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A Sinner in Mecca

خاطئ في مكة

A Sinner in Mecca.

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At a glance

Identifiers
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Review
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Sacred space and pilgrimageSexuality and gender diversityWorship and the pillars

Screening Room

Format
Documentary · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2015 CE · 1436 AH†
Countries
US
Languages
en (original)
Approach
documentary
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A documentary by Parvez Sharma, a gay Muslim, recording his hajj to Mecca and his struggle between his faith and his identity. 1 2

People and things also explored

The change of the qibla· The Prophet's Umrah from al-Ji'rana· The call to prayer (adhan)· Hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca)· Sa'i (walking between Safa and Marwa)· Tawaf (circling the Kaaba)· Inside Mecca· One Night in Al-Aqsa

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “A Sinner in Mecca”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/sinner-mecca-2015/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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The change of the qibla

The direction of prayer was changed from Jerusalem to the Kaaba in Mecca, about a year and a half after the Hijra. Al-Samhudi gathers the reports: toward Bayt al-Maqdis sixteen months on al-Bara's account in Muslim (seventeen for Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib), the turn falling in mid-Rajab of year two on the soundest view — at zuhr in the Banu Salama mosque where two rak'as had been prayed, or at fajr in Quba in the Sahihayn's version carried by a runner — while Ibn Hajar makes 'asr the first prayer faced to the Kaaba.