Editorial policy and corrections

We want every pilgrim who reads our guides to be glad they did. This page explains how we work.

How a guide is made

1. Research. We gather facts from official sources first: the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, the Nusuk platform, Saudi visa portals, UK government travel advice, airline and rail operators, and hotel operators. For religious content we use the Quran, the major hadith collections and recognised scholarly works.
2. Drafting. We use AI writing tools to help organise research and prepare drafts. Every fact in a draft must come from a named source.
3. Checking. A separate verification step checks each claim against its source. Quranic verses and hadith references are checked against their original collections.
4. Human review. An editor reviews every guide before publication. Guides about rituals and religious rulings are also reviewed by a qualified scholar, who is named on the page.
5. Updating. Each guide shows a “last verified” date. Visa and rules guides are reviewed every three months, hotel guides every season, and Ramadan guides every autumn.

Religious rulings

We are not a fatwa service. Where the schools of Islamic law or contemporary scholars differ, we describe the main positions fairly and recommend that you ask a scholar you trust about your own situation.

Independence

Advertising and affiliate relationships never decide what we recommend. See our disclosure.

Corrections

If you find an error or something out of date, please tell us. We correct factual errors promptly and note significant changes at the end of the guide.