American singer and Senegalese born Akon has paid a visit to Mecca to participate in the Muslim pilgrimage known as ‘Umrah’.
‘Umrah’ is a special ritual quite similar to Hajj that holds great importance in the religion as Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam.
AKON in an interview also said “The reason behind my success is faith on Almighty ALLAH and by following Islam”
The picture of the star icon went viral among different social media platforms late night on Tuesday.
Many prominent Islamic preachers reposted the picture of the star icon on their social media pages and congratulate him on performing “umrah” at the house of Allah on earth which is Kaaba, Makkah.
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He was seen at Makkah with either his family members of his close friends, many pictures with different people went viral on social media platforms, among them, many videos on YouTube also have been posted by different sources.
Meanwhile, he was performing Umrah at Makkah, many Muslims even does not know that AKON is a Muslim, people were getting crazy after watching his video making Tawaaf / or Walking around Kaaba because many Muslims even does not know that AKON to a Muslim family in St Louis on April 16, 1973.
He’s one of an interview spread rapidly on social media and was covered by prominent media partners where he said “Islam is the key to my success’ or in other words “His Muslim faith is key to success.”
Akon said that now when Almighty has blessed me with some good wealth I want to spend it on the poor so I can get a ticket of Paradise.
May Almighty accept his pilgrimage and allow us to visit Makkah and to see KAABA one day with our own eyes.
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