The long safe road or the short risky one?

The pilgrimage caravan has two roads: a long safe track past wells and markets, or a short track over empty desert saving days at the risk of thirst and loss? The decision: the slow sure arrival, or speed on the hazard?

The positions

the safety party

the souls the caravan carries are a trust not gambled

The evidence

they chose the well-roads, arriving late but whole

Sources: exhibit/pathway-g6-social-studies-hajj-networkperson/mansa-musa

the speed party

the season waits for none; who misses the time misses the Hajj

The evidence

they took the shortest tracks to catch the standing at Arafah

Sources: exhibit/pathway-g6-social-studies-hajj-network

You decide

Which road would you have pointed your caravan to? Write your reason.

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