: 023 9275 3266
Email: alkabirtravel@yahoo.com
Websites: http://www.alkabirtravels.com
ATOL Number: This Company has an ATOL logo on it’s website BUT does not hold an ATOL licence.
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 06635098, Date of Incorporation: 01/07/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/07/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Almakay International Ltd
Address: 186 Holland Park Avenue, LONDON, W11 4UJ
Telephone: 020 7354 4189
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9927
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 06678080, Date of Incorporation: 20/08/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/08/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Datafine Ltd
Trading Names: Albahisht Hajj & Umrah Tours
Address: 14 Rigg Aproach, Leyton, London, E10 7QN
Telephone: 020 8518 7188
Mobile: 07989 400 720
Fax: 020 8518 7188
Email: albahisht@yahoo.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.albahisht.co.uk
ATOL Number: 6315
IATA: The Company does not mention of having IATA accreditation on its website
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registeration No. 04558147, Date of Incorporation: 09/10/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 09/10/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Registered address: DATAFINE LTD, 49 GROVE ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9BL

Dome Tours International Ltd
Other Trading Names: Dome Tours, Go Traviva & Traviva
Address: 363 - 365 Harrow Road, LONDON, W9 3NA
Telephone: 0845 130 6132, 020 8962 6644 (taken from MoH website)
Fax: 020 8968 6934
Web Sites: www.dometours.com / www.gotraviva.com
ATOL Number: 6163
IATA: The Company mentions that it has IATA accreditation on its website
ABTA Number: L4924 & Y1364
UK Company Registration No. 04533133, Date of Incorporation: 12/09/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Easyhajj Ltd
Address: 62 Bell Street, LONDON, NW1 6SP
Telephone: 0207 7244040
Mobile: 07798 915 615 (taken from MoH website)
Other Mobiles: MOHAMMAD AGHA: 07889 173 973, 07951 761 786
Web Sites: http://www.easyhajj.com
ATOL Number: 6233
IATA: 91266302, Checked and valid on IATA code checker website.
ABTA Number: L5467 & Y1186
UK Company Registration No. 04779031, Date of Incorporation: 28/05/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

El Sawy Travel Ltd
Address: 149 Park Road, London, NW8 7HT
Telephone: 0207 586 7979
Mobile: 07711 746 100
Fax: 020 7586 5747
Email: info@elsawy.com / elsawytravel@btinternet.com
Web Sites: http://www.elsawy.com
ATOL Number: 3520
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA Number: J6254 & W5819
UK Company Registration No. 02917117, Date of Incorporation: 08/04/1994, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

ET Hajj & Umrah Tours Ltd (Elkadi Tours Ltd)
Address: 102 Star Street, LONDON, W2 1QF
Telephone: 020 7402 7338, 020 7724 7223 (provided by MoH)
Web Sites: http://www.et4hajj.com
ATOL Number: 9905
IATA: The website did not mention if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 05114554, Date of Incorporation: 28/04/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/04/2009 (DORMANT)

ELKADI TOURS LIMITED, FIRST FLOOR, 220 EDGWAR ROAD, LONDON, W2 1BH
UK Company Registration No. 04227463, Date of Incorporation: 01/06/2001, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (DORMANT)

Elkadi Trading International Group, Mekkah House, First floor, 220 Edgware Road, London W2 1DH
Telephone: 0870 24 06 249, Fax: 020 7724 2594, E-mail: info@elkaditours.com
36 GORST ROAD, LONDON, NW10 6LE, TEL: 0044 (0)20 8838 6510 FAX: 0044 (0)20 8691 5963
E MAIL: info@elkaditours.com, Old website: http://www.umrahtohajj.com
(NO ATOL LICENCE, NO IATA LOGO ON WEBSITE)

Flight Express Travel Ltd
Address: 19 Blackstock Road, London, N4 2JF
Telephone: 020 7354 8484
Mobile: (Mohammed) 07974 920 396
Fax: 0207 354 2277
Email: webmail@flightexpress.co.uk / Mohammed@FlightExpress.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.flightexpress.co.uk / http://www.flightexpress.org
ATOL Number: 4573
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 05568464, Date of Incorporation: 20/09/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

G A Travel Centre (also known as Great Air Travel Centre)
ATOL registered under Company Name: Arjumand M
Address: 47 Mile End Road, London, E1 4TT
Telephone: 020 7790 9003
Fax: 020 7791 1670
Email: sales@gatravelcentre.co.uk / gatravel@hotmail.com
Web Sites: www.gatravelcentre.co.uk
ATOL Number: 3667
IATA: 91266932, Checked and valid on IATA code checker website.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Registered Address: G A TRAVEL CENTRE LIMITED, 24 OSBORN STREET,(FIRST FLOOR)
LONDON, E1 6TD
UK Company Registration No. 06662792, Date of Incorporation: 04/08/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/08/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Haj & Umra Travel Ltd
Other Trading Names: Middle East Explorers
Address: 308 Elgin Avenue, London, W9 1JU
Telephone: 020 7286 1111 - Contact: Ali Jafari-Fini
Email: info@haj.co.uk /
ali@haj.co.uk
Web Sites: www.haj.co.uk / www.ziyarah.co.uk
ATOL Number: 3449
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 02862591, Date of Incorporation: 14/10/1993, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2008 (FULL)

Hasan Hajj Tours London Ltd
Address: 69 Harold Road, LONDON, E11 4QX
Telephone: 020 8558 6552
Mobile: 07949 860 787 / 07940 447 766
Fax: 020 8925 3872
Email: info@hasanhajj.com
Web Sites: www.hasanhajj.com
ATOL Number: 10064
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Registered Address: HASAN HAJJ TOURS LONDON LTD, 20 NEW ROAD, LONDON, E1 2AX
UK Company Registration No. 04979082, Date of Incorporation: 28/11/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

Hijaz Travel Ltd
Address: 86 Albert Road, Ilford-Essex, IG1 1HW
Telephone: 020 8514 1816
Mobile: Strictly only in Emergency: 07947991904
Fax: 020 8911 8588
Email: sales@hijaztravel.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.hijaztravel.co.uk
ATOL Number: 6530
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 05073306, Date of Incorporation: 15/03/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Holy Makkah Tours Ltd
Other Trading Names: M B Travels
Address: 34 Green Street, Forest Gate, London, E7 8BZ
Telephone: 020 8552 4666
Fax: 020 8552 1118
Email: info@holymakkah.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.holymakkah.co.uk
ATOL Number: 6721
IATA: 91252615, Checked and valid on IATA code checker website.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Registered Address: HOLY MAKKAH TOURS LIMITED, MOHSIN & CO 24 OSBORN STREET, FIRST FLOOR, LONDON, E1 6TD
UK Company Registration No. 05022262, Date of Incorporation: 21/01/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/04/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Previous Names: HOLLY MAKKAH TOURS LIMITED (changed on 12/07/2005)

Hujjaj Ridwanulah (London) Ltd
Address: 887 Old Kent Road, LONDON, SE15 1NL
Telephone: 0044 (0)20 7277 7008 (as provided by MoH)

Telephone: 020 8651 5647 (taken from ATOL and website)
Mobile: 07956 264 550
Email: enquiries@hujjajridwanulah.org
Web Sites: http://hujjajridwanulah.org
ATOL Number: 9933
IATA: The Company does not mention of having IATA accreditation on its website
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Ministry of Hajj Authorised: License No. 5939
UK Company Registration No. 05351045, Date of Incorporation: 03/02/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 28/02/2010 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Note: The telephone number provided by MoH belongs to a company called Herald Finance Ltd of the same address. This was headed by Abiola Agbalaya (possibly related to the people running the Travel Company). This company was shut down by the Financial Services Authority in 2009.
More info: http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Library/Communication/PR/2009/052.shtml

Labbaik Ltd
Address: 80 Ben Jonson Road, LONDON, E1 3NN
Telephone: 020 7791 2779
Fax: 020 7790 4735
Email: info@labbaik.co.uk
Web Sites: http://labbaik.co.uk
ATOL Number: 6854
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 05178657, Date of Incorporation: 13/07/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Previous Name: AL-BASEERA LIMITED (changed on 29/07/2004)

London Islamic Culture and Recreation Society
Address: 272 Highbury New Park, London, N5 2LH
Contact: MR UFUK SECGIN
Telephone: 020 7759 3949 (Provided by ATOL)
Telephone: 020 7359 0494 (provided by Charity commission)
Email: secretary_licars@yahoo.co.uk
Web Sites: None
Related website: http://www.icmg-education.com/
ATOL Number: 10162
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Note: This is a registered UK charity and is not a Limited company. It is regulated by the UK Charites Commission. Charity number: 1057815.
Date of registration: 30 Aug 1996

London Council for Hajj & Umrah
ATOL registered under Company Name: Swati A, Swati N
Address: 83 Broad Lane, London, N15 4DW
Telephone: 020 8880 3366
Mobile: 07956 556 219
Fax: 020 8880 3380
E-mail: londoncouncil@btconnect.com
Web Sites: http://www.londoncouncil.net
ATOL Number: 5171
IATA: 91279075, Checked and valid on IATA code checker website.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA

Note: Could not find the company in the Companies House database – therefore it’s probable that it’s not a limited company. Also could not find it as a registered charity on the Charity Commission website.

NR Ltd
Other Trading Names: Al-Safa, Madina Travels
Address: Unit 3, 86 Brick Lane, LONDON, E1 6RL
Telephone: 020 3246 0020 (provided by MoH)
Telephone: 020 8555 5526 (provided by ATOL)
Web Sites: None
Facebook: http://ca-es.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Madina-Travels/70482151701?filter=2
ATOL Number: 10108
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Company Registration No. 04422542, Date of Incorporation: 23/04/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 09/06/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

Nabil Hajj and Umrah Services Limited
Address: Suite 243, Linen Hall, 162 Regent Street, LONDON, W1B 5TG

Telephone: 0207 7349590
Mobile: 07828146772 any time (for ex-customer only)
Fax: 020 77349925
Email: info@nabiltours.com
Web Sites: http://www.nabil-hajjandumrah.co.uk
ATOL Number: 6988
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
UK Registered Address: NABIL HAJJ & UMRAH SERVICES LIMITED, 37 NORMANTON PARK, LONDON, E4 6HE. UK Company Registration No. 05319552, Date of Incorporation: 22/12/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

Ojee Travel & Tours
Company Name registered at ATOL: Oomerjee, M.
Address: 20 Chepstow Crescent, ILFORD, Essex, IG3 8JJ
Telephone: 0208 590 4411
Mobile: 07956 587 470
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9038
IATA: This Company does not have a website and hence was not able to confirm if it is IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA
Note: I was not able to find this company on the Companies House website. This could be a sole trader or Partnership company.

Onecall Travels Ltd
Address: 131 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DT
Mobile: 07956 473 095 (provided by MoH)
Telephone: 020 7377 9385
Contact: Monirul Sardar
Fax: 020 7247 1670
Email: info@onecalltravels.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.onecalltravels.co.uk
ATOL Number: 6342
IATA: This Company website does not have mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 04960861, Date of Incorporation: 12/11/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Note: This Company seems to be somehow associated with a company called Flight Concept, who has the same telephone number. FLIGHT CONCEPT LTD: UK Company Registration No. 06266262, Date of Incorporation: 01/06/2007, Status: Active. Tel: 020 7375 0055, Fax: 020 7375 0575, Email: info@flightconcept.co.uk
ATOL: 3550. It states that they are fully bonded with IATA, ABTA and PATA. But From the ABTA website it was not registered as being a member. BUT a company called Skylord Travel Plc of the same address is a member. ABTA Number: G0553 & W0675

Sky View Travels Ltd
Address: 1-2 Station Bridge, Woodgrange Road, London, E7 8BA
Telephone: 020 8555 2522
Fax: 020 8534 3778
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9077
IATA: This Company does not have a website and hence was not able to confirm if it is IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 04039020, Date of Incorporation: 24/07/2000, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/07/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)
Previous Names: COSTSAVER 2000 LTD (changed on 26/02/2009)

Sylhet House Travel Centre Ltd
HQ Address: 6 Hessel Street, London, E1 2LP
Telephone: 020 7702 4337,
Fax: 020 7702 3923
Email: support@sylhethouse.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.sylhethouse.co.uk
Branch: 66 Brick Lane, London, E1 6RL, Telephone: 020 7650 8763, Fax: 020 7650 8758
ATOL Number: 6739
IATA: This Company has IATA accredited logo on the website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Registered Address: SYLHET HOUSE TRAVEL CENTRE LTD, MOHSIN & CO
CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS, 24 OSBORN STREET (FIRST FLOOR), LONDON
E1 6TD, UK Company No. 04596791, Date of Incorporation: 21/11/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Taqwa For Haj Ltd
Address: 15 Sonia Gardens, LONDON, NW10 1AG
Telephone: 020 8452 5052
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9971
IATA: This Company does not have a website and hence was not able to confirm if it is IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 06709822, Date of Incorporation: 29/09/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Ten to Six Travel Service Limited
Address: 14 Cavell Street, London, E1 2HP

Note: Ministry of Hajj provided a Saudi Arabian Telephone number: +966561658066
Telephone: 020 7790 2244 (taken from ATOL)
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 76992
IATA: This Company does not have a website and hence was not able to confirm if it is IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 05212867, Date of Incorporation: 24/08/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/08/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

The European Hajj Mission Ltd
Address: 22 Estreham Road, LONDON, SW16 5PQ
Telephone: 0845 330 6012
Email: info@eurohajjmission.org
Web Sites: http://www.eurohajjmission.org
ATOL Number: 9897
IATA: This Company website does not mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 06281391, Date of Incorporation: 15/06/2007, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2008 (DORMANT)
Previous Name: EUROPEAN HAJJ MISSION (TRAVEL) LTD (changed on 16/07/2008)

Travelway Ltd
Address: Suite 16, Alperton House, Bridgewater Road, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 1EH
Telephone: 020 8900 2772
Email: info@travelwayltd.com
Web Sites: www.travelwayltd.com
ATOL Number: 5964
IATA: 91278364 – Checked and confirmed as registered.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
UK Company Registration No. 04512846, Date of Incorporation: 16/08/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/08/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

UK HAJJ & UMRAH SERIVICES LTD
Address: 2-10 Court Street Whitechapel, London E1 1DG
Postal Address: 54, Dunbar Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9NQ
Telephone: 020 7377 6726
Fax: 020 7247 6028
Email: unitedtourism@hotmail.com / u_k_umra@hotmail.com
Websites: http://www.ukhajjandumrah.com
Note: Watch this You Tube Clips:
http://www.youtube.com/user/al1f1n1
http://www.youtube.com/user/VEDOOK
Registered address: HAJJ AND UMRAH SERVICES LIMITED, 220C BLYTHE ROAD, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON, W14 0HH
UK Company Registration No. 06750969, Date of Incorporation: 17/11/2008
Status: Dissolved 04/05/2010
– THIS MEANS THAT THIS COMPANY NO LONGER EXISTS TRADING AS A LIMITED COMPANY.
Last Accounts Made Up To: (NO ACCOUNTS FILED)
Previous Name: HAJJ AND UMRAH TRAVEL LIMITED (changed on 28/08/2009)

Also note that on the website http://www.ukhajjandumrah.com (that had the details for Hajj & Umraj Services Ltd) has it being belonging to a company called United Tourism Limited. This company according to its website is ATOL registered (ATOL Number: 6377) and IATA Accredited. Having checked the ATOL website I can confirm that they are NOT ATOL registered.
Name & Registered Office: UNITED TOURISM LTD, MOHSIN & CO, CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS, 24 OSBORN STREET, FIRST FLOOR, LONDON, E1 6TD
UK Company Registration No. 04727200, Date of Incorporation: 08/04/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/04/2010 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)


SOUTH EAST (excluding London)

F & I Hajj & Umra Tours Ltd
Address: 12 The Crescent, SLOUGH, SL1 2LQ
Telephone: 01753 538641
Fax: 01753575454
Mobile(s): 07855 371 917, 07595 939 255
Email: hajjnumra@yahoo.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.al-hajjumrahtours.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9959
IATA: The Company does not mention of having IATA accreditation on its website
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04956013, Date of Incorporation: 06/11/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Haj Tours UK Limited
Address: Stoneham House, 17, Scarbrook Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1SQ
Telephone: 020 8406 4397
Other Telephones: 0845 313 2964 / 020 8406 7254
Mobile: 07947 638898
Fax: 020 8406 7255, 020 8405 2363
Email Addresses: mariam@dreamticket.com / nazma@dreamticket.com
Web Sites: http://www.hajtours.net / http://www.dreamticket.com

HAJ TOURS UK LIMTED, Company Registration No. 06612911, Date of Incorporation: 05/06/2008, Status: Active. Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (DORMANT)

Note: This Company is associated with Selsdon Travel Ltd of the same address and contact details. According to ATOL: Selsdon Travels also trades as Dreamticket.com, Decadent Journeys and expressflight According to ABTA: Holiday Master (ABTA Number: L7458) is also another associated business.

Selsdon Travel Ltd: ATOL Number: 3994: IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further. ABTA Number: K6025 & W9190
SELSDON TRAVEL LIMITED, Company Registration No. 02802216, Date of Incorporation: 22/03/1993, Status: Active. Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2008 (FULL)
Previous Names: HASMAIN LIMITED (changed on 19/01/1994)

Kaleem Hajj & Umra Services Limited
Address: 19 Glanmor Road, SLOUGH, SL2 5LH
Telephone: 017 5352 0006
Mobile: 07957 216 334
Fax: 017 5352 2242
Email: info@kaleemtravels.co.uk / kaleem19@hotmail.co.uk
Websites: http://www.kaleemhajj.com
ATOL Number: 10254
IATA: The Company mentions of being IATA accredited on its website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05287956, Date of Incorporation: 16/11/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2009 (DORMANT)


EAST OF ENGLAND

AFF Travel Net
Company Name: Ahmed U, Haque N, Hussain A
Address: 2 Waldeck Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 1HG
Telephone: 015 8241 1404
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 5589
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Registered address: AFF TRAVEL NET LTD, 20 LANGLEY ROAD, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, UK, SL3 7AB. Company Registration No. 06565693, Date of Incorporation: 15/04/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/04/2009 (DORMANT)

Luton Travel Service
ATOL registered under Company Name: Ashraf M
Address: 182 Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8JJ
Telephone: 01582451746 (number provided by MoH)
Telephone: 015 8273 8272 (number provided by ATOL)
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 84335
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Note: This is not a Ltd registered company (could not find it on the companes house website) – mabe it’s a sole trader or a partnership or registered in a different name.

Sky High Travel Ltd
Address: 50 Denbigh Road, LUTON, LU3 1NR
Contact: Haji Muhammad Ikram
Telephone: 015 8249 2384
U.K. Mobile: 07749-130473 / 07973-184676
Saudi Arabia Mobile: 00966-55787-0562
Email: skyhajj@gmail.com
Web Sites: http://www.skyhajj.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9903
IATA: This Company website does not have mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 05982387, Date of Incorporation: 30/10/2006, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Yousaf Religious Tours Ltd
Also Trades as YR Tours
Address: 166 Selbourne Road, LUTON, LU4 8LT
Contact: Al-Haj Mohammad Yousaf Chishti
Tel: 01582 583 103 / 01582 848 335
Mobile: 07951 540 839
Email: info@yrtours.co.uk
Web Sites: www.yrtours.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9906
IATA: This Company website does not have mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 05048510, Date of Incorporation: 18/02/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 28/02/2010 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)


EAST MIDLANDS

Al-Shafqat Hajj Ltd
Address: 241 Mere Road, LEICESTER, LE5 5GS
Telephone: 011 6254 3480
Fax: 011 6254 3481
Email: alshafqat@hotmail.com
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 6548
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04618027, Date of Incorporation: 16/12/2002, Status: Active Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Interair Hajj & Umrah Ltd
Also known as Interair Travel
Address: 47 Baggrave Street, Leicester, LE5 3QW
Telephone: 011 6253 2755
Mobile: 07802 944 600
Fax: 011 6253 2756
Email: interair@hotmail.com
ATOL Number: This Company does not hold an ATOL licence.
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04938167, Date of Incorporation: 20/10/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Lala Abdul Malik Khadam-Al-Hajjaj Ltd
Address: 12 Woolmer Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 2FB
Telephone & Fax: 01159 865 007
Mobile: 07792 526 418
Email: khadam-al-hajjaj@hotmail.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.khadam-al-hajjaj.com
ATOL Number: 9893
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether they were a member of IATA
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 06633059, Date of Incorporation: 30/06/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (DORMANT)

Moti Tours & Tourism Ltd
Address: Office 6, 27 Copdale Road, LEICESTER, LE5 4FG
Mobile: 07913 780 790 (number provided by MoH)
Telephone: 011 6273 3476 (taken from website)
Fax: 011 6266 4043
Web Sites: http://www.motitours.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9915
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05428438, Date of Incorporation: 19/04/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/04/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)


WEST MIDLANDS

Al-Hashmi Hajj & Ummrah Tours Limited
Address: 40 Trinity Road, BIRMINGHAM, B6 6AL
Telephone: 00 44 (0)12 1356 8955 (taken from MoH website)
Telephone: 012 1243 1114 (taken from ATOL)
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9899
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04946720, Date of Incorporation: 29/10/2003, Status: ActiveLast Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2009 (DORMANT)

Al-Hidaayah Travel Ltd
Address: 436 Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 0UG
Telephone: 00 44 (0)12 1753 1889 (taken from MoH website)
Telephone: 0845 456 0845, 00 44 (taken from website)
Fax: 012 1753 2422
Email: admin@al-hidaayah.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.al-hidaayah.travel
ATOL Number: This Company does not hold an ATOL licence.
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether they were a member of IATA
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05701597, Date of Incorporation: 07/02/2006, Status: ActiveLast Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Al-Arafah Hajj Services Ltd
Address: 54 Philip Victor Road, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QD
Telephone: 012 1240 6425
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9889
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04766935, Date of Incorporation: 16/05/2003, Status: Active Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2010 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

Educational Hajj & Umrah Ltd
Address: 119 Pershore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7NX
Telephone: 0845 602 7764 (taken from MoH website)
Telephone: 0121 440 5721 (taken from website)
Mobile: 07831 314207
Fax: 0121 440 5982
Email: info@hajjumrahuk.com
Web Sites: www.hajjumrahuk.com
ATOL Number: 9565
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05712441, Date of Incorporation: 16/02/2006, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

London Prestige Ltd
Also known as London Prestige Travel
Address: 249 Stoney Stanton Road, COVENTRY, CV1 4FR
Telephone: 024 7676 3011
Mobile: 07747 394 788 (Abu Noorah)
Mobile: 07876 470 575 (Siraj Memi)
Mobile: 07747 383 737 (Kamran Khan)
For contacts in Bradford, Peterborough, Cardiff & Glasgow please check their website.
Fax: 02476 763012
Email: infolondon-prestige.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.london-prestige.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9877
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04781226, Date of Incorporation: 30/05/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Pak Travels Ltd
Address: 530 Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 0UN
Telephone: 012 1426 1838 (provided by MoH)
Telephone: 012 1772 0542 (taken from website)
Fax: 012 1766 7358
Email: info@paktravels.com
Web Sites: http://www.paktravels.com
ATOL Number: 73636
IATA: This Company has IATA accredited logo on the website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 02005047, Date of Incorporation: 01/04/1986, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (SMALL)
Previous Names: PARK TRAVELS (UK) LIMITED (changed on 18/04/1986)

Qibla Hajj & Umra UK Ltd
Address: 50 Parkfield Road, Alum Rock, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3AU
Contact: Hajji Javid Iqbal

Telephone: 0121 327 9248
Mobile: 0781 329 4163
Email: enquiries@qiblahajjandumra.com
Web Sites: http://www.qiblahajjandumra.com
ATOL Number: 9890
IATA: This Company website does not have mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 05569880, Date of Incorporation: 21/09/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Shariff Enterprises Ltd
Address: 2 Hollowfields Close, South Crest, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7NR
Telephone: 015 2754 3366
Mobile: 07860 466 392
Email: ak@shariffenterprises.fsnet.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.shariffenterprises.com
ATOL Number: 5651
IATA: This Company website does not have mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registered No. 04716350, Date of Incorporation: 31/03/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

To Haram Ltd
Address: 138 Norton Crescent, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5TZ
Telephone: 012 1784 1626
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9875
IATA: This Company website does not have mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Registered Office: TO HARAM LIMITED, 240 LADYPOOL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8JT
Company No. 05080114, Date of Incorporation: 22/03/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Umrah & Hajj Specialist Ltd
Address: 495A Coventry Road, Small Heath, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0JS
Telephone: 012 1771 3616 (provided by MoH)
Telephone: 012 1766 5255 (provided on website)
Mobile: 07825 001 255
Fax: 0121 771 0603
Email: umrah@marhabatours.co.uk
Web Sites: www.marhabatours.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9880
IATA: This Company website does not have mention of being IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 04921379, Date of Incorporation: 03/10/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Zam Zam Travels Ltd
Address: 524 Coventry Road, Small Heath, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0UN
Telephone: 012 1773 5101 / 0845 347 2783
Telephone: 0121 243 1114 (provided ATOL)
Mobile: 07737 404 648
Fax: 012 1274 0081
E-mail: info@zamzamtravels.org.uk
Web Sites: http://www.zamzamtravels.org.uk / http://www.hajjtour.net / http://www.hajjandumrahtouroperators.com
ATOL Number: 9798
IATA: This Company has IATA accredited logo on the website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 05257204, Date of Incorporation: 12/10/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)


YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER

Al-Noor Travels & Tours Ltd
Address: 66 Killinghall Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 8HN
Telephone: 012 7466 9995
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9766
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05068041, Date of Incorporation: 09/03/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

AR Travel & Tours
ATOL registered under Company Name: Ramzan, R
Address: 1 St Stephens Terrace, Bradford, Yorkshire, BD5 7BY
Telephone: 012 7439 4071
Fax: 012 7477 3588
Email: info@artravels.com
Web Sites: http://www.artravel.co.uk
ATOL Number: 6754
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether they were a member of IATA
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04665856, Date of Incorporation: 13/02/2003, Status: Active Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2008 (DORMANT)

Al-Mustafa Raza Hajj & Umrah Tours Ltd
Other Trading Names: Raza Tours & Raza Travel
Address: 19 Jesmond Avenue, BRADFORD, W Yorkshire, BD9 5DJ
Telephone: 012 7449 4996
Mobile: (Maulana Muhammad Hanif Raza Naqshbandi) 07833 630 560
Saudi Mobile: 0501 358832
Fax: 012 7422 5029
Email: mhraza786@hotmail.com
Web Sites: http://www.raza-tours.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9956
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether if it was IATA accredited
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 06683892, Date of Incorporation: 29/08/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/08/2009 (DORMANT)

Barket Travel & Tours
ATOL registered under Company Name: Ellam G Y M
Address: 42 Wharf Street, Saville Town, DEWSBURY, W Yorkshire, WF12 9AU
Telephone: 00 44 (0)19 2452 1000 (taken from MoH website)

Telephone: 019 2445 6601 (taken from website)
Fax: 019 2445 1533
Email: info@barkettravel.co.uk
Web Sites: http://www.barket.co.uk
ATOL Number: 5131
IATA: Company website states that it is IATA accredited but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Note: This organisation is not registered as a limited company. Possibly a sole trader or Partnership etc.

Bradford Hajj & Umrah Services Ltd
Address: 1 St Stephen's Terrace, West Bowling, BRADFORD, BD5 7BY
Mobile: 00 44 (0)77 3868 7788 (taken from MoH website)

Telephone: 012 7430 2890 (taken from Saudi Embassy in Lonodn website)
ATOL Number: This Company does not hold an ATOL licence.
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05265596, Date of Incorporation: 20/10/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2009 (DORMANT)

Bradford Travel Centre Ltd
Address: 66 Lumb Lane, Bradford, Yorkshire, BD8 7QZ
Telephone: 012 7473 3178, 012 7473 3168 (taken from MoH website)
Fax: 01274 308039
Web Sites: www.bradfordtravelcentre.co.uk
ATOL Number: 5269
IATA: The Company states that it was the first PIA agent to have IATA accreditation. Neither the IATA Logo nor the number is displayed on the website to investigate further.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Registered address: BRADFORD TRAVEL CENTRE LIMITED, ABRAHAM ACCOUNTANTS, SHER HOUSE 46 HOUGHTON PLACE, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD1 3RG

Company Registration No. 04257294, Date of Incorporation: 23/07/2001, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Note: Please note the following: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/6564841.stm

Crown Travel (UK) Ltd
Address (Yorkshire branch): 103 Carlisle Road, BRADFORD, West Yorkshire, BD8 8BY
Telephone: 012 7454 4400
Fax: 0044 1274 5 444 22
Email: info@crowntravelukltd.com / jawad@crowntravelukltd.com
Web Sites: http://www.crowntravelukltd.com / www.crown-travel.co.uk (under construction)

Address (London Branch): 12 Electric Parade, Seven Kings Road, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, IG3 8BY. Telephone: 020 8599 1032, Mobile: 07958 529 293, Email: shaikh@crowntravelukltd.com

ATOL Number: 6575
IATA: 91276091, Checked and valid on IATA code checker website.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04227532, Date of Incorporation: 01/06/2001, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

HS Travel & Tours Ltd
Address: 11 Clarence Terrace, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1HX
Telephone: 01924 439 433 / 01924 439 233 / 01924 454 579
Mobile: 07966 228 896 (Hafz Suleman Ukadia)
Mobile: 07971 726 335 (Haji Mohammed Ukadia)
Email: hstravelltd@yahoo.co.uk
Websites: http://www.hstravel-tours.com
ATOL Number: 10065
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether if it was IATA accredited
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04410504, Date of Incorporation: 05/04/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/04/2009 (DORMANT)

Karwan Al Madinah Tour Operators Ltd
Address: 266 Gibbet Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 4LT
Telephone: 014 2236 3599
Mobile: 07802 151 696 / 07595 701 036
Fax: 014 2233 0502
Web Sites: http://www.karwanalmadinah.com
ATOL Number: 9859
IATA: 9128108, Checked and valid on IATA code checker website.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05270333, Date of Incorporation: 26/10/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Labbaik Hajj & Umra Services (UK) Ltd
Address: Labbaik House, 263 Manningham Lane, BRADFORD, W Yorkshire, BD8 7EP
Telephone: 012 7449 5495
Fax: 01274 495 292
Email: info@labbaikhajj.com
Web Sites: http://labbaikhajj.com
ATOL Number: 9822
IATA: The Company mentions that it is IATA accredited on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 06251907, Date of Incorporation: 18/05/2007, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Madni Hajj & Umrah Ltd
(Also known as Madni Hajj and Umrah Group Bradford)
Address: 76 Duckworth Lane, BRADFORD, W Yorkshire, BD9 5EZ
Telephone: 01274 492992
Web Sites: www.madnigroup.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9845
IATA: Company website were not accessible and therefore not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 05553910, Date of Incorporation: 05/09/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Makki & Madani Travel Ltd
Address: 10 Lumb Lane, Bradford, Yorkshire, BD8 7QP
Telephone: 01274 393393
Fax : 01274 393311
Email: rathore786uk@yahoo.com
Web Sites: http://www.makkimadanitravel.com
ATOL Number: 9782
IATA: The Company has an IATA accredited logo on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04587278, Date of Incorporation: 11/11/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Sada E Madina Hajj & Umrah (UK) Ltd
Also trades as: SM Travel & Tours UK
Address: 38 Thorne Road, Huddersfield, HD1 3JJ
Telephone: 014 8451 3080 / 0845 838 9927
Mobile: Hafiz Munir Ahmed: 07899 962 338

Mobile: Hafiz Mansur-ul Aziz: 07973 199 186
Fax: 014 8435 9764
Email: info@smtravels.co.uk / info@sadaemadina.net
Web Sites: http://www.smtravels.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9719
IATA: This Company has IATA accredited logo on the website but number is not displayed to investigate further.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Registered Office: SADA E MADINA HAJJ & UMRAH (UK) LTD, 306 KEIGHLEY ROAD, BRADFORD, WEST YORKS, BD9 4EY. Company Registration No. 05953925, Date of Incorporation: 03/10/2006, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Sheikh Liaqat Hajj & Umrah Ltd
Address: 3 Alexandra Street, Bradford, BD7 1RS
Telephone: 012 7473 2139
Mobile: 07956 443 038
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9768
IATA: This Company does not have a website and hence was not able to confirm if it is IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Registered Address: SHEIKH LIAQAT HAJJ AND UMRAH LIMITED, ABRAHAM CHARTERED CERTIFIED, ACCOUNTANTS 46 HOUGHTON PLACE, BRADFORD, BD1 3RG
Company Registration No. 05381566, Date of Incorporation: 03/03/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2010 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Previous Name: SHEIKH LIAQAT HAJJ & UMRAH TOURS LIMITED (changed on 08/04/2005)

Sky Fly Connections Ltd
Also Trades as Sky Fly
Address: First Floor, Airlines House, 66 Lumb Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 7QZ
Telephone: 01274 733 168
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 6717
IATA: This Company does not have a website and hence was not able to confirm if it is IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Registered address: SKY FLY CONNECTIONS LTD, SHER HOUSE, 46 HOUGHTON PLACE
BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD1 3RG. Company No. 04383850, Date of Incorporation: 28/02/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Previous Names: HAJ UMRA (UK) LTD (changed on 12/07/2002)

Sovereign Travel (Bradford) Ltd
Address: 55 St Paul's Rd, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 7LP
Telephone: 01274 499356
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 6852
IATA: This Company does not have a website and hence was not able to confirm if it is IATA accredited.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 05406345, Date of Incorporation: 29/03/2005, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2010 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)


NORTH WEST

Al-Haramain Hajj & Umrah Tours Ltd
Address: 97 Whalley Range, BLACKBURN, BB1 6EE
Telephone: 012 5429 0101
Mobile: 07831 443 013
Fax: 012 5429 0102
Email: info@haramaintours.com
Web Sites: http://www.haramaintours.com
ATOL Number: 9886
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether if it was IATA accredited
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04958233, Date of Incorporation: 10/11/2003, Status: Active Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/01/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Al Khalid Tours
ATOL registered under Company Name: yourtravelshop.com Ltd
Address: 409 Derby Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6LT
Telephone: 01204 854 130, 0870 755 0786 (Bolton office), 020 8554 7070 (London)
Fax: 0870 755 0717
Email: info@yourtravelshop.com
Web Sites: http://www.yourtravelshop.com
ATOL Number: 6483
IATA: The Company has IATA logo on its website but number is not displayed.
ABTA Number: K9004 & W9985
Registered address: AL KHALID TOURS LIMITED, ABBEY & CO ASSOCIATES 1ST FLOOR UNITY HOUSE, FLETCHER STREET, BOLTON, BL3 6NE Company Registration No. 06699839, Date of Incorporation: 17/09/2008, Status: Active Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2010 (DORMANT)

YOURTRAVELSHOP.COM LIMITED, 409 DERBY STREET, BOLTON, GREATER MANCHESTER, BL3 6LT
Company Registration No. 05093393, Date of Incorporation: 05/04/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Arif Hajj & Umrah Services Limited
Address: Punjab House, 7a Victoria Avenue, Brierfield, NELSON, Lancs, BB9 5RH
Telephone: 01282 721733
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9901
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Registered address: ARIF HAJJ & UMRAH SERVICES LIMITED, 28 DEVONSHIRE STREET, KEIGHLEY, WEST, YORKSHIRE, BD21 2AU. Company Registration No. 06363854, Date of Incorporation: 07/09/2007, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Ehsan Enterprises Ltd
Address: 23 Wellington Street, St Johns, BLACKBURN, BB1 8AF
Telephone: 01254 264 077
Mobile: 07739 799 949
Fax: 012 5426 4077
Web Sites: http://www.etravelandtours.co.uk
ATOL Number: 9898
IATA: I was not able to identify from the company website whether if it was IATA accredited
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 03427113, Date of Incorporation: 01/09/1997, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Hashim Travel Ltd
Address: 36 Audley Range, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1TD
Telephone: 012 5467 5656
Fax: 012 5467 4176
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9873
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTACompany Registration No. 04846694, Date of Incorporation: 28/07/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/07/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

Khaddim-Ul-Hajjaj Ltd
Address: 15 Ruthin Close, BLACKBURN, BB1 8HY
Telephone: 01254 699 618
Contact: Yusuf Hakim
Web Sites: None
ATOL Number: 9910
IATA: Company has no website and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04966930, Date of Incorporation: 17/11/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

M Zahid Travel Ltd
Address: 41 Victoria Street, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DN
Telephone: 012 546 62222 (Provided by M0H & ABTA)
Telephone: 012 546 63333 (Provided by ATOL)
Fax: 0870 182 6907
Email: info@www.hajj-umrah.net / mzahidtravel@btinternet.com
Web Sites: www.hajj-umrah.net / http://mzahidtravel.com
ATOL Number: 9921
IATA: Company website were not accessible and therefore not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA Number: L5931 & Y167X
Company Registration No. 06625807, Date of Incorporation: 20/06/2008, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL)

Manchester Hajj & Umrah Ltd
Address: 11 Badminton Road, MANCHESTER, M21 0UQ
Telephone: 0161 718 5265
Web Sites: www.hajjpackage.org (under construction)
ATOL Number: 9907
IATA: Company has no website activated and hence was not able to identify if it was IATA accredited.
ABTA: The Company is not a member of ABTA
Company Registration No. 04583711, Date of Incorporation: 06/11/2002, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/03/2010 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Satia Tours Ltd
Address: 45-47 Queens Park Road, BLACKBURN, BB1 1RF
Telephone: 012 5466 3701
Mobiles: 07711 667 876 / 07989 215 920
Fax: 012 5466 3706
Email: enquiries@satiatours.com
Web Sites: www.satiatours.com
ATOL Number: 9846
IATA: 91281002 – Checked and confirmed as registered.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 05124473, Date of Incorporation: 11/05/2004, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/05/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)

Usmania Haj Tours Ltd
Also Trades as Usmania Travel
Address: 26 Northleigh Road, MANCHESTER, M16 0EQ
Note: It states on their website: (only for company enquiries, please do not visit this address for tour enquiries) - Therefore not sure if they have a shop front.
Telephone: 0161 860 5824 / 0161 862 0682
Mobile: 07708 730 558
Email: info@umrahtours.co.uk
Web Sites: http://umrahtours.co.uk/ http://www.hajj-umrah.biz
ATOL Number: 10120
IATA: This Company has IATA accredited logo on the website but number is not displayed.
ABTA: This Company is not a member of ABTA.
Company Registration No. 04800557, Date of Incorporation: 16/06/2003, Status: Active
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)


MISC

ENGLAND
Telephone: 00 49 221 869 97 99 (provided by MoH)
Note: Not sure why it was put in the UK list by the MoH - as the phone number is based in Germany. Doing some googling I had assocaited the phone number to the following:
DITIB - Sosyal Dayanışma Merkezi Social Solidarity Centre
This seems to be a travel agent based in Cologne, Germany. TURK DIYANET ISLERI
Email: cenazefonu@ditib.de , Website: www.cenazefonu.de /
http://www.hac-merkez.de/


Useful/ Further information
1. Saudi Ministry of Hajj website,
http://www.hajinformation.com/
2. Saudi Embassies and Consulates throughout the World -
Click Here!
3. For Saudi Embassy in UK - this is what
Copy of Hajj & Umra Visa Form looks like.
4. UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Web:
Advice to British Hajjis / (PDF format - 148 KB)
5. Association of British Hujjaj (Pilgrims) UK - http://www.abhuk.com/index.htm
6. Health Advice to Hajj & Umrah Travellers -
London Central Mosque (PDF)

7. Some Hajj advice from me: Click Here!
8. Anyone who has a complaint about travel agents or would like advice on any other consumer issue can get free advice from Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06 or visit their website
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/


Sunday, 12 September 2010

Pics: Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations from around the World 2010

Taken from Daily Mail 11.09.2010

Packed: Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in front of the Taj Mahal in northern India
Devout: Worshippers in neat rows fill every part of the National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh
In need of shade: Muslims shield their eyes from the sun at the King Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
Mountain of prayers: Tens of thousands of Muslims attend the Eid al-Fitr prayers in Dashaping, near Lanzhou city, China's Western Gansu Province

Saturday, 11 September 2010

The prayer room within the Twin Towers

There has been a lot of debate about the proposed islamic centre near gound zero as well as the hate pastor of Florida Terry Jones but little has been said of the Muslims that died in the Twin Towers on 9/11 (estimated to be 60) nor about the prayer rooms that existed in the twin towers.

Here is a article taken form The New York Times, Published: September 10, 2010

Muslims and Islam Were Part of Twin Towers’ Life
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

Sometime in 1999, a construction electrician received a new work assignment from his union. The man, Sinclair Hejazi Abdus-Salaam, was told to report to 2 World Trade Center, the southern of the twin towers.

In the union locker room on the 51st floor, Mr. Abdus-Salaam went through a construction worker’s version of due diligence. In the case of an emergency in the building, he asked his foreman and crew, where was he supposed to reassemble? The answer was the corner of Broadway and Vesey.

Over the next few days, noticing some fellow Muslims on the job, Mr. Abdus-Salaam voiced an equally essential question: “So where do you pray at?” And so he learned about the Muslim prayer room on the 17th floor of the south tower.

He went there regularly in the months to come, first doing the ablution known as wudu in a washroom fitted for cleansing hands, face and feet, and then facing toward Mecca to intone the salat prayer.

On any given day, Mr. Abdus-Salaam’s companions in the prayer room might include financial analysts, carpenters, receptionists, secretaries and ironworkers. There were American natives, immigrants who had earned citizenship, visitors conducting international business — the whole Muslim spectrum of nationality and race.

Leaping down the stairs on Sept. 11, 2001, when he had been installing ceiling speakers for a reinsurance company on the 49th floor, Mr. Abdus-Salaam had a brief, panicked thought. He didn’t see any of the Muslims he recognized from the prayer room. Where were they? Had they managed to evacuate?

He staggered out to the gathering place at Broadway and Vesey. From that corner, he watched the south tower collapse, to be followed soon by the north one. Somewhere in the smoking, burning mountain of rubble lay whatever remained of the prayer room, and also of some of the Muslims who had used it.

Given the vitriolic opposition now to the proposal to build a Muslim community center two blocks from ground zero, one might say something else has been destroyed: the realization that Muslim people and the Muslim religion were part of the life of the World Trade Center.

Opponents of the Park51 project say the presence of a Muslim center dishonors the victims of the Islamic extremists who flew two jets into the towers. Yet not only were Muslims peacefully worshiping in the twin towers long before the attacks, but even after the 1993 bombing of one tower by a Muslim radical, Ramzi Yousef, their religious observance generated no opposition
“We weren’t aliens,” Mr. Abdus-Salaam, 60, said in a telephone interview from Florida, where he moved in retirement. “We had a foothold there. You’d walk into the elevator in the morning and say, ‘Salaam aleikum,’ to one construction worker and five more guys in suits would answer, ‘Aleikum salaam.’ ”

One of those men in suits could have been Zafar Sareshwala, a financial executive for the Parsoli Corporation, who went to the prayer room while on business trips from his London office. He was introduced to it, he recently recalled, by a Manhattan investment banker who happened to be Jewish.

“It was so freeing and so calm,” Mr. Sareshwala, 47, said in a phone conversation from Mumbai, where he is now based. “It had the feel of a real mosque. And the best part is that you are in the epicenter of capitalism — New York City, the World Trade Center — and you had this island of spiritualism. I don’t think you could have that combination anywhere in the world.”

How, when and by whom the prayer room was begun remains unclear. Interviews this week with historians and building executives of the trade center came up empty. Many of the Port Authority’s leasing records were destroyed in the towers’ collapse. The imams of several Manhattan mosques whose members sometimes went to the prayer room knew nothing of its origins.

Yet the room’s existence is etched in the memories of participants like Mr. Abdus-Salaam and Mr. Sareshwala. Prof. John L. Esposito of Georgetown University, an expert in Islamic studies, briefly mentions the prayer room in his recent book “The Future of Islam.”

Moreover, the prayer room was not the only example of Muslim religious practice in or near the trade center. About three dozen Muslim staff members of Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the north tower, used a stairwell between the 106th and 107th floors for their daily prayers.

Without enough time to walk to the closest mosque — Masjid Manhattan on Warren Street, about four blocks away — the waiters, chefs, banquet managers and others would lay a tablecloth atop the concrete landing in the stairwell and flatten cardboard boxes from food deliveries to serve as prayer mats.

During Ramadan, the Muslim employees brought their favorite foods from home, and at the end of the daylight fast shared their iftar meal in the restaurant’s employee cafeteria.
“Iftar was my best memory,” said Sekou Siby, 45, a chef originally from the Ivory Coast. “It was really special.”

Such memories have been overtaken, though, by others. Mr. Siby’s cousin and roommate, a chef named Abdoul-Karim Traoré, died at Windows on the World on Sept. 11, as did at least one other Muslim staff member, a banquet server named Shabir Ahmed from Bangladesh.

Fekkak Mamdouh, an immigrant from Morocco who was head waiter, attended a worship service just weeks after the attacks that honored the estimated 60 Muslims who died. Far from being viewed as objectionable, the service was conducted with formal support from city, state and federal authorities, who arranged for buses to transport imams and mourners to Warren Street.

There, within sight of the ruins, they chanted salat al-Ghaib, the funeral prayer when there is not an intact corpse.

“It is a shame, shame, shame,” Mr. Mamdouh, 49, said of the Park51 dispute. “Sometimes I wake up and think, this is not what I came to America for. I came here to build this country together. People are using this issue for their own agenda. It’s designed to keep the hate going.”

Sunday, 5 September 2010

Joining Salah in Congression Late (i.e. Jammat)

The following has been taken form Islam Q&A - Fatwa 49037

Q: How should one who has caught up with the congregation in the last rak’ah of Maghrib complete his prayer?

Suppose we are in Magrib prayer and we joined the salat from the second rakat ie from the Tashahud part., then how shall I complete my prayers. Like I normally stand after the salam complete one rakat sit for Tashahud and then complete the third rakat and complete the Tashahud.

Answer

Praise be to Allaah.

If you join the congregation during the first tashahhud of Maghrib prayer, then you should follow the imam in the third rak’ah, and recite the tashahhud, then get up after he says the salaam to complete your prayer. You have two rak’ahs left, so pray the first one with al-Faatihah and another soorah, then recite the tashahhud, which is the first tashahhud for you, then get up for the third rak’ah, and recite al-Faatihah only, and recite the last tashahhud, then say the salaam.

What is stated above is based on the assumption that what the latecomer caught up with with the imam is the beginning of his own prayer, and what he prays on his own is the end of his prayer. This is the opinion of al-Shaafa’i (may Allaah have mercy on him).

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Majmoo’ (4/117): If he catches up with a rak’ah of Maghrib he should stand up after the imam says the salaam and pray one rak’ah and recite the tashahhud, then pray a third rak’ah and recite the tashahhud.

Then he said:

We have mentioned that our view is that what the latecomer catches up with is the first part of his prayer and what he makes up is the last part. This is the view of Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyib, al-Hasan al-Basri, ‘Ata’, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez, Makhool, al-Zuhri, al-Awzaa’i, Sa’eed ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez and Ishaaq. Ibn al-Mundhir narrated it from them and said: This is also my opinion. He said: and it was narrated from ‘Umar, ‘Ali and Abu’l-Darda’, but that is not proven. It was also narrated from Maalik and was the view of Dawood.

Abu Haneefah, Maalik, al-Thawri and Ahmad said: What he caught up with is the latter part of his prayer and what he makes up is the first part of his prayer. This was narrated by Ibn al-Mundhir from Ibn ‘Umar, Mujaahid and Ibn Sireen. They quoted as evidence for that the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you have missed, make it up.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim. Our companions quoted as evidence the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “Whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you have missed, complete it.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim with many isnaads.

Al-Bayhaqi said: Those who narrated the words “complete it” are greater in number, have better memories and are closer to Abu Hurayrah who is the narrator of this hadeeth, so they are more correct. Shaykh Abu Haamid and al-Maawirdi said: Completing a thing can only be done after doing the first part of it. Al-Bayhaqi also narrated a view similar to ours from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab, ‘Ali, Abu’l-Darda’, Ibn al-Musayyib, Hasan, ‘Ata’, Ibn Sireen and Abu Qilaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them).

With regard to the report which says “make it up.” This may be answered in two ways:

1 – That those who narrated the words “complete it” are greater in number and have better memories

2 – That qada’ (the word translated here as “make it up”) is actually to be interpreted as meaning “do it” and not the usual sense in which the word is understood, because this usage is that of the later fuqaha’, whereas the Arabs used the word in the sense of doing. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“So when you have accomplished [qadaytum] your Manaasik (rituals of Hajj)”
[al-Baqarah 2:200]

“When you have finished [qudiyat] As-Salaah (the congregational prayer)”
[al-Nisa’ 4:103]

Shaykh Abu Haamid said: What is meant is: what you have missed of your own prayer, not what you missed of the imam’s prayer; what the latecomer has missed of his own prayer is the latter part of it.

It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (7/322):
Question: I would like to know more about how a latecomer should pray:
1- If the imam has already prayed one or two rak’ahs of Maghrib
2- If the imam has already prayed one or two rak’ahs of a four-rak’ah prayer.
What should he recite? Should he recite al-Faatihah only or another soorah as well?

Answer:
Whatever the latecomer catches up with of the prayer with his imam is regarded as the first part of his prayer. So whoever catches up with one rak’ah of Maghrib, that is regarded as being the first part of his prayer. So he should stand up after the imam says the salaam and make up what he missed. In the first rak’ah he makes up he should recite al-Faatihah and another soorah or verses, because it is the second rak’ah for him. Then he should sit and recite the first tashahhud. Then when he stands up to make up the remaining rak’ah of Maghrib he should recite al-Faatihah only, because it is the third rak’ah for him. Then he should sit and recite the final tashahhud. If what he missed of Maghrib was one rak’ah, and he caught up with two rak’ahs with the imam, then he should recite al-Faatihah only in the last rak’ah that he makes up after the imam says the salaam, because it is the third rak’ah for him.

If it is a four-rak’ah prayer and he catches up with three or two rak’ahs with the imam, then he should recite al-Faatihah only in the one or two rak’ahs that he makes up, because that is the latter part of the prayer for him, so he does not have to recite another soorah as well as al-Faatihah. This is the correct scholarly view. And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.

Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas.

And Allaah knows best.

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Rare Quran inscribed by Aurangzeb to be auctioned

Taken from Gulf News, By Samihah Zaman, Published: September 3, 2010

Abu Dhabi: A 300-year-old manuscript of the Quran, parts of which were inscribed by the son of the Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal, will soon be auctioned by its Emirati owner in Germany.


The 14.5x24cm manuscript has lavish golden insets and consists of sheets of paper, handcrafted from rice and natural materials, and inlaid with ruby, lapis lazuli and garnet.

The 14.5x24cm manuscript was part of the collection of the Mughal emperors of India, and was made during the rule of Emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707), son of Emperor Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal.

It will be auctioned at the Auktionshaus Sebök (Seboek aution house) in the German city of Bamberg by its current Emirati owner, who wished to remain anonymous.

The manuscript has lavish golden insets and consists of sheets of paper, handcrafted from rice and natural materials. The script is written in ink made from valuable minerals, and it is inlaid with ruby, lapis lazuli and garnet.

Emperor Aurungzeb is known to have inscribed several passages of the manuscript himself, and he had reserved a special section of his palace for the artists who completed it.

Starting price

Stefan Sebök, an auctioneer at the auction house, told Gulf News that the starting price for the item has been set at 900 euros (Dh 4,221).

"The manuscript is extremely rare and was passed down to the last of the Mughal emperors by Emperor Aurangzeb. So we expect it to receive one of the highest bids at our art and antique auction in October," Sebök said.

Sebök also said that a comparable manuscript was sold to the Sultan of Brunei in 2006 for $10 million (Dh36.7 million), and a similar item went to an anonymous bidder for $4.3 million (Dh 15.781 million).

According to Sebök, the current owner of the manuscript acquired the ancient copy of the Quran from his great-grandfather. The owner's great-grandfather had been governor to Oudh, a northern region in India, and had served the Mughal dynasty.

Before the British Raj had dismissed the last Mughal emperor, the emperor had asked his loyal confidants to select gifts from his collection for themselves.

The great-grandfather of the current owner has personally selected the manuscript, and it has since been passed down through generations of the family.


Other interesting articles:

(1) Record price for 13th-century Quran

(2) 800-year-old key to the Kaaba