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Praise
Praisebebe to Allah
Allahwho mademadeHajj
Hajjto His HisSacred
SacredHouse
Housean an obligation
obligation
upon
upon every
everyable
able Muslim,
Muslim,andand made
madethe the accepted Hajjan
acceptedHajj an expiation
expiation
for sins
sinsand
and transgressions.
transgressions. And
And blessings
blessingsand peacebe
and peace be upon
upon HisHis
chosen
chosenProphet,
Prophet,thethe most
most excellent
excellentof thosethose who
who has performed
has performed
tawaf and sa'i
tawaf and sa'iand
and the
the most
most noble
noble of those
those who
who has praisedAllah
has praised Allah
and
and supplicated,
supplicated, and upon his
and upon his family,
family,his
his companions
companionsand and allall those
those
who have
who havefollowed
followedhis patternand
hispattern and example.
example.
I welcome
welcomeyou, you,noble pilgrim,to this
noble pilgrim, this secure
securecity
city and
and I ask
ask Allah
Allahto
enable you to complete
enable you complete the
the rites
rites of Hajj
Hajj and
and Umrah
Umrah in in the
the way
way
pleasing to Him,
pleasing Him, done purely for His
done purely His acceptance
acceptanceand and correctly
cotrectly
according
accordingto the the Sunnah
Sunnahof His Prophet~
HisProphet # ..May
May HeHe accept
acceptit and and
placeit in
place in the
the balance your good
balanceof your good deeds.
deeds.
My
My brother pilgrim,as
brother pilgrim, as there
there isis for
for every group a leader
every group leaderand and for
every journey a guide,
every journey guide, the leader
leader of the Hajj group is
Hajj group is Prophet
Prophet
Muhammad~
Muhammad ffi and
and their guide is
their guide is his
his example
exampleandand Sunnah,
Sunnah,for for he
he
has
hassaid, "Take from
said,'Take from me your rites
me your ritesof Hajj."Therefore,
Hajj."Therefore, it is
is incumbent
incumbent
on
on everyone
everyonewho approaches
approachesthe Houseof Allah
the House Allahfor
for Hajj
Hajjor Umrah
Umrah
to learn
learn the wayway it was performed by
was performed Prophet ~
by the Prophet ffi through
through
accurate guidebooks and
accurate guidebooks and by by asking scholars about
asking scholars about any any
uncertainties
uncertainties one
one may
may have..
have..
This
This book
book now before you, noble
before you, pilgrim, is
noble pilgrim, is written
written in clear clear
language
languageand and has
has a new
new format
format which presentsand
which presents and simplifies
simplifiesfor for
you the
you the rulings pertainingto Hajj
rulingspertaining Hajjand and Umrah
Umrahwhich
which I hope
hope you you will
will
makeuse
make useof your guide.
as your
ofas guide.

4
If you should
lf you shouldhave
haveany
anydoubts
doubtsor questions,
or questions, the Ministry
the lslamic
Ministryof Islamic
Affairs Kingdom of Saudi
Affairs of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia
Arabia will
will be
be at your service
at your serviceto
clarify whatever
clarify you need
whatever you need to know.
know.You
You will find in
will find in its
its tents
tents and
and
cabinsscholars
cabins scholarswho can
who guideand
canguide and direct you.as
directyou, Allah,the
asAllah, the Exalted
Exalted
hassaid,
has "Soask
said,"So askthe peopleof the
the people message(i.e.scholarsjif
the message {i.e.scholarslif you do
you
not
not know".
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I would liketo express
expressdeep deepthanks
thanksto my my brother,shaikh
brother,Shaikh Talal
Talalbin
bin
Ahmadal-Aqeel
Ahmad al-Aqeel for the
for the compilation
compilation guidebook.
thisguidebook.
of this I ask
askAllah
Allahto
placeit and
place and all his efforts
all his effortsin in this
this field field inin the
the balance
balanceof his good
his good
deeds,and
deeds, increase
and to increase his reward
his rewardand and that
that of his his colleagues
colleagues in
in the
the
Committeefor
Committee for Distribution
Distribution of Religious
Religious Publications
Publications to Pilgrims
Pilgrimsinin
Jeddah for their
Jeddahfor their blessed
blessedwork. work.
lf I may
If may advise you,dear
adviseyou, dear guestguestof Allah, Allah,I would
would remind remindyou you and
and
myselfto use
myself usethis precioustime
this precious time to earn earnthethe approval
approvalof Him Him whose
whose
guest you
guest you have
have become
becomewithin within the the sanctuary
sanctuaryof His His noble
noble House
House
and to avoid
and avoid anything
anythingthat that angers
angersHim, Him,forfor Allah Allah has
has said, "And
said,"And
whoeverintends
whoever intendstherein
therein[a deed] of deviation
[a deed) deviationor wrongdoing-- We
or wrongdoing We
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acceptyour Hajjand
and forgive
forgiveyouryour sin,
sin,and
and Allah
Allahknows
knows
best.Blessings
best. Blessingsand peaceupon
and peace upon HisHis servant
servantand and messenger,
messenger,ourour
beloved imam and
beloved imam and example,
example,Muhammad,
Muhammad,and and upon
upon his
his family,
famil,
companionsand
companions followers.
and followers. Was-- salamu
Was salamualaikum
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All praise is due to Allah,
All praise Allah, Lord
Lord of the worlds,
worlds, and
and blessings peace
blessings and peace
be upon
upon our Prophet
Prophet and upon
upon his followers and
his followers and companions
companions

The honored
honored Ka'
Ka bah is called
called "the
"the AncIent
Ancrenl House",
House"

rs the focus
ItIt IS focus of Muslim
Mushm hearts hearts in in every
every corner
corner of the globe Toward
the globe Toward itit
are
are directed
directed theirtheir faces
faces and and hearts,
hearts, humbly
humbly reverent
reverent in prayer to Allah
in prayer Allah
alone,
alone, five five times
times a day.day
Muslims
Muslims have have traveled
traveled to to the Ancient House
lhe Ancient House from from every
every partpart of thethe earth
earth
to
to perform
perform the" therr religious
religious ntes rrtes and perform lawaf
and perform tawal around
around the the Ka'bah
Ka'bah
since
since the the timetime itit was built
bullt byby Prophet
Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon
lbrahim (peace upon him) him) toto be
the
t h e first
J i r s t house
h o u s e for
f o r the
t h e worship
w o r s h i p of A l l a h -- where
o l Allah w h e r e Allah w o u l d be
A l l a h would be
worshipped
worshipped according according to guidance and
to guidance and true
true vision
vision with pure belief
with a pure belieftree
free
from
from superstition
supersiitionand and erroneous
erroneousconceptsconcepts

Allah,
Allah, the
the Exalted,
Exalted,said:said:
" Indeed,
lndeed, the the first
frrsthouse
house [of fof worship]
worship] established
establishedfor for mankind
mankind was that that at
Bakkah
B a k k a h[i,e., M a k k a h ] ,-- blessed
[ i . e , Makkah], b l e s s e dand g u i d a n c efor
a n d a guidance f o r the
thew I n iti t are
o r l d s In
worlds are
clear signs [as] Maqam Ibrahim
clear signs {asl Maqam lbrahim And whoever enters shallAnd whoever enters it
it shall be safe
safe
And [due]
And [due] to
to Allah
Allah from
lrom the
the people
people Is
is a pilgrimage
pilgrimage (Hajj)
(Hajj) to the
the House·
House -
for
for whoever
whoever is is able
able to to find
find thereto
therelo a way But whoever disbelieves
But whoever disbelieves[by lby
relusall -- then
refusal] then indeed,
indeed,AllahAllah is is tree
free from need of the
lrom need worlds "
the worlds"

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Dear L4usliml

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has been
been confirmed
contirmedfrom
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the Prophet g in
in hadiths
hadiths of
of al-Bukhari
al-Bukhariand
and Muslim
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t o us
u s that
t h a tHail
H a j j is
i s among
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t h e pillars that,~
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has thee a b"ty,
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god but Alfon and Ihali"
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p e r J o r m sHajj,
performs Halj. i Muhammoo Is ttlll
However,Hajj
However. Hajj isis nol
not required
requiredexcept
except once once in lifetime AfterAllah
in a lifetime After Allah had: had i Messenger of Allah
M€ssengerofAilah
madeHajj
made Hajj an an Obligation,
obligation,a man man asked
asked the Prophetif!
the Prophet g ', "Is
"ls itit every year, :I
every year,
i
aO Messenger
Messengerof Allah?" Allah?" He He M>g replied,
replied,
Establishment
i Establishment prayer
of prayer
" Haij is once, and for one who does more it is voluntary,'
"Han voluntary." : (salah)
(Na(atedby
(Narraled Ahmad, Abu
by Ahmad Abu Dawud
Dawudand
andan-Nasa';
an-Nasa'i -- Saheeh)
Saheeh)l !
The Hajj
The purely for
must be purely
Hajj must lor AIIah
Allah alone,
alone, and nol for
and not for shOWing off or 'lI
showing off
garninga reputation
gaining Allah, the
reputation Allah. the Exalted
Exaltedsaid
sard In
In a hadlth qudsi:
hadrthqudsJ:
I Giving zakah
Giving zakah

"I the most

"l am the most self-su ' ,
ff IClen!
self-sutficient of partners, , no partners
partners,needing
needing lff one 1
h'Ip, lone;
partnership l
does
does a deed
deed for
tor Me and
and forfor another
another[simullaneously],
lsimultaneously],I abandon
abandon himhrm andand :
his partne.ship'
h i s partnership" :
(Muslim
(Muslim and
andIbn Majah) l
lbnMaiah)
i Fasting
Fasting Ramadhan
Ramadhan
In addirion
In addllion theHajj should be pertormed
the Hajj should performed according 10 the
accordrnglo the way laught
taught by
Allah
Allah'ss lvlessenger
Messenger g
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Therefore, we advise
Therefore, advise our brothers
brothers and
and sislers
sisters who
who intend to perlormHajj
intend to performHaj]
nol to travel
not to until they
travel until they have
have learned
learned how the the Prophet
Prophet *! is did
did it,
it, so they
they Hajj (pilgrimage) to
Hajj to the
the
ccan
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 1. The
1. pilgrimshould
The pilgrim shouldintend hiyherHajj
intendhisJher and Umrah
Hajj and Umrahfortor the
the approval o'l
approvalof
Allah,
Allah, seeking
seekingnearness Him, and
nearnessto Him, and not
nol for
for worldly
worldlyreasons, pride or
reasons,pride
position,or
position, or obtaining titleor
obtaininga title reputation.
or reputation.

2. Itlt is
2. is desirable
desirableforfor the
the traveler
lraveler to lirst write
to first write his
his will
will and state what
and slate he
what he
owes
owes and and what
what is is owed
owed toto him.
him He He should return any
should return any trusts in his
trusts in his
possessionto
possession lo their owners or else
their owners else obtain
obtain their permissionto
their permission to retain
retain
them,
them,for for our livesare
our lives in the
are in the Hand
Handof of Allah.
Allah.

3.
3, One
One should
shouldrepent lrom sins
repentfrom and disobedience
sins and disobedience to Allah,
to Allah, regretting
regretting
what past and
was past
what was and determining not to
determiningnot to return
returnto
to such
such sins
sins again.
again

4 He
4. He must
must return
return any propertytaken
any property unjuslly ifif he
taken unjustly he had
had done so, and
done so, and
compensate peoplefor
compensatepeople lor wrongs
wrongsdone them Iflf unable,
to them.
done to he must
unable,he mustask
ask
them
themfor
tor their
theirforgiveness.
forgiveness

5. For
5. Hajj or
For Hajj or Umrah
Umrahone must use
one must use halal wealthbecause
halal wealth Allah is
becauseAllah pure
is pure
and
and accepls
acceptsonly what is
only what pure
is pure.

6.
6. One
One should
should avoid
avoid all kinds of
all kinds of wrongdoing.
wrongdoing He He should
should not harm
not harm
anyone
anyone by his tongue
by his tongue or or his
his hand.
hand. He He should
should not push and
not push and crowd
crowd
other pilgrimsin
other pilgrims in a way that will
way that will harm
harm them.
them. HeHe should neither
should neither
backbite
backbite others nor spread
others nor gossip; nor
spread gossip; nor should h€ argue
should he argue with
with his
his
companions
companions or
or others
olhersexcept
exceptin goodway.
in a good He should
way. He shouldnot
nol lie
lieoror say
say
things
thingsabout Allahof
aboutAllah whichhe
of which he has
hasno knowledge
no knowledge

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7. pilgrimshould
The pilgrim shouldlearn
learnand
and understand
understand the rulings
the pertaining
rulingspertaining to
to Hajj
Haii
and Umrah.
and Umrah.

8. The
8. The traveler
travelershould
shouldbe be attentive
attentivetoto all
all his
his duties,
duties,the greatestof
the greatest ot which
which
is prayer at
is prayer al its proper time
its proper time in
in congregation
congregation He He should
should increase
increasehis
nts
good deeds such as
good deeds such as reciting thereciiing the Qur'an,
Our'an, remembering
remembering and and
mentioning
mentioning Allah, supplication,
Allah, supplication, kindnessto
kindness to people
people through word and
throughword and
deed, helping
deed, helpingthose
lhose in
in need, giving sadaqah
need, giving sadaqahto lo the poo( ordering
the poor, ordering
whatis
what is right
rightand forbiddingwhat
and forbidding whatis is wrong_
wrong.

9. Itlt is
9. is recommended
recommendedthat
that the
the traveler
travelerdo
do his
his best
best to
to choose
choose righteous
righteous
compantons.
companions.

10. The
10. The traveler
travelershould
shouldhave good morals
have good moralsand
and manners
mannerswith people,
with people,
including patience and
including patience and forgiveness, gentleness and
forgiveness, gentleness and kindness,
kinoness,
forbearance,
forbearance, modesty,
modesty, generosity,
generosity, iustice,
justice, mercy,
mercy, trustworthiness,
trustworthiness,
trulhtulness. loyalty, piety,
truthfulness, loyalty, piety, etc.
etc.

1l
11 lt
It is desirable
desirable that
that the
the traveler
traveler advise
advise his
his family
family to be conscious
conscious ol
of
Allah,
Allah, for
for that
that is
is what
what Allah
Allah has
has inslructed
instructed the
the former
former and
and later
later
peoples
peoples.
'12 lt is
t 2. It is desirable
desirable that
that the
the traveler
traveler recites
recites regularly
regularly the supplications
supplications and
and
words
words taught
taught by the Prophet ilis ,' among
Prophet 49 among them
them the supplications
supplications when
when
setting
setting oul
out and
and when
when boarding
boarding the
the means
means ol
of transport
transport.

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Ihram
lhram is the
the first
frrstof
o{ the
the rites
rites of HaJJ
Hajj and Umrah
and Umrah

ItIt means the intention

intention (niyyah)
(niyyah) to enter
enter the
the state consecrationfor HaJJ
state of consecration HaJi
or Umrah.
Umrah The lrme
time for performance Umrah is any time
performance of Umrah time throughout
throughout
the
the year The time for Hajj is during
lorHajj during the Hajj months,
theHali which are:
months, which are:

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I Shawwai.
Snawwat, Dhul-Qa'dah first ten days of Dhul-
Dhul-Oa'dah and the first Hijjah. I
Dhul'Hiijah.
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Umrah".
Umrah",ifit he
he
intends
intendsonly
only The
The duties
duties of Hajj Hajj and
and Umrah
Umrah beginbegin with ihram at
with ihram meeqat (a
at the meeqat potnt
(a pOint
some
some distance
distance from trom Makkah
Makkah beyond
beyond which pilgnm may
which a pilgrim may not pass
not pass
Um' h
without ihram -- Refer
without ihram Reler to
to page
Page 10)10)
When
When someone
someone intending
intendingHajj
Haji or
or Umrah
Umrah reaches
reaches the meeqat on land
lhe meeqat land by
car
car or other
other transport,
lransport, he
he should
should make ghusl (a
make ghusl (a complete
complete bath)bath) and use
scent
scent ifif itil is easy
easy for
lor him,
hrm, butbut there
there is
is no
no Sin upon him
stn upon him ifil he does nol
does not
'Labbaykfor bathe
bathe Then Then he he wears
wears twotwo clean
clean white
while ihram garments -- one
ihram garments one wrap~d
"Labbayk for Umrah
Umrah
with around
around hishis waist
waist and
and the other
olher over his
his shoulders There is
shoulders There is no particular
with release
releaseuntil
until
dress for a woman in in ihram.
ihram, but
bul she whatever clothing
she wears whatever
Hajj",
Hajj",ifif he
heintends
intends
adequately
adequalely covers covers her body body of oI any color,
color, as long as it is
long ls not
Hajj
Hajj al· Tamahu'
al'Tamatlu'
conspicuouSly
conspicuouslydecorative.
decorative

intentionof
Then, he/she makes the intention of ihram tor Umrah
ihramfor Umrahor
or Hajj. saying:l
Hajj,saying:

"Labbayk
"Labbaykfor
lor ( ". See
See page
page 15 for an
15 for an e.planation
explanationof
of these terms )
these terms.)
Umrah
Umrahand
andHaJJ",
Hall",
ifil he
he intends
intends With
With theselhese words
words he he has
has begun
begun thethe talbiyah.
talbiyah.announcing
announcingthatthat he is
he is
Hajial·Qiran'
Hajj al-Qiran' in
in the
the state
state of
ot ihram.
ihram
When
When the the pilgrim
pilgrim comes
comes by by sea
sea or or by
by air,
air, itit has
has become customary fo
become customary
the
the captain
caotain or a crew crew member
member to to announce
announce approach
approach to the meeqat
to the meeqal
that
that the lhe pilgrims
pilgrims among
among the the passengers
passengers can prepare themselves
can prepare themselves f
ihram
ihram Then Then when
when they
they reach
reach the
the meeqat,
meeqat, they they begin the talbiyah
begin the talbiyah fa
l.8bbl1yl< fOt Hall Hajj
Hajjor Umrah Umrah
It h<llntends Hajj ItIt is
is allowable
allowablefor for the
the pilgrim
pilgrimto put on
to put on his
his ihram garments at
ihram garments home in
at home in hi
hi
010<' ( I·Uradl' own
own country
country and
and begin
begin the
the rites
rites of Hajj
Hail or
or Umrah
Umrah inin the
the ship
ship or
or pia
with
with pronunciation
pronunciationof of the
the talbiyah
talbiyah upon reachingthe
upon reaching the meeqat
meeqat

I Men recite the lalbiyah In a loud voice. and women Quietly to themselves. I
 ·.

1: Before
Before ihram
ihram itit is
is recommended
recommended to do the
to do th€ following:
following: l

Trim the
11 Trim the nails
nailsand
and mustache,
mustache,remove
remove underarm
underarmand
and pubic
Dubichair
hair
Wash the
2 Wash the entire
entire body when itit can
body when can be
be done
done easily
easilv But
But there
there is
is no
no
blame ifif one
blame one does
does not
not bathe.
bathe

I The aforementioned is from the Sunnah and applies to both men and women.
r The aforementionedis from the Sunnah and aDpliesto both men and woren

3 The
3, The man
man removes
removes allall of
of his
his regular (stitched)clothing
regular (stitched) clothingand
and puts
puts on
on the
the
ihram garments_
ihram garments The.. no
The woman
4 The woman removes
removes herher fitted
fitted face
face mask
mask or niqab
niqab She She can
can cover
cover palllC. r JW
her face from
her face from non-mahram
non-mahram men men by by letting
letting down
down a part
part of her
her headcover
headcover Sl*1Iled in
(khrmar) over it,
(khlmar) over it, and
and there
there isis no problem ifil the
no problem the cloth
ctoth touches
touches her face
face ~"nlh fc
5 After
After bathing,
bathing, the
the man perfumes his
man perfumes his body, assuming
assuming ihram.
ihram.,
body, but
but not
not his
his ihram
ihram garments
garments i i

The woman uses only a faint scent that will not be noticeable
6, Upon
6. Upon completion
completion of ot that
ihat mentioned
menttoned above,
above, the pilgrim
pilgrim makes
makes thethe
intention to
intention to complete
complete the HajjHajj or Umrah,
Umrah, and
and by doing
doing so he/she
he/she has
entered the
entered the state
state ofol ihram,
ihram, even
even without
without having
having pronounced
pronounced anything
anything
out loud If
oulloud. lf one intends
intends ihram
ihram immediately
immedratelyafter
after an obligatory
obligatoryprayer
prayer itit is
good- Or he can pray two
good. rakahs as the Sunnah
tvvorakahs Sunnah after
after wudhu
lf is performing
If one is performing HajjHajj or Umrah
Umrah on behalf
behalf of
01 someone
someone else,
else. he makes
makes
thal
thai intention
intention at at the time of ihram,
the time ihram, and
and may say,
say, "Labbayk
"Labbayk for so-and·so .. ,'"
for so-and-so

The Words ol
of Talbiyah
Talbiyah ................+
+
"Labbayk-Allahumma
"Labbayk-Allahumma labbayk
labbayk Labbayka
Labbayka ta
la shareeka
shareeka laka tabbayk
labbayk
lnnal-hamda
Innal-hamda wan-ni
wan-ni mata laka wal-mulk shareeka lak ,'"
wal-mulk La shareeka

(l
(I respond [in obedience]
respond lin obedience] to You, a
You, O Allah,
Allah, I respond respond -- no
respond I respond
partner
partner is there
there to You
You I respond
respond
All praise and
All and lavor
favor is Yours,
Yours, and
and sovereignty
sovereignty There
There rs to you
IS no partner to You))

When to
When to Recite the Tg]bilah
Recite the Talbiyah -_ . __- ,
--- . __ . ': 3i-
Durfng Umrah. (rom Ihe moment 01 ihram un 1Ih beginning of tawaf.
DUTlr19 Ha~ trom the momenl 01 Ihram Imlll the stoning the large pilar
I(jamra.n) on the mom ns 01 Eld ,,,S17,
%lulS
 The Prophet 'IIi
The Prophet g specified
specifiedfive points for
five points for entering
enteringihram lorthose
ihram for those
r·"'··,.. intending
intending Hail
Haiior Umrah.
Umrah. These
These are:
are:

•
Y
the
the meeqat
and
meeqatfor
for those
lhose coming from Madinah.
comingfrom
lrom Makkah
Todayitit is
Madinah Today
Makkahal-Mukarramah.
al-Mukarramah.
is called
called"Abyar Ali"'
"AbyarAli",
and is
is 450
45Okilometers
kilometersfrom

the
the meeqat
meeqatfor for those
those coming
comingfromlrom or throughSyria,
or through Syria,Jordan, northern
Jordan,northern
AI-Juhtah Hijaz, North Africa and Egypt.!t Is near the lawn of Rablgh.
183 k1lomelers from Makkah, from which people nowadays enter Ihram.

the
the meeqat
meeqatfortor those
thosecoming from or
comingfrom or through
throughNajd (easternArabia).
Najd(eastern Arabia).Itlt is
is
now
now called
called "as-Sayl al-Kabeer"
"as-Saylal-Kabeer"
and
and lies
lies 75
75 kilometers from Makkah.
kilometarsfrom Makkah.

the
the meeqat
meeqat for
for those
those coming lrom Yemen
coming from farther south
and farther
Yemen and Today'
south Today,
Yalamlam
peopteassume
people ihramfrom
assumeihram fromas-Sadiyah,
as-Sadiyah,
which
which is
is 92 kilomotersfrom
92 kilometers Makkah.
from Makkah.

Dhatu Irq the from the

the direction
directionof lraq'
of Iraq,
the meeqat
meeqatfor
lor those
thosecoming
comingfrom
which
whichis
is 94
94 kilometers from Makkah
kilometersfrom al-Mukarramah
Makkahal-Mukarramah.

ItIt is
is obligatory
obligatoryfor
lor everyone intendingHajj
everyoneintending Haij or Umrah to
or Umrah 10 assume ihram
assume ihram
before
betore entering
enteringthe
the area
area beyond
beyondthese points.Any
these points. Any who
who knowingly pass
knowinglypass
through
throughwithout
withoutihram
ihrammust retum to
mustreturn the meeqat
to the tor ihram,
me€qatfor ihram'

otherwise
otherwisethethe violation
violationrequires the slaughter
requiresthe of aa sheep
slaughterof in Makkah
sh€op in tor
Makkahfor
distribution
diskibutiontoto the
the poor
ooor
 l;.rt.,l :;r::

COtI~:l/IJ111! 11·' r •

-
"They are lor those who come from them <'.Ix!
tit ,.4'.::
those from beyond
1::,4'a'.at-
-
theml
who intood
i : ' . \ ' , Hajj
Z 2 . ' : ' . ,Um.ah."
<lIld ',:'.'

(AI·Bukhan and MuslIm)

D rL llL f,!iail
1,<C k a na:crs

\ DhaLJ rq
\ 9i f,lomeiers the NOM
183 k onreters
\ |
'\ Oerla lula.?-7
\ \ I

2rz'
V
\
iaiSnl arf

'Cr !-:tl irajt tfl:t\(;tfr ..ja i

Residents
neS Cj-.itt:tof atf Msl<l<a'i
l,1J({a,.1- essurneaSSLtfrC !I,ram lIa I iar Kllij irom Me.!<'kah itsG-li,
f c f Urnr"It, l i r an '.lril ll
but
i l t l lor t J n l i l f r !lle!'
i t a r ! mvsl
l . s i go l r l to a t r :area
. t f o i l olJtslde
L r L l s t ! lhe i r t r l r r J 0,
: | ! Oord"r;; t r a rheram
t : the
s a i a l r i r ' \ , ~: l e
sQnC1lJGJf)', r e nt1Hrest
l r e J . e s l .of , r
' f whIch l i a f ' Iss al-Taneern.
al liii'eefr
' r t e e q d i a: ire '
Th()s;~ r ' f o live
T . o s i . I,.vl10 , . e inslc..e
n s a l e thel i r e meeqa! l ? c': lr, fo, e x a : | l ) r t fn ,Je{jd'r·dl.
i t ' eXCl:1ipl€, .leiiclf
MasIUfG1J\
l v l a s t . t . a n Sadri
3ac B~lrlr~ih.
B a i r . ; t i r tJmn)
J r ' , - Sala.m o f as~I--Sn~rCjl.lrl
S a i ] - 0.[ a.-:f SlaTa as'su,flle
f , < s r : , r e HlrarT1
nT:lrl
from tirc I hom~s.
i {lm U.fSlr r itnre.s
'it
For l h f f ' t their. p!acs
F i I them. i , l res1d9nc~
| : a . . t : of 1 1 - . ,i ; : 1 1 r l~t jtr:e
i r f rneeq~!.
rr Frit!ui
 Onc€ the
Once pilgrim has
the pilgrim has entered
entered the
the state ihram at the
state of ihram the meeqat,
meeqat, the
the
following prohibitedto him:
followingis prohibited him:

·:
c/
r·~·:·:~~~~~·:~:;·:;::~::·:~·~:" W~
f...r.tt r . . . . t .

dl Removinghair or cuttingthe nails (H_o, (However,,frf some hoi, j,"

hair talls Of
or ,is
p u l l e d out
pulled o u t unintentionally
u n i n i e n t i o n a l lor
oyr jfi f the h a i r or
t h e hair o r nails
n a i l s are
a r e cut
c u t due to
d u e to
forgetfulness
forgetfulness or ignoranceof
or ignorance the rUling,
of the ruling,itit is
is excused.)
excused)

E~ "$ Using
body
perfumeor
using perfume or scent
lrom before
body from
washedout.)
washed
scenton
on the
ihram is
before ihram
out )
the body
body or
is excused,
or clothing.
excused,but
but scent
(Whatremains
clothing (What remainson
in clothing
scent in clothing must
the
on the
must be
be

W "$ Huntingland
Hunting land animals
animalsor
or cooperating
cooperatingin in that
that by
by chasing
chasingor pointingout
or pointing out

~
game within
game withinthe
lhe boundaries
boundariesof the Haram.
of the This applies
HaramThis to all
appliesto N4uslims,
all Muslims,
maleand
male andfemale,
female,whether in ihram
whetherin ihramor not
or not.

t!
Cutting or
"S Cutting or uprooting
uprooting any lrees or
any trees green plants
or green plants within
within the
the Haram
Haram
boundarieswhich
boundaries which were
were not plantedby
not planted man This
by man. This also
also applies
appliesto
to all
all
Muslims.irrespective
Muslims, irresDective ihram-
of ihram.
of

~ \l
{f Pickingup
Picking up anything
anythingdropped
in finding
assistin
assist
ihram,
ihram.
findingthe
droppedor
the owner.
or lost
lost in
Again,the
owner Again,
in Makkah
Makkahby
the ruling
rulingapplies
by anyone
anyoneunless
to all,
appliesto
unlessto
withor
all,with
to
without
or without
 I;J'iJJiJITII]iJ$9!

~
0 Marrying.
Marrying,sending proposalor
sendinga proposal or arranging
arranginga marriage for oneself
marriagefor or
oneseltor
another.
another,asas well
well as maritalintercourse
as marital intercourseand
and anything that stimulates
anythingthat stimulates
desire. The Prophet
desire.The Prophetiji; said,
#i said.

--l

ri ;'One;~
;O"" '" ihram
ihrammust not m~r;Y~be
must not marry be .~.;~dd;;~~-P;~;;~··-I
weddedo1_p,ilp*."

am
.••. ~.~ • _ , • ._ • i "'~.ww. _ •

(Muslim)
(Muslim)

~ woman during
{l A woman duringihram is not
ihramis permittedto
not permitted to wear glovesor
wear gloves niqab or
or a niqab or
burqa' (a tightly
burqa' (a fitted face
tightly fitted lace mask).
mask) WhenWhen there
there are
are unrelated men
unrelated men
nearby
nearbyshe
she covers
coversher face with
her face part of
with part of her
her headcover.
headcover.

4it
{f A man

he
in ihram
man in
garmentor
garment
he should
ihram is
or any
shoulddo
should
do so
is not
any headgear
so having
removeitit as
shouldremove
from
fromhim.
him,
as soon
permittedto
not permitted
headgearsuch
such as
forgottenor
havingforgotten
soonas he is
as he
lo cover
cover his
as a cap.
cap, cloth
or out
out of
is aware
awareof
his head
head with

ignoranceof
of ignorance
of itit and
with the
headcoveror
clothheadcover
of the
lhe ihram
ihram
turban Iflt
or turban.
ruling,he
the ruling.
no ransom
and no ransomis
he
is required
required
ffij
~
$ The
The man
manis
is also
alsonot
not allowed
allowedto
to wear garmentsstitched
weargarments to fit
stitchedto fit the
the body
bodyor
or
part of
part of it.
it, such
such as gown or
as aa gown robe,aa shirt.
or robe. pants,underwear
shirt,pants. undemearor or shoes
shoes
One
One who
who cannot
cannotobtain waist wrapper
obtainaa waist wrapperfor
for ihram
ihrammay wear loose
may wear pants
loosepants
and
and one
one whowho cannot
cannol find
find sandals may wear
sandalsmay wear slippers with no
slipperswith no ransom
ransom
required
required

lslFae
%i,$
,nA .,$' ~
{* While
Whilein
in Ihram,
lhram,one
one is
is allowed
allowedto
to do
do the
the following:
following
Wt&,

!h eH?ii"i:':'"'Iil'i;i#i,i,l?'Jfil'"ls'ea
Wear a wristwatch, ring, eyeglasses, earphones,
6) belt and sandals below the ankles.

8tr ~ Shade
*t Shadeoneself
oneselfunder
includingthat
including
underan
that of
of a car
an umbrella
umbrellaor ceiling,
car or bus.
bus
ceiling,

-+ W Carry
$ Carry baggage,
baggage. mattresses,

" Bandage
fg
mattresses, etc

Bandage a wound
wound
etc.,, on his
his head
head.

(i
~ Change one's garments,
Change one's garments, as well
well as
cleaning or washing
cleaning washing them
them.

Wash his/her
tl Wash hislher head
head and
and body
body. lt
II any hair
hair
should come
should come out unintentionally
unintentionally
it is
is excused-
excused.

Additionally,
Additionally, ifil aa man
man covers
covers his
his head
head with
with aa cap
cap or
or cloth
cloth out
out of
01
forgetfulness or ignorance
forgetfulness or ignorance he must remove
he musl remove itit as
as soon
soon as
as he
he remembers
remembers
or
or knows. and there
knows, and there will be no
will be no ransom due from
ransom due lrom himhim.
 Those intendingHajj chooseone of the three kinds:
o
r.... ·...... ···················.. ······· . ·· . ·· . ····· 1
One assumes ihram for Umrah during the Hajj (which are
Hajj months (which
I Shawwal,
Shawal, Dhul-Qadah
Dhul-Oadah and the first first ten nights
nights of
ot Dhul-
Dhul- Hijjah),
Hujah),saying,
saying,
"Labbayk
"Labbayk for Umrah with release unlil until Hajj".
Halj", After completing
completing the tawaf
tawaf
and sasaii of Umrah and cutting
cutting the hair,
hair, he/she
he/she is released
released from
lrom ihram
and all its restrictions
reslrictions Then on the 8th of Dhul- HijjahHijjah he assumes
assumes ihram
I
:I Hajj
Hajj rites.
Hajj from his place of residence and sets out to complete
, again for Hajj
rites He is required to lo offer
complele the
ofter a sacrifice of a sheep or goat, or seven
iI people may share in the sacrifice of a camel or cow Iflf he cannot do so,
I
whrch requires
whiCh
acriflco
requr.es the
acrilico of
lhe
ol an animal
anrmal
Ii then he must fast
li returns
returns home.
home.
last three
three days during
during Hajj
Hajj and seven
seven days whenwhen he I

pilgrim intends
The pilgrim intends one ihram
ihram for both
both Umrah
Umrah and Hajj,
Hajj,saying,
saying, "Labbayk
"Labbayk
for Umrah
Umrah and Hajj" HajJ" Upon reaching
reaching Makkah, performs tawaf
Makkah, he performs tawat al-
al-
qudim and sa
qudum sai,i, which
which serves
seryes as the
the sa
saii for
for both
both Umrah and Hajj. Hajj- He
does not
not cut hislher
his/her hair
hair and
and remains
remains in
in ihram
ihram until
until the
the 8th
8th of
ot Dhul-
Dhul-Hijjah
Hiijah
when the Hajj
Hajj rites begin Then he completes
completes the Hajj, Hajj, except
excepl that he
need perform sai a second
need not perform second time He,He, also, required to
also, is required to sacrifice
sacrifice a
goat or share in
sheep or goat in a camel
camel or cow as one of seven.
seven

One intendsihram
Oneintends ihramfor
forHalJ only,saying,
Hajj only, saying,"Labbayk
"Labbaykfor torHajl" In Makkah
Hajj" In Makkahhehe
performslawaf
performs tawafal-qudum
al-qudumandand sai forHajj,
sai for Hajj,remaining
remainingin in ihram
ihramuntil
untilthe
the
ritesare
rifes are completed.
completed.He is not
He is not required
requiredtoto sacrifice
sacrificean animalsince
an animal he
sincehe
did not
did performboth
not perform bothUmrah
Umrahand Hajj
and Hajj

Tamattuis
Tamattu preferablefor
is preferable for those pilgrimswho
those pilgrims who do not bring
do not bring sacrificial
sacrificial
animalsalong
animals withthem,
alongwith them,and
and this
thisis
is what
whatthe
the Prophet
Prophet7j;;
g instructed
instructed
his
his nWe
companions (Thosewho
companions(Those who bring
bringsacrificial
sacrificialanimalswith
animals with them
them do
do Oiran.
Oiran '
.rllll
andthe
and theresidents
residenlsof Makkah.
of MakkahUrad
lfradonly.)
only) lrtr'
 ilrr
( IFRAD II
l[--j;- QIRAN I
::L---'T::
] TAMATTU I
I I h r a m from
Ihram f r o m the m e e q a t Ifor
i h e meeoat o r all
ali I

I:::::::::~mTow.; "~,,"m IL '.w.1 .I-'''',m I[ ,.~II~ Ummh J

for Hajj
Sai for
Sa; Hajjand
and Umrah
Umrah II Sal for Umrah
Saifor Umrah I
L_
i-:::'-::il:l'l"t'*II
Cutting or shaving hair

ii Remaining
lRemainin
observingits
observing
in ihram
g in
its restrictions
II
and j Remaining In Ihram and
ihramand
restrictionsI observing its restrlcllons
I Complete release from lhram
'II
i the Day
untilthe
until Day ofof Sacrifice
SacrificeI until the Day of Sacrifice
!::,
( 1 0Dhul·
(10 Hijjah)
D h u l -H ijjah) III
.
(10 Dhul- HWah) I Assumes ihram once again
for Hail on 8 Dhul-Hljjah
I
i. ··FGJ
I | 1i Forifrad,
For ifrad,lawaf
tawafal-qudum
al-qudumis aa sunnah
is actand
sunnahact andthere
thereis
is no problemifif itit is
no problem is omitted.
omitted.
.f2l
Tll Ifll one performs tawaf al-qudum Mina, he shoo
aFqudim and then goes dIrectly to Mina, perform
L-.1 the sai
L:;,J sai for Hall
Haij after
atter tawaf al-ifadhah.
al-ifadhah.

The small boy b.y below

b"k * the th" age
,gr of ;;:ffi;.di.g
understanding has garments
his stitched garments
h*'ti"*"iircn"o removed
removed
i*-ih"
by his"-"tl
guardian,
guardian, who who recites
recites the "f talbiyah
I by his talbiyah for
for him.
him. Thus,
Thus, he he isis in
in the
the state
state of
of ihram
ihram
I and
and isis to be prevented from
be prevented from all that
that is
is prohibited
orohibited to an adult adult InIn ihram.
ihram. The intention
The intention
! is
is made
made for
lor the
the small
small girl
girl also
also by
by her
her guardian,
guardian, who
who recites
recites the
the talbiyah
talbiyah for
lor her,
her,
I puning
puning her her into
into thethe state
state of ihram.
ihram. sheshe iss
iss also
also to be be prevented
prevented from lrom all that
that is
is
I prohibited
prohibited to an adult. adult. The
The body
body andand clothing
clothing of a small
small child
child must
must be pure during
be pure during
j tawal
tawaf because
because it it ;s like salah,
is like salah, which
which requires
requires taharah.
taharah. When When the boy boy or girl is is old
old
i enough
enough to to understand.
understand. he/she he/she assumes
assumes ihram
ihram with
with the permission and
guardian's permission
the guardian's and
I does
does everything
eveMhing the
lhe adults
adults do.
When personintending
Whena person intenaingUmrah
Umranreaches U"txun,
t"u"nu. Makkah,
ii
n is
It is desirable
JesiraOieto
io bathe
oame immediately
immeoiaiervand then g" straight
tt'"" go io al-Masjid
srra'gntto al'
al'Masjid ai-
Haram,
Haram,in in which
whichis is situated
situatedthe ""0 House
Ancient
the Ancient (the Kabah),
House(the Kabah),for the rites
for the rites
of
of Umrah
Umrah And
And itit is
is acceptable.
acceptable, also, he does
also,ifit he doesnot bathe.
not bathe.
He
He enters
entersal-Masjid
al-Masiidal-Haram with his
al'Haram with his right foot' saying,
right foot, saying'

Audhu
Audhu billahil-atheemi
billahil-atheemiwa
wa bi wajihil-kareemiwa
bi wajihil-kareemi wa sultanihil-qadeemi
sultanihil-qadeemi
minash-shaytanir-rajeem
minash-shaytanir-raieem ..Allahumma
.-Allahumma aftah lee abwaba
aftahlee rahmatik
abwabarahmatik

(I(l seek
seekrefuge
refugein
in Allah,
Allah,the
the Supreme,
Supreme,and in His
and in His noble
noblecountenance and
countenanceand
His
Hrseternal
eternalauthority
authorityfrom
from Satan, accursed.
the accursed
Satan,the O Allah,
.. 0 Allah,open for me
openfor the
me the
gates of Your
gates Yourmercy.)
mercy.)

[hiS supPii~-;;tion (duaa) is what is said upon entering any masjid.

mi..rppl# d,
: (Narratedby
(Narrated Dawud-- saheeh)
Abu Dawud
byAbu saheeh) j
i_.--.-----.- --------'

"He
He thenthen heads
headstoward
towardthe honored
the honored -Kabahto
___ Kabah to begin tawaf.'Ii
begin•.
tawaf.
ItIt is
is from
from the
the sunnah
sunnah for
for a man to bare
man to his right
bare his right shoulder
shoulderand arm
and arm
(idhtibad).
(idhtibaa). This
Thisis
is done
doneby passingthe
by passing theupper
upperihram wrapperunder
ihramwrapper underthe right
the right
armpit
armpitand and covering
coveringthe leftshoulder
the left with both
shoulderwith ends.
both ends.

Then he
Then he begins
beginsthe
the tawaf
tawaf of sevencircuits,
ol seven circuils,

starting
startingat at the
the Black Stone. Itlt is
Black Stone. is a sunnah
sunnah act to kiss
act to kiss the
the Black Stone ifif
Black Stone
one
one isis able
able toto reach
reachitit without
withoutharming peopleby
harmingpeople by crowding
crowdingor pushing.
or pushing.
And
And itit is
is sinful
sinfulto to insult,
insult,strike
strikeor harm any
or harm When the
Muslim. When
any Muslim. the area is
area is
crowded,
crowded, itit is is sufficient
sufficientto point to
to point to the Black Stone
the Black from a distance,
Stone from distance'
saying,
saying,"Allahu
"Allahuakbar"
akbar"without stoppingas
withoutstopping as one passesby
one passes by it
-''''-------
f--

I lt is not permissibleto push olhers or harm them in any way. I

 JE' . 'J.Ai·~~QllJ1lli· ·m

I The pilgrimcontinues
The pilgrim continuesto
lo circle
circlethe
the Kabah,
Kabah,
remembering
r e m e m b e r i n gand m e n t i o n i n gA
a n d mentioning l l a h , asking
Allah, a s k i n g His
H i s lorgiveness
f o r g i v e n e s sand
and
supplicating
supplicatingwith with any
any du'
du'aa'
aa' hehe wishes
wishesor or reciting
recitingthethe Qur'an
Our'anthroughout
throughout
the
the seven
seven circuits.
circuits He He should
should not not raise
raise hishis voice
voice reciting particular
reciling particular
supplications,
supplications, as this
as this disturbs
disturbsothers
otherswho who areare doing tawaf
doingtawal.

As one
i As passesar-Rukn
one passes ar-Ruknal-Yamani (theYemeni
al-Yamani(the YemeniCorner),
Corner),

he touches
he touchesitit with
with his hand ilif he
his hand he can can do
do so
so easily. He should
easily,He shouldnot kiss itit
not kiss
or wipe
or wipe his
his hand
hand over
over itil as
as some
some do, do, contrary
contraryto the sunnah
to the sunnah 01 the
ot the
Prophet~
Prophet i4 .- When
When unable
unableto touch itjt with
to touch with his
his hand,
hand, hehe should continue
shouldcontinue
in
in his
his lawaI
tawafwithout pointingto
withoutpointing to itit or saying
saying"Allahu akbar" Itlt is
"Allahuakbar", is Irom
from the
the
sunnah,
sunnah,as as one performstawal,
one performs tawal, to recitebetween
to recite betweenthe the Yemeni
YemeniCorner
Corner
and
and the
the Black
BlackStone:
Stone:

"Rabbana
"Rabbanaatina fid-dunyahasanatan
alina lid-dunya hasanatanwa
wa lil-
liF akhirati hasanalanwa
akhiratihasanatan qina
wa qina
'adhab
adhaban-nar."
an-nar"

"Our
"OurLord, give us
Lord,give us in
in this
thisworld
worldwhat
what is good and
is good and in the Hereafter
in the what is
Hereafterwhat is
goodand
good protectus
and protect from the
us lrom punishmentof
the punishment the Fire,"
of the Fire"

ij.rlliy ( O u r ' a n-- 2:201)

(Qur'an 2:201)

!, Inr"tnit *"vln"
this way i;;iir;;t;i;,
the tawal is completed,

beginning
beginningeach
each circuit
circuitat the Black
al the BlackStone
Stoneand
and ending
endingat For men
at it For is
men itit is
sunnah
sunnahtoto walk
walk briskly with small
brisklywith stepsduring
smallsteps duringthe
the first
firstthree
lhree circuits
circuits01of
tawal
tawafal·qudum
al-qud0monly
only
Yemenicomer

Maqam lbrahl

To as-Sala
as-Safa

-- -----.-
Stone--·-;';d
a e~ds there.
"'
\

r - - f negins
iii*at
iTawa .-
begins_ut . - riiuif
at tnu
the Black Sionuino .
"nJJtn"i".]
Walking inside
Walking inside the
the Hiir
Hijr during tawaf, This
during tawaf This actually the tawaf
invalidates the
actually invalidates tawaf

[-~cause_th~~1jr~~-~~rt
[_Ft1ge 1audta;.g_f;i,+ ]
of_i~e~~,b_a~~~~~~~~SiCJe~=-]
thglU-,seart9f11e

Touching
Touchingand
and wiping
wipingthe
the hands
handsover
over all the corners
all the cornersof the Ka'bah
ot the or its
Ka'bah or its
walls, door,
walls, door,covering,
covering,or Maqam lbrahim. All
Maqam Ibrahim. of this
All of is not
this is not lawful as itit is
lawtulas is
from
from the
the innovations
innovationsinin religion (bidah),which
religion(bidah), which was not done
was not by the
done by the
*.
ProDhet'€r.
Prophet

The
The pushing
pushingand
and crowding
crowdingof
of men
men and
and women duringtawaf,
womenduring especially
tawaf,especially
at
at the
the Black
BlackStone
Stoneand
and Maqam
MaqamIbrahim. Thisshould
lbrahim.This be strictly
shouldbe avoided-
strictlyavoided,

-f@
, Upon completion of tawal one should:

11 Cover
Coverhis
his right
rightshoulder
shoulderonce again
onceagain

2.
2. Pray
Praytwo
two rak'ahs
rak'ahsbehind
behindMaqam
MaqamIbrahim possiblewith
lbrahimifif itit isis possible with ease;
ease;
otherwise
otherwiseinin any partof
any part ot al-Masjid
al-Masiidai- This prayer
Haram. This
al-Haram. prayerisis aa confirmed
confirmed
sunnah
sunnahinin which
whichone
onerecites (afteral-Fatihah)
recites(after aFFatihah) in the
in thefirst rakah:
firstrakah:
,,41..t?1li J4)
v)26JtUe
Surah
Surahai-
al-Kafirun
Kafirunand
andin
inthe
thesecond rakah:Surah
secondrakah: al-lkhlas
Surahal-Ikhlas.

r)p

~cites other parts of the Our'an it is acceptable.

LlEg"rE:il9lElr9lh"l-3119 "'""qabi l
Ii ~~.er the ':'_J11p1etiO~
Afterthe complerionof ot tawaf,
tawaf,
i
one goesto
one goes to begin
beginhis
his sai
sai of
of seven
seventrips
tripsat
at as-Safa,
as-Sala,reciting:
recitingt"Innas-safa
"lnnas,safa
wal-marwata min
wal-marwata min shaair
shaair illah
illah',(lndeed,
"(Indeed, as-Safa
as-SaJaand
and al-Marwah
aFMarwah are are
amongthe
among the symbols
symbolsofof Allah)
Allah)

!.,.ii.r< Zia, x
rJ.o)4JD\-o-ajlr,Jffi

{2:157},
I2:1571,,and adding,
and adding,"I"t begin
beginwith
with that
that with
with which
whichAllah
Ailah began"
began,'This
This was
was
the practaceof
the practice of the
the Prophet
Prophet...
*! as narrated
narrated inin saheeh
saheeh Muslim
Muslim

I,I Then
Then he
he stands
standson as-safafacing
on as-Safa facingthe
ihe Kabah,
Kabah,l, !

praisingand
praising giorifyingAllah
and glorifying Allah and
and supplicating
supphcatingHim,
Him, saying:
saying:
"La ilaha ill-Allahu
"La ilaha ill-Allahuwahdahu
wahdahu la la shareeka
shareeka lah_
lah Lahul-mulku
Lahul-mulkuwa lahul-
lanur.
hamdu wa huwa
hamdu huwa ala kulli
kulli shay'in qadeer_
shay'in qadeer.
La ilaha ill-Allahu wahdahu, anjaza
La ilaha ill-Allahu wahdahu, anjaza wa'dahu
wa'dahu wa nasara
nasara abdahu
abdahu wa
hazamal-ahzabawahdah."
hazamal-ahzaba wahdah."

"Thereis
"There is no god
god but Allah
Allah alone with no partner
alone with partner His
His is the dominion
is the dominion and
and
His is [all]
[allJ praise
praise and He is is over all
all things
things mmpetent.
competent There
There is no god
but Allah alone;
but Allah alone; He fulfilled
fulfilled His promise
His promise and
and supported
supported His
His seruant
servant and
and
defeated
defeated the [enemyl
(enemYI allies
allies alone
alone."

IHe
H~ repeais
;ep~ai~ this ihr~~ times,
this three times:

supplicating
supplicating in between
between with anything
anything he wishes,
wishes, and if he does less
than
than that,
that, there
there is no fault.
fault He raises
raises his hands
hands only
only when
when supplicating,
supplicating,
does not point
and does point with
with them
them when saying, ',Allahu
when saying, akba~'
"Allahu akba/
(which
(which is a common mistake among many pilgrims).
mistake among pilgrims).

I
: He then
then descends
descends lrom
trom as-safa
as-Safa

toward
toward al-MaMah
al-Marwah and
and supplicates
supplicates with
with any
any duaa
duaa that
that comes
comes to
to mind
mind tor
for
himself,
himself, his lamily
family and
and the
the Muslims
Muslims in generai
general When When reaching
reaching the
the
green
green marKer,
marker,
men (but
men (but not
not women)
women) should
should run
run until
until they
they come
come to to the
the second
second marker,
marker,
afier
after which they
whlch they walk
walk as
as usual
usual until
until they
they arrival
arrival at
at al-MaMah
al-Marwah
 Uponreaching
Upon reachingal-Marwah,
aFMarwah,

fill
$ oneone faces
faces the
the Kabah
Kabah and
and supplicates
supplicatesas he did
as he did at
at as-Safa
as-Safawith
with any
any
supplications
supplications he wishes
he wishes HeHe continues
continueswalking
walkingto
to the greenmarker,
the green marker,then
then
runs between
runs betweenthethe two (men only)
two (men only) and
and then
then walks
walksto to as-Safa
as-safa Thus,
Thus, he
he
has completed
has completedtwo trips -- one
two trips one from
from as-Safa
as-Safato
to al·Marwah
al-Marwahandand another
another
from al-Marwah
from al-MaMah to to as-Safa
as-safa, He He continues
continuesuntil
until he
he finishes
f inishesseven
seventrips,
trios.
endrngal
endIng at al·Marwah
al-Marwah

4ii
li Thereis
There is no
no blame
blameupon
uponhim/her
him/herfor
for completing
comptetingthe
the sai
sai on
on a wheelchair
wheelchairifif
overcomeby
overcome by fatigue
latigueor illness
or illness.

;: y'
/ e*omanwho has menstrual
A woman who has postpartumbleeding
menstrualor postpartum bleeding

fiI
$ can complete
can completeher
sai is
of sal is not
her sai (but not
sai (but
partof
not a part
not tawaf)
of al-Masjid
tawal) because the area
becausethe
al-Masjidal-Haram.
al-Haram-
area 1..·..··.. ~ro:
Among
Among the commonerrors
the common errorscommitted
committedis
is

i tne running
the runningof
of women betweenthe
women between the two greenmarkers
two green markers.
!

fiI Atter
ta Alter the
the completion
completion of of sai,
sai, the man shaves
the man shaves or shorlens
shortens his his narrhair >i
(shaving
(shaving is is preferable)
preferable) When When shortening
shortening the the hair,
hair, ~
ssome
o m eo
oft iitt s h o u l db
should bee c u t tfrom
cut rom e v e r yp
every a r to
part off tthe
heh e a d. . . - . . - . . . . . . . i. -
head
fiI The
N The woman
woman cuts cuts from
from the
the length
length of her
her hair
hair what
what
is
is about
about equal
equai to to the
the width
width of a finger
finger .
.- - - - - - .... f
l-trifr
With ih.i
_~~~~~~~

this ffi
the ;6;-ifi;;h;-il;c6--l
rites of Umrah are complete

and one is free

free from all the restrictions
restrictions of ihram
ihram
-... ....... ....

• ., m
 &:r $ew
-

t-.ff
,

."-;r'-"<'-""
{t4*{
-

**.i
-

*i':_ ".''*
€4
 :""""""""! The D~~
DaY ofTarw~yah
o t r a r w i,y,al h
.i - - - - - - - - , t n "
i
.". Therites
The rites01
of Hail
Haijbegin
beginon
onthe
the8th
8thof
of Dhul-Hijjah.
DhuFHijiah,
!'I B;i~;~ ~.~~;:;--!I which
a"i"r;;g; whichis
is called theday
calledthe davof rarwiyah'
ofTarwiyah.
\_
1 , ,_ _...
,,._ - . , _...J
,_,,,,1
This
This day
day the pilgrimof
the pilgrim of Tamaltu
Tamattuassumes
assumesihram
ihramfor
tor Hajj
Hajj in
in the
the morning.
morning.
Before doing so,
Betore doing so, he
he does
does what he did
what he did before the ihram
before the ihram for Umrah .-
for Umrah
bathing,
bathing, using
using scent,
scent, etc
etc HeHe makes
makes the
lhe intention
intentionfor
for ihram
ihram from
trom
whereverhe
wherever he is staying
stayingor residing.
residing.

"- -' Those

Those of Qiran
Oiran and
and Ifrad
lfrad are
are already
alreadvin
in ihram
ihram
|-'"-*-"1
Thuhr,asr,ma~~~b-i j Pilgrims
lThuhr,asr,maghrib
'Ii" eitgrimsin
in the
the state
state01 ihramfor
of ihram lor Tamattu,
Tamattu,Qiran lfrad all
and Ifrad
Qiran and all set
set out
out for
tor
.I andisha,pray~
andisha,prayers I Mina
Mina before
beforenoon,
noon, and
and there
there they pray thuhr,
they pray thuhr,asr,
as1 maghrib
maghriband 'isha'.
and'isha'.
:*-*--'--*-i
'-'- - - - - . Each
Each prayeris
Each prayer
oraver is done
done at
done at its propertime
its proper
orooer time and
time and not
not combined,
combined,but
combined. the four
but lhe tour
tour
r---:----.., rakah prayers
rakah prayers are
are shortened
shortenedto two.two. They
They spend
spend the
the eve
eve of the gth of
the 9th ot
Dhul-Hiilah
Dhul-Hijjahinin Mina
Mina and pray fajr
and pray lai( there, Anyone staying
there Anyone staying in
in Mina
Mina before
before
the
the day of Tarwiyah
TaMiyah assumes
assumesihram
ihram there
there on the morning of that
the morning that day.
day-

The sunnah
The sunnah is
is to spend
spend the day of Tarwiyah
the day Tarwiyah in
in Mina,
Mina,

pray the fajr

pray the prayer of the gth
lajr prayer 9th and
and then
then wait
wait until
until the
the sun
sun rises.
rises. After
After
"'isoinaim
!S""pe-n-d"'inCCg:Ct:Lh""e"'
ttrmiotr,Cn"'ig:Lh71t sunrise the pilgrims
sunrise lhe pilgrims move
move on to Arafat, and quietly,
calmly and
Arafat, calmly quietly, praising
praising
. at Mina Allah or reciting the Quran, and especially, repeating the talbiyah often,
L-_~="-_-l as well well as
as "La
"La ilaha
ilaha ill-Allah".
ill-Allah", "Allahu
"Allahu akbar
akbar"" and
and "Al-hamdulillah
"AI-hamdulillah ". ".
I TheD~yotArafah
I!.he DayofArafah
__ I j ;
t
Staying at
Staying Aralah is
at Arafah is among
among the pillars of Hajj,
the pillars Hajj,withoul whichthe
without which the Hajj
Hajjis
is •i
invalid The
invalid The Prophet
Prophet ;f£i:
*.i said,
said,
From
F r o msunrise
sunrise

"The Hall s Arafah.·'

(Narrated by Abu Dawucf and at·l1rmKlh, . sahooh)

ThedayofAra{ah
I The day of Aratah J
ls a most
Is mostblessed
blessedday.
day
Until
U n t i l sunset
sunset
Therein
Therein multitudes of pilgrims
multitudes of pilgrims throng
throng to the plain
to the plain of
of Arafat
Arafat where
where thethe
Muslims will
Muslims will remain
remain until
until atter
after sunsel
sunset On
On thatdayAllah
that day Allah boasts
boasts of them r------....
of them
to
to His
His angels
angels
In
In saheeh
saheeh Muslim, Alshah (may
Muslim, Arshah (may Allah be pleased
Allah be pleased with
with her)
her) reported
reported that
that

the Prophet
the Prophet i+
~ said,
said,

"There
"There is
is no
no day on which
day on which Allah
Allah frees
frees as many
many ol
of His
His servants
servants from
from the
the ..... ""'=-="""'...:,
Fire
Fire as on
on the
the day
day of Arafah
Arafah
Indeed,
Indeed, He
He draws
draws near and then
near and then boasts
boasts of them
them to
to the
the angels
angels and
and says,
says,
'What
'What do
do they
they want?"
want?'

We
We ask
ask of Allah
Allah His
His favor
favor and
and kindness
kindness •..
 '.riJE
ilJr.l'tiJ$F ilill j--j,l:JJ;:il

I The
th" day
,,,,,. :
of Arafah
o"u of Arafah
i-----------------
--,...,.,....,,,,-
II
ItIt is
is a sunnah practicefor
sunnahpractice lor the pilgrimto
the pilgrim to stop
stop atat Namirah
Namirahat noon for
at noon tor the
the
thuhr
thuhr and and asr prayer and
asr prayer and to to hear
hear the the speech
speech (khutbah) possible
(khutbah)ifif possible.
v Otherwise.
Otherwise,he he should
should enter Arafah and
enter Arafah and be be sure
sure thatthat he he is is inside its
inslde its
border
border There There are are numerous
numerousroad road signs signs and posters showing
and posters showing the the
[-v-::
Aralah location
localionof
The
his/her
of boundaries
boundariesThe
pilgrimshould
The pilgrim
h i s / h e rtime
shouldtake
t i m e in
The entire
take care
i n reciting
entireplain
care on on this
plainof
this great
t h e lalbiyah.
r e c i t i n gthe
of'Arafah
greatday
.Arafah is
day to
t a l b i y a h ,seeking
is a standing
to make
makethe
standingplace.
the best
place
bestuseuse of
A l l a h ' s forgiveness.
s e e k i n gAllah's forgiveness.
ol

confirming
confirmingHis His unity praisingHim.
and praising
unityand Htm.He He should
shoulddirect himselftoward
directhimself toward
Allah,
Allah,the Mightyand
the Mighty Majestic,with
and Majestic. withhumility,
humility, exertingthe
exerting the utmost
utmostefforteffortin
in
supplication
supplication for
f o r himself, ,h i s spouse
h r m s e l t his s p o u s eanda n d children
c h i l d r e nand
a n d hish i s brother
brolher
Muslims
Muslims

At
At noontime,
noontime,thethe imam
imam delivers speechto
deliversa speech to the people,reminding.
the people. reminding,
advising
advisingand
and instructing
instructing them. Then he
them Then leadsthe
he leads pilgrimsin
the pilgrims in the thuhr
the thuhr
and
and asr
asr prayer. joinedand
prayer,joined and shortened. withone
shortened,with one ad
adhan and two
han and iqamahs
two iqamahs
thuhrandasr prayer
joinedandshortened as
as the Prophet ,
the Prophet did
did. No other
No prayer is
other prayer performedbefore
is performed or
before or
afterwards
afterwards

Pilgrims
Pilgrimsmust
mustbe
be careful
caretulon thtsblessed
on this dayto
blessedday to avoid
avoidcommitting
committing any sin
any sin
which
whichcould
couldcause
causethem
lhem to lose some
lo lose someof
of the qreatreward
the great rewardof
ol this noble
this noble
day
davand
and sacred place
sacredplace

After sunset

y
MuzdaJlfah

30
SIItIrlg outside the bordell' of Aralah, remillnlog there ~mlIlhe sun sets.
and altol thaI leaVIng '01 M~:tdalifah. Whoevtll does thaI has nIlt
perlomlGd Hal!.

leavmg Aralah belofe the seltlr'lg of the sun ~ II nol permtSSIbIe as it

II <:onlrllry ~ !he praellee al1he Prophet
Anyone Who dOeS 50 must retum betore sunset, otherWIse he w* 1'IlI'o1l
to slaughlef 8Il arwna/ .. nmsom

Crowding and pusIwlg ... on* ~ dlnC ~ Ih8 lop 01 Utu"II AtaIMl (tt.
Mo.nl 01 Men:y), rubl;lr.g ar-.~ I\IIfldS on It...,
praylng lheIe M \his 1$
!rom P'IOIlQ the innoYa\lOnS lhel heYe no blIS1S ... !he religion
Furthetrnln, it can bI pI'tyIcaIy harmIUl_

Feang!he mounl ounng supplaIlIOl'I

/ ' The suman I, 10 l.c.lhe Qiblan (ClnCllOIl oIlhe KabAh)

'linen IUppllCalong
 r;it t

: {Efter the sun has set on the 9th day of Dhul-HWah, =oJ
... The caravans
The caravansof pilgrimsbegin
ol pilgrims begin moving,
movrng,with
with the
the blessing
blessingof
of Allah,
Allah,
AN r tho sunsol towardal-Mashar
toward al-Masharal-Haram
al-Haramin in Muzdalifah
Muzdaljlahto praythe
to pray the maghrib
maghriband
and isha
isha
prayers
prayers Joined and shortened,
Joinedand shortened, wilhone
with one adhan
adhanand andtwo
two iqamahs
iqamahsasas soon
soon
as they
as they arrive.
atrive. They
They then
then spend the nighl there, remembering
spend the night there, remembering Allah,
Allah,
praisingand
praising and thanking
thankingHimHim for
for His
His favor
favorupon
upon them
them when
when He
He enabled
enabled
themto
them to be presentin
be present in Arafah,
Arafah

Uponreaching
Upon reachingMuzdalifah,
Muzdalifah, some pilgrimsmake
somepilgrims makethe
the following
followingmistakes:
mistakes:
TO MumaUtah Hasteningto
Hastening pick up
to pick pebblesfor
up pebbles lor stoning
sroningbefore
beforepraying
praying
maghriband
maghrib and isha
ishajoined
joined and
and shortened.
shoftened.
II>
;= Believingthat
Believing that the pebblesmust
the pebbles mustbe pickedup
be picked up only
onlyfrom
trom Muzdalifah.
Muzdatifah
In~n" i'~" The sunnah practice
The sunnah is to
practice is spendthe
to spend the night in Muzdalitah
night in Muzdalifah
,/,
r and to pray
and pray the fajr prayer
the fajr prayer there.
there.
Pruy"",maghrlb
oncll.hllOlned It is permissible
permissible for
for women,
women, children,
children, the
the weak ill and
weak or ill and their
Iheir caretakers
caretakers
and!lhOl1 ~
!:lPOfll'llfl,,1IJICl1'ft
to leave
to leave for
for Mrna
Mlna after
after mrdnight.
midnight.
l~MId,.dll1Jt.h

After the pjlgrim

After the pilgrim performs
performs the fajr prayer,
the fajr prayer, it as
is desirable
desirable for
for him to stand
him to stand
at al-l\4ashar
al-Mashar al-Haram(which
al-Haram(which is a hill
hill in Muzdalifah)
Muzdalifah) or any
any other
other part
part of
of
Muzdalifah,
Muzdalifah, face
face the Qiblah. praise
the Oiblah, praise Allah
Allah and
and supplicate
supplicate as much
much as as
possible
possible. Then
Then he should
should leave
leave before
before sunrise
sunrise.

On
On the
the way
way to
to Mina he/she picks
Mina he/she picks up seven pebbles,
up seven pebbles, slighfly
slightly larger
larger than
than
aa pea,
pea, forfor the rami (stoning)
the rami (stoning) of
of the largest pillar
the largest pillar (jamratul-aqabah)
(jamratul'aqabah) The The
rest
rest of the pebbles
of the pebbles for
for rami
rami are
are taken
taken lrom
from Mina
Mina.

To
TO il4ina
Mina
:The pilsrims
lThe pilgrims tren
then coniinueto;;A'Niffi-;iiii;;;l;g
continuetoward Mina 'while reciting ih;
the talbiyah,l
humble
humble in
in their
their remembrance
remembrance of
ofAllah
Allah._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---.J
 When
When the
the pilgrim
pilgrimreaches
reachesMina
Mina he goes immediately
he goes immediatelyto the large
to the pillar
large pillar
Uamratul-aqabah).
(jamratul-aqabah), which is the
whichis the one nearestto
one nearest Makkah
to Makkah

There
Therehe/she
he/shestops
stopsreciting
recitingthe
the talbiyah
talbiyahand the following:
doesthe
and does following:

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i
,
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lq*;'l
Throws
Throwsseven
one
pebblesat
sevenpebbles
one after
alteranother,
the large
at the
saying"Allahu
another,saying
pillar
largepillar
akbaa'
"Allahuakbar"

~
witheach
with one
eachone.
| -_----' I

t*" Y
I r---------r :
ll iii rl - I
Slaughters
Slaughters the sacrificial (hadi) ifil
sacrificial animal (hadi)
required
required of him He may eat from itit and
feed
feed the poor
lL\] t r I

v
The
The man
man shaves his head
shaveshis (whichis
head(which is
preferable)
prelerable) or
or cuts hishair
cutshis womancuts
The woman
hair The cuts
aa finger's
finger'swidth
widthfrom lengthof
the length
fromthe her hair.
ol her hair,

This
Thisis
is the preferredorder
the preferred orderfor rites
theserites.
forthese
However,
However,ifif they
theyare
aredone in any
donein anyother orderitit is
otherorder is acceptable.
acceptable
 ro .. . . . . .i{ This
fnis_i.~
isthe
tneDay
Dayof
otSacrifice
Sacrifice andalso
and alsothe tirstday
thefirst dayof theble~ed.
ofthe btessed ~e~
Ebdal-Adhha
at-AdhhaIi
For Muslims
For Muslims in
in every part of
every part of the
the earth
earth and
and for
for the
the pilgrims,
pilgrims, the
the blessed
blessed
Eed al·Adhha
Eed al-Adhha is is an
an especially joylut day
especiatlyjoyful day wherein
wherein they
they rejoice
rejoice in
in Allah's
Allah's
r----=----, favor
favor to
to them
them and
and sacrifice
sacrilice their
thejr animals,
animals, seeking
seeking nearness
nearness to to Him
Him The
E;"",'dl
Pittar
pilgrim begins
pilgrim begins Ihe
the takbeer
takbeer for Eed
Eed after
afler stoning
stoning the large
large pillar,
pillar,saying,
saying,

I I
"Allahu
"Allahu akbar,
akbar, Allahu
Allahu akbar,
akbar, Allahu
Allahu akbar,
akbar, lata ilaha
ilaha ill-Allah
iil-Allah
Allahu
A I l a h uakbar,
a k b a r ,Allahu
A l l a h u akbar,
a k b a r ,wa
w a lillahil-hamd
tillahil-hamd ", ,
l.iful
l._____-,1 A m c n g rhe
Among p r r c r s cor'U-l'~:ed
t r e errcrS c c t t n r l t e d by p i r g : f ] t scU'1ng
b V pr'gr!"1S t h e raTJI
C u l n q !he i s l c n r n g )are"
r a : n t \stcnmg) are:

f"p*.il.q't",db.y.hl The
The belief
belief of some
some thai
that they
they are
are actually
actualty stoning
stoning devils,
devils, which
which leads
leads
angrily curse and insult
them to angrily insuJtthose devils
devils In tact,
fact, the rami
rami is
is only
only for
for
F*"h.l.,s"pill the remembrance of Allah.
Allah

ItR..t.tt.kb..,t"r E";-lI
Re<ites takbeer tor Eed
Throwing
Throwing large slonesor
large stones of even sandals
even sandais or pieces
or pieces of
of wood, and this
wood,and this is the
is the
kind excess prohibited
kind of excess prohibited by
by the
the Prophet
Prophet :,,,.,

Pushrng
Pushing or fighting
fighting near the pillars
near the pillars in
in order
order to
10 come
come near
near lor
for the
the rami,
rami,
which
which is a grave
grave misdeed
misdeed. TheThe pilgrim
pilgrim hashas anan ob|jgation
obligation toto treat
treat his
his
brothers gently-
brothers gently. He He should
should be
be certain
certain that
that he is throwing
thrOWing the
the pebbles
pebbles
into the proper
into the proper place,
place, which
which is within
within the
the circular
circular wall,
wall, whether
whether or or not
not
they
they hit the pillar
hit the pillar
tt*rh."rt,h"ffi]
tX:>
\A/ Throwrng
ThrOWing all
all ol the pebbles
of the pebbles at
at once,
once, which
which actually
actually counts
counts as
as only
only one
one
throw.
throw. The
The correct
correct way
way is to
to throw one pebble
throw one pebble after
after another
anolher while
while saying,
saying,
"Allah
"Allah akbar"
akbar" with
with each
each one.
one.

When the pilgrim

When the pilgrim has
has stoned
stoned the large piilar
the large pillar (Jamratul-aqabah)
Uamratul·aqabah) and
and
shaved
shaved or
or cut
cut his
his hair,
hair, he is partially
he is partially released
released from
from ihram
ihram and
and can
can wear
wear
I
Sh.wosn..cofC1JUllai, his I
his regular
regular clothes.
clothes.

He/she is
He/she is then
then freed
freed fromfrom all all the
the restrictions
restrictions of
of ihram
ihram
eexcept
x c e p t rmarital
n a f l a l tmtercourse.
ntercourse
 .,,,.i{.:,.,,,1

a
Upon reaching
I Upon reaching Mina
Mina on
on the
the morning
morning of
of Eed
Eed day'
day,

hasten to
hasten to stone
stone the large pillar (.iamratul-aqabah),
large pillar uamratul-aqabah), only, with seven
only, with seven
pebbles, saying
pebbles, saying "Allahu
"Allahu akbar"
akbar" with
with each
each throw
throw

jamrstul-aqabah

aDuring the following three days (ayyam

(ayyamat-tashreeq). ;,
Duringthe tollowingthreedays at'tashreeq)'

stone
stonethe
the three
three pillars
pillarsafter
afler Ihe
the thuhr adhan-- first
thuhr adhan firstthe small,then
the small, the
then the
medium,
medium,and
andfinally,
finally,the
the large
largeone.
one

_ toMakkah
loMakkah
+

190M
~_.150M ~
~ ~
jam,atul-aqabah
jamralul-aqabah jamratul· w usta
iamratul-wusta jamratul- sughra
jam,atul- sughra
 7 :

Tawaf al-ifadhah is among the pillars of Hajj without which Hajj is incomplete.

Afterstoning
After sloningthethe large prllaron
largepillar on Eed
Eed morning,
morning,the pitgrimgoes
the pilgrim goesto
to Makkah
Makkah
todosevencircuitsof
to do seven circuits of tawaftawa{ al-ifadhah.
al.ifadhahAfter
After that
thal he
he does
does seven
seven trips
trips
of sai
of sai ifif his
his Hajj
Hajl is
is one
one of tamattu,or ifif he
ot tamattu, he did
did not
not perform
perlormsai
sai after
after
tawafal-qudum
tawaf al-qudumin qiranor
in qiran or Ifrad
tkad Itlt is permissible
is permissible to
to delay
delaytawaf
tawafal-ifadhah,
al-ifadhah,
even past the
even past lhe days
days ofol Mina (tashreeq)and
lvlina(tashreeq) and upon
uponhis return to
his return to Makkah
lvlakkah
afler stoning
after stoningthe pillars.
the pillars.

Once the pilgrim

Once the pilgrim has
has completed
completed tawaf
tawaf at-ifadhah
al-ifadhah he/she
he/she isis freeo
freed
from
from all
all the
the testrictions
restrictions of ihram,
ihram, inclu€jina
Including ntarital
manta I intercourse
intercourse
 These days
These days begin
begin with
with the
the eve
eve ot
of the
the 11th
11 th of DhuFHiiiah
Dhul·Hijjah. • •••••••••••••• _••• _•

9.. Atter
After performing
pertorming tawal
tawaf al-ifadhah
aHfadhah on on the
the Day Sacrifice (the
Day of Sacrifice (the 1oth),
10th), the
the
pilgrim should
pilgrim should return
return to
to Mina
Mina to
to spend the nights
spend the that precede
nights that the three
precede the three
days of tashreeq,
days tashreeq, or atat least
least two
two of the nights for
the nights for those who plan
those who plan to
to
leave after
leave after tlvo
two days.
days. This
This is
is in accordance wlth
in accordance with the Allah, the
words of Allah,
the words the
Exalted:
Exalted: .•,., .< - • > ., /,'. "" n ,-. . .
~~.:r-'i-"'J.>...A.o1~<.l "", ~,i.J ..
c,y6P;'r'-:3rtli-aai\ipt$*
',f
~(.:?~~l~~G';.J~r-:~'iJ~;
:g.i{t;:ix11:ur t$;'iits 6';
e S~~tl~b·,H:.r~(;
s ;;i .j,i\
*+r;aj1\'Atv-1ii"u1j
:Eii
"And
"Andremember
remember Allah during
Allah during[specific]
lspecific] numbered
numbered days Then
days whoever
Thenwhoever
hastens
hastens[his
lhis departure]
departure] in
in two days- there
two days· thereisis no
no sin him;and
uponhim;
sin upon and
whoever
whoever delays
delays[until
[untilthe
thethird]
third]- there
thereis
is no
no sin
sinupon him- for
uponhim· forhim
himwho
who
fears Allah And
fearsAllah Andfear Allah and
fearAllah andknow
knowthat
thatunto
untoHim youwill
Himyou willbe returned " r - - -......- - - - ,
be returned."
(2:203\
(2:203) The121h of Dhul·Hijfah
[DUring~ese
I Durinothese -thr~~ayS
threeoavsO~~hO~ld]
onesnJJto':
i
l :_--
..
t. Stone
Slone the
the three
three pillars
pillars after
atter the
thedecline
declineof the
of thesun
sunfrom itsmeridian
llom its meridian on
on

..
..
each
eachof
r Say,
of the
thedays
Say,"Allahu
r Mention
"Allahu
Mention and
dayshe
akbar"
heis
akbar"with
praise
andpraise
isstaying
staying

Allah
Allahoften
in
inMina.
eachpebble
witheach
oftenand
Mina.
pebble thrown
thrown
supplicate
andsupplicate abundantly
abundantly.
I 'DhUl'H~ahl
The 13 of
g Remain
.. Remain calm
calmand andserene.
serene _.- - - - - - -.
.,
I Avoid
Avoidpushing,
pushing, quarreling
quarreling and
anddisputing
disputing

:{:1 :l
V
(* Itlt is
is aa sunnah
sunnahact
actfor
forthe pilgrimto
the pilgrim to stand
standfollowing
tollowingthe
the stoning
stoningofof each
eachof
of
the small
the small and
and medium pillars,face
mediumpillars, tace the
the Qiblah,
eiblah, raise
raise his
his hands
hands and
and
supplicalewith
supplicate withany
anyduaa
duaathat
thatcomes
comestoto mind.
m'nd.

However,after
However, afterthe
thestoning
stoningof
of the
the large pillarUamratul·aqabah)
largepillar (Jamratul-aqabah)
he should
he shouldnot
notstop
stopand
andsupplicate
supplicate

~ Whoever intends
{g; Whoever intends to
to hasten
hasten his
his departure
departure after
after two
two days
days should
should stone
stone
the three
the pillarssoon
three pillars soon after
afler noon.
noon Then
Then he he should
shouldleave
leave Mina
Mina before
before
sunset Ifll the
sunset. the sun
sun sets
sets and
and he
he is
is still
still in
in Mina.
Mina, hehe should
shouldremain
remainand
and
spend a third nightthere,
spend third night perlorming
there,performing rami
ramithe the following
followingday
day

Iflf he
he has preparedto
has prepared leavebut
to leave but IS
is delayed.
delayed.
he may
he may do
do so
so and
and IS
is not requiredto
not reqUIred to spend
spendthe
the mght
night
Afterleaving
After leavingMina.
Mina,having
havingcompleted
completedall
all the pillarsand
the pillars and requirements
requirements ol
of
Hajj,the
Hajj. pilgrimsreturn
the pilgrims returnto
to Makkah
Makkahforfor a final
final tawaf
tawaf around
aroundthe the Kabah
Kabah
The farewell
The farewelltawaf (tawafai-wada)
tawaf(tawaf al-wada)should
shouldbe the final
be the finalrite
riteat
at the
the Sacred
Sacred
House,in
House, in compliance withthe
compliancewith the order
orderof
of the Prophet>f;
the Prophet Ei,,

"let no one
"Letno one of you leave
of you leaveuntil
untilhis lastrite
his last riteis
is at
at the
the House."
House"
(Narrated
(Narrated by al-Bukhari
al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Muslim)

Tawafal-wada
Tawaf al-wadaisis the
the last
lastrequirement
requrrement Hajj,
of Hajj,
of
which is
which performedby
is performed by the pilgrimimmediately
the pilgrim immediatelybefore
before traveling
travelingto his
to his
homecountry.
home country
No one
No is excused
one IS from the
excusedfrom farewelltawal
the farewell tawat except
except menstruating
menstruatingand
and
women
oosroanumwomen.
postpartum
 Pillars of Hajj (4) ~·····················1

GI'",am I ~
01Sranding ~. ~.
(sta)'ll'lg18tArafahl ' ( . -x".. ~_ ~
1."11
~Tawalal.ifadhah
I\:"
~
one neglects a piftar
hlsHaiilsincomplete ~

Giser I~.~.~.~.~.~
 The conditions
The whichmake
conditionswhich makeHajj
Hajjobligatory
obligatoryupon
upona man
man or
or woman
womanare:
are:

A n additional
An a d d i t i o n acondition fno rthe
cio n d i t i o for t h e woman
woman

ls that
Is that she
she be be accompanied
accompaniedby by a mahram.
mahram He He is
is a man
man who
who can
can travel
travel
with her, like
with her, like a husband
husbandor or someone
someoneshe she can
can never
never marry,
marry,such
such as
as her
her
v falher, son,
father, son, brother,
brolher, milk
milk brother,
brother, stepfather,
stepfather, stepson,
stepson, daughter's
daughter's
lslanl
Islam h u s b a n detc
husband, e, t c
'Abbas,
The evidence
The evidencefor lor this is in
this is in the
the report
reportof Ibn'
lbn Abbas, that
lhat he
he heard
heard the
the
Prophet
Prophet;i ~5 say,
say,"Let not a man
"Let not man bebe alone
alone with woman unless
with a woman unless there
there is
is
mahramwith
a mahram with her,
her,and let not
and let not a woman
womantravel
kavel unless
unlessthere
thereis
is a mahram
mahram
Being
Berng of sound
sound
with
with her"
her "
mind
mind

A man
man stood
sloodup
up and
and said,
said,"0
"O Messenger
Messengerof Allah, my
of Allah, my wife
wite has
has set
set out
out for
for
Haij and
Hajj and I am
am enrolled
enrolledfor
lor such
such and
and such
such battle"
battle" He ;s told
He >ft. told him, "Go
him, "Go
Having reaChed
t-tau,ng,eacneO forth
forthand performHajj
and perform Hajjwith your wife
with your wife""
puberty
puoerry (Al-Bukhari
(AI·Bukhari andMuslim)
and Muslim)

: And
And lbn
Ibn Umar reporledthat
Umarreported thatAllah's
Allah'sMessenger
Messenger.s
;os said,
said,
Freedom
Freodom
(not being a slave)
(nat being slave) "A woman should not travel three days except with a mahram."
(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
(AI-Bukhari and

Ability (both
Abrlity (both physrcal
physical
T here a
There re m
are any h
many a d i t h sfforbidding
hadiths o r b i d d i n ga w o m a n ttoo jjourney
woman o u r n e yttoo H
Hajj orr
ajj o
finanCial)
and linancral)
otherwise wrthout
otherwrse mahram, because she is the weaker sex and may
without a mahram.
difficulties durrng
be exposed to problems and difficulties that can only a man
dunng travel thal
ccan
an hhandle
andle SShe
he mmay
ay a also
lso bbee ttargeted
argeted b byy w
wicked persons.
icked p ersons, aand
nd a
mahram orovides
mahram provides Drotectron
protecliOn for her
 iiUlJjlSS ,*j:fff
'I9
sriuEll$g

The mahram accompanYing a woman must have the rollowmg quaJlflcsUOIlS: ,..•••.. ",

IfIt there
thereisis no possibility
no possibility of her
of hertraveling
traveling withaa mahram,
with mahram,aa woman
womanwho
whoisis
tinancially
financially ableshould
able shouldinstead
instead sendaa substitute
send substitute to pertorm
toperform Hajj
Hajjon
onher
herbehalf.
behalf.
Thefollowing
The followingapplies
appliesto
to women
womenintending
intendingHajj:
Hajj:
1. For
1, For aa voluntary
voluntaryHajj (notthe
Hajj(not the obligatory
obligatoryone),
one),a woman
womanmust
musthave
havethe
the
permissionof
permission
right over
ol her
her.
her husband.
The
husband,because
husband
becauseduring
has
right over her. The husband has the
duringher
the right
rightto
her absence
absencehe
preventher
to prevent
he looses
her from
tooseshis
nrs
from performing
pertorming
...v
a voluntary Hajj.
a voluntary Hajj. Islam
tstam
2
2 A
A woman
woman may pertormHajj
may perform Hajjand Umrah as
and Umrah as a substitute
substitute for
for either
either a
a
man
man or
or another
another woman
woman, This
This is
is by
by consensus
consensus of all
all the
the scholars
scholars
Sound mind
3_.
3. lf,
If, on
on her
her way
way to Halj
Hajj a women
women begins
begins menstruation
menstruation or gives
gives birth, she S o u n d m i n d
birth, she
should
should continue
continue and
and complete
complete her her Haij
Hail and
and do everythin!
every1hing other
other women
women
do
do except
except tawaf
tawaf atat the
the Kabah.
Kabah. lfIf itit happens
happens at at tne
the tiire
time or
or ptace
place oFof
ihram,
ihram, sheshe still
still assumes
assumes ihram because purity
ihram because purity is
is not
not aa condition
condition for
for that.
that.
HPuberty
UOeny
4.
4. Before
Before ihram
ihram sheshe does
does as as aa man does·- bathing,
man does bathing, removing
removing excess
excess
hair
hair andand clipping
clipping the
the nails.
nails. She
She can
can use
use aa scent
scent that
that isis not
not noticeably
noticeably
strong.
strong, Aishah,
Aishah, Mother
Motherol of the
the Believers.
Believers, said.
said,

"We
"We used
used to
to sel
set out
out with
with the
the Messenger
Messenger of
of Allah
Allah;;;.
+aiandand smear
smear musk
musk on on
our
our loreheads
foreheads alat the
the time of ihram.
time of ihram. When
When one
one of
of usus perspireo
perspired itit would
would
run
run down
down onon her
hertace The prophet
face The a; would
Prophet;;;. would see
see itit but
but not
not forbid
forbid us ,,
us."
(Narrated
(Narratedby
byAbu
AbuDawud)
Dawud)
 5. When
5. When making
making the intention for
the intention woman musl
the woman
ihram, the
for ihram, remove her
must remove her
burqa (face
burqa (face mask)
mask) or niqab wearing it previously'
niqab if she was wearing previously_
Prophet g
The Prophet
The ~ said,
said,

r-f';t*;;;;'h';'d;;;;t*ea,.;1'"q*,f
l
:;Th~-~oman i~i;;;;m does ~ot w;;;; niqab:-li
_ _ _ __ . _. __ _ _ _ _. ---- -- I
(Al-Bukhari)
(AI-Bukhari)
:
; Instead,
Instead, she
she covers
covers her face with something else, like part of
like part her
of her

i" v
Y V',.
v
....
-.' ~
headcover
headcover or
also
or other
ulao cover her
other garment
her hands
garment when
handl=swith
when nearing
nearing non-mahram
wilh her garment
non-mahram men.men She
gloves, as
garment instead of gloves,
She can
can
lace
the face
as the
)iiidi'irv iitti^g
tightly fitting r"";'
face: and
and hands
"ou"I- should
hands should be
be concealed
concealed from unrelated whether or
unrelated men whether or not
nol she
she
_covers and gloves
gloves, is in ihram
':icovetsand
dduring
u r l n gihram
ihram ,
~."..-..'. ..-~ .'. .'" ,~,' 6. A woman In Ihram Is allowed to wear any kind of dress that IS not
'

:
: decorative, does not resemble that 0 men, is not tight showing body
shape, Is not transparent or too short, exposing the legs or arms. Her
:
t decorative and . clothing should be concealing, ample In size and width.
o".otiiu" The scholars are n agreement that women in ihrem may wear long
:'' transparent
transparent "nb . shIrts or dresses. wide panTS. headcovers, slippers or shoes, etc. 01 any
clothing
clothing
',': ... ~ t color, and are not limIted to any color such as green or while She may
wear black Dr colored garments and may change them whenever she
wishes
wtsnes
I (Refer
(Referto Al-Mughni-- 3/328)
to AI-Mughni 3/328)

j ' ' '" '1

7. ihe talbiyah following
talbiyah following
7. According
According toto the
the Sunnah,
Sunnah, the woman
woman recitesreciies the
•raising
!raisingthethevoice
voice ; ihram in a voice audible lor her to raise
het to her
raise her
' in : ihram in a v-oice audible only
only to
to herself.
herself' Itlt is
is disliked
disliked for
in the
the talbiyah
talbiyah voice for should not
she should the
recite the
not recite
lear of
voice for fear ol causing
causing distraction;
distractioni thus
thus she
adhan attention to
drawing allention to
adhan and
and iqamah
iqamah aloud
aloud either.
either, and
and when when drawing
something saying' "Subhan Allah"
"Subhan Allah".
sometning during
during prayer
prayer she
she claps
claps rather
rather that
that saying,
(AI·Mughn;
(Al-Mughni -- 2/330-331)
2/330-331)
 Duringtawal
8 During tawafthe
the woman
womanshould
shouldtake
take care
care to
to be
be completely
completelycovered,
covered,
lowerher
lower hervoice
voiceand
and her gazeand
hergaze andavoid
avoidcrowding
crowdinginto
intoand pushingmen,
and pushing men,
especiallynear
especially nearthe BlackStone
lhe Black Stoneand YemeniCorner.
and Yemeni Corner_ She
Sheshould perform
shouldperform
tawafat
tawaf at the
the outer
outeredge
edge of
of the
the circle
circleof peopte,since
of people, pushingis
sincepushing is haram
haram
andnearness
and nearnessto to the
the Kabah
Kabahandand kissing
kissingthe
the Black
BlackStone
Sloneareare only
onlysunnah
sunnah
acts;one
acts; mustnot
one must not commit whatis
commitwhat is haram
haramin in order to lulfill
orderto fulfilla sunnah.
sunnah The
The
sunnahfor
sunnah tor her
her is
is to pointto
lo point to the
the Black
BlackStone when she
Stonewhen passesitit Irom
she passes from a
distance
distance.

Womenshould
9 Women shouldwalk
walk throughout
throughouttawal
tawat and
and sai. All scholars
sai All scholarsagree
agreethatthat
thereis
there is no
no trotting
trottingfor
for them
them around
aroundthe
the Kabah
Kabahor between
betweenas·Safa
as-safaand
and al-
al-
MaMah, nor
Marwah, nor is is there
thereidhtibaa' (baring
idhtibaa(baring the
the shoulder).
shoulder)
(At-Mughni
(AI·Mughn; -- 3/334)
3/334)

10 As
10. As lor
for the menstruatingwoman,
the menstruating woman,untilunlil she
she is pure she
is pure performsall
she performs all
the rites
the rites of Hajj -- ihram,
01 Hajj ihram, staying
staying at Aralah,
Aralah, spending
spending the
the night
night inin
Muzdalifah and stoning the pillars,
Muzdalilah and stoning the pillars, butbut does
does not perform
not perform lawaf
tawal until
until she
she
has become pure
has become pure. The
The Prophet iii; said
Prophet iE said to
to Aishah:
Aishah: Trolling 0(
running
"Do whatever
"Do the pilgrim
whatever the pilgrim does
does except
except do not
not do tawaf
tawal at the
the House
House until
until
you
you are pure
pure""
(Al-Bukhari
(AI-Bukhar; and
and Muslim)
Muslim)
Nole:
Note:

lfIf a woman
woman has completed
completed her tawat
tawal and then menslruation
menstruation begins,
begins, she !
r'*'*'*'*"*'*'-
Idhliba
tAnrua :
should perform the sai in that condition
should Derform condition because does not require
because sai do€s require I :
one to b€ state of purity.
be in a state purity. t-*'-'**" ". * =^(

(Kitab
(Kilab al-Mu'minat
al-Mu'minat by
by Dr
Dr Salih
Sal;h al-Fawzan)
al-Fawzan)
 ;ifti{.;i

11
11 Women
Women are permittedto
are permitted to leave for Mina
Muzdalitahlor
leave Muzdalilah lvlinaalong with the
alongwith the
weak
weak andand ill
ill after
after the
lhe disappearance
disappearance of the
of the moon
moon and
and stone the large
stonethe large
pillarto
pillar to avoid
avoidthethe danger
danger01ot crowds.
crowds

12.
12 Women
Women cut cut lrom
trom the
the ends
ends of of their hair a
their hair a'finger's
finger's width. rs not
width. Itlt Is not
.
Leave
..
v
L€avo Muzdalilah
Muzdalilah
lor Mlna wllh
permitted

13.
13 The
cut
cut her
tdo rthem
o e r m R t efor

her hair,
hair, is
restrictions
restrictionsexcept
i h e mto

The menstruating
t o shave
s h a v etheir

partially released
is partially
except that
that she
she cannot
heads
l h e l rheads

after having
woman, after
menstruatingwoman, havingstoned
from ihram
released from
have marital
cannot have
the large
stoned the
and is
ihram and
marital intercourse
pillar and
large pillar
is freed
freed from
and
from its
with her
intercoursewith
its
her
..
the weak. and ill
husband
husbanduntil
until after
aftertawal al-ifadhahIflf she
lawaf al-ifadhah. she should
shouldallow him before
allow him that
beforethat
she
she must
mustoffer
otfera ransom (fidyah)of
ransom(fidyah) of a sheep goat to
sheepor goat to be
be slaughtered
slaughteredIn In
lvlakkahand
Makkah amongits
distributedamong
and distributed poor
its poor,

14. If
14 It she
she begins
begins menstruation
menslruationafter tawaf aHladhah,
after tawal aFifadhah,she may travel
she may travel
hair
Cui her hair
Cut upon completion01
upon completion of her
her Hajj and is
Hajj and is excused
excusedfrom performingtawal
lrom performing al-
tawaf ai,
only (not shave)
only (not shave) wada, This relatedbyby Aishah in which
which she
she said,
said,
wada This is
is based
based on
on a hadith
fladithrelated A'ishah in
"Safiyyah
"safiyyahbint
bint Huyayy
Huyayymenstruated
menstruatedafter she did
attershe lawaf aHladhah
did tawal and I
al-ifadhahand
mentioned itit to the Messenger 01 Allah
Allah r-' - He said,
He 'Has she
said, 'Has held us
she held us
mentioned to the Messengerof
back?' I said,
back?' said,'0'O Messenger
Messengerof of Allah,
Allah,she had come
she had come down [fromArafal]
down [from Arafat]
and
and performed
performedtawaf tawal at House,then
the House,
at the then she she menstruated aftertawaf
menstruatedafter al-
tawaf al·
Travel without
ifadhah.' Hee said,
i f a d h a h 'H s a i d ,'Let u s travel,
' L e tuS t h er n'" " '
t r a v e lIhe
pedorming
performIng
(Al-Bukhari andMuslim)
(AI·Bukhari and Muslim)
aI-wade ifil
tawsf al-wada
tawat
IS menskuating
she rs menSlruating And Ibn
And Abbas reported
lbn Abbas Allah's Messenger
that Allah's
reported that Messenger i-:,,... ordered the people
ordered the people to
make
m a k e ttheir
h e r r llast
a s t rrite he K
atl tthe
ite a abah, e
Kabah, except hat h
x c e p t tihat hee e x c u s e d tthe
excused he
menstruating and
menslruating and postpartum
postpartum woman
woman
(Ar-Bukhari and Musrim)
(AI·Bukhari and Muslim)
 Madinah is lhe place to which the Prophet ~
is the I*: emigrated and where he
he
settled.
settled

Within is the
Withinitit is the noble
noble Prophet's
ProphefsMasjid.
Masjid Itlt is
is among
amongthe
the three
three that
that one
one
maytravel
may travelto vtsil,as
10visit, as the
the Prophet
Prophet>E;
*it said,
said,

"One should
"One shouldnot
not make journeyexcept
makea journey exceptto
to three
threemasJids:
maslids:

this, my
this, my masjid
masiid

al·MasJld al· Aqsa

Although
Although visiting
visiting the
the Prophet's
Prophet's Masjid
Masjid is
is not
not among
among the
the requirements
requirements of
Hajj, and
Hajj, and in
in fact
fact has
has nono connection
connection whatsoever
whatsoever to to Haij,
Hajj, it
it is
is lawful
lawful and
and
desirable
desirable at any
any time
time throughout the year
throughout the year. When
When Allah
Allah has
has enabled
enabled a
person
person to
to come
come loto the
the land
land of al-Haramain (the
of al-Haramain (the two
two sacred
sacred mosques),
mosques). itit
is a recommended
recommended practice
practice for him to go to aFMadinah
for him al-Madinah al-Munawwarah
al-Munawwarah
to pray
pray in
in the
the Prophet's
Prophet's Masjid
Masjid and
and then offer greetings
then offer greetings of salam
salam to the
the
Messenger
Messenger of Allah
Allah sI~. According hadith, prayer
According to hadith, prayer in the prophet's
in the Prophet's
Masjid is better
Masjid better than thousand prayers
than a thousand prayers anywhere
anywhere else
else except
except al-Masjid
al-Masjid
al-Haram.
al-Haram.

prayers. -~J
for a prayer
for prayer in
in al-Masjid
al·Masjid al-Haram
al-Haram is worth
worth 100 thousand prayers
100 thousand
I
48
 "riJ=;J;w;J3Ig

Whenthe
When the visitor
visitorcomes to the
comesto Prophet'sMasjid:
the Prophet's Masjid:

He/sheenters
He/she with the
enterswith lhe right
rightfoot,
foot,saying,
saying,
"Bismillah,was-salatu
"Bismillah, was·salatu was-salamu
was-salamu ala rasulillah"
ala rasulillah."
~
*' (In
(ln the
the name
name ofof Allah,
Allah,and
and blessings
blessingsand peacebe
and peace be upon
upon the
the Messenger
Messenger
of
of Allah.)
Allah)
"Audhu billahil-atheemi
"Audhu billahil-atheemiwa wa bi bi wajihil-kareemi
wajihil-kareemiwa wa sultanihil-qadeemi
sultanihil-qadeemi
minash-shaytanir-rajeem
minash-shaytanir-rajeem Allahummaaftah
.. Allahumma aftahlee
lee abwaba
abwabarahmatik."
rahmatik"
(I(l seek
seek refuge
refugeinin Allah,
Allah,the
the Supreme,
Supreme,and in His
and in His noble
noblecountenance
countenanceandand
His eternal
His eternalauthority JromSatan,
authorityfrom Satan,the
the accursed... Allah,open
accursed 0O Allah, for me
open for me
the gatesof
the gates of Your
Yourmercy.)
mercy)

~
*, This
This is
is the
the correct
correctsupplication
supplicalionto
to be
be said
said upon
upon entering
enteringany
any masjid
masjid
(Narratedby
(Narrated by Abu Dawud.- saheeh)
Abu Dawud saheeh)

~enterin_g_:
Afterentenng: -----,

... One should

$f One should immediately pray two
immediately pray rakahs for
two rakahs for tahiyyatul-masjid,
tahiyyatul-mas,id,
preferablyin
preferably in the
the Rawdhah possible.Otherwise,
Rawdhahifit possible. Otherwise,hehe should prayin
shouldpray in any
any
partof
part the Masjid.
of the Masjid Then
Then he
he may go to
may go to the graveof
the grave the Prophet
of the g: and
Prophetif< and
greetshim
standfacing
stand facingit.
it He
He greets him ~
s! by sayrng: ,l
by saYing:
...
"As-salamualayka
"As-salamu alaykaayyuhan-nabiyyu
ayyuhan-nabiyyu wa rahmatullahi
wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
wa barakatuh"
(Peace be
(Peace be upon
upon you,you, 0O Prophet
Prophet and and the the mercymercy ofoJ Allah
Allah and
and His
His
blessings.)
blessings)
One may
One may also
alsosupplicate
supplicatewith witha duaa duaasuchsuchas: as:
"Allahumma
" A l l a h u m m a atihil-wasilata w a l - f a d h i l a t a wabathhul-maqamal-
a t i h i l - w a s i l a t a wal-fadhilata wabathhul-maqamal-
mahmudalladhi
mahmudalladhi waadtahAllahummajzihi
waadtah. Allahummajzihi an
an ummatihi
ummatihiafdhalal-jaza'."
afdhalal-jaza'."
(O Allah,
(0 give him
Allah, give him the right of
the right of intercession
intercessionand and thethe highest
highestrank
rank and
and
resurreclhim
resurrect him to
to the
the honored
honoredstation stationthat promisedhim.
You promised
that You him 0O Allah,
Allah,
compensatehim
compensate him for
for [service
[serviceto] to] his
hisummah
ummahwith withthe the best reward)
bestreward)
 '-' Then he
he steps to the rightto
the right to stand
standbefore
beforethe graveof
the grave of Abu
Abu Bakr
Bakr
l* Then stepsslightly
slightlyto
as-Siddiq
as-Siddiqwhere
where he greetshim
he greets him with
with salam
salam and
and supplicates,
supplicates,asking tor
askingfor
him
himAllah's mercy,forgiveness
Allah'smercy, forgiveness and approval.
and approval

{* Then
... Thenhe he steps
stepsfurther
Jurtherto
to the rightto
the right to stand
standbefore
beforethe graveof
the grave ol Umar
Umarbin
bin
al-Khattab, greelinghim
al-Khattab,greeting him with
with salam
salam and
and supplicating,
supplicating,asking for him
asking for hrm
mercy,forgiveness
Allah'smercy,
Allah's torgivenessand
and approval.
approval

Note
Not'"
It is
It is noticed
noticedthat
that some
some visitors
visitorsto
to the Prophet'sMasjid
the Prophet's Masjidcommit
commit errors
errors
which
which are
are considered
consideredamong
amongthethe blameworthy
blameworthyinnovations (bidah)that
innovations(bidah) that
have
have nono basis
basisinin the
the religion
religionand
and were
were never practicedby
neverpracticed the sahabah,
by the sahabah,
may Allah be
may Allah pleasedwith
be pleased them Among
with them, theseerrors
Among these are:..-
errorsare:" '.
.....
IlWiping
Wiping the
the hands
hands overover the grill of
the grill of the room containing
the room containing
II the
thegrave a_~~.-Cl.t~=r,
srave.,and 9tl:l!gn. of:~.:_~asJid
parts gl!l",I".tid:
--* -**"-*^-l
--'

F th~ grave during supplication,

F""i"s thd;;'aGns suppiication I
,nu correct
The way is
correctway is to
to face
face the
the Qiblah
Qiblah when supprcating
when supplIcating
,/

50
Visit the
Visit graveyard of
the graveyard of al-Baqee,
al-Baqee, which
which contains
contains the
the graves
graves ofof many
many",
sahabah,among
sahabah, amongthem
themthat
that of
of the
the third
thirdcaliph,
caliph,Uthman
UthmanbinbinAffan.
Afian.

Visit the
Visit graves of
the graves of the
the martyrs
martyrsofof Uhud,
Uhud,among
among whom whom is
is Hamzah
Hamzahbin bin
Abdul-Muttalib
Abdul-Muttalib -- may
mayAllah pleasedwith
be pleased
Allah be with all
all of
of them_
them There,
There,thethe visitor
visitor
greets them
greets them and
and supplicates
supplicatesforfor them
them The prophet ;;0;;
The Prophet gJ taught
taught his
his
companionswhen
companions when visiting gravesto
visitinggraves to say:
say:

"As-salamualaykum
"As-salamu alaykumahlad-diyari
ahlad-diyari
min al-mu'mineena
min al-mu'mineena wal-muslimeena, wa
wal-muslimeena, wa
innain
inna in sha'
sha'Allahu bikumlahiqun.
Allahu bikum lahiqun. Nasal Allaha lana
NasalAllaha lanawa
wa lakum al-afiyah,,
lakumal-afiyah."

(Peacebe
(Peace be upon you, people
upon you, peopleofof the graveyardfrom
the graveyard from the
the believers
believersand
and the
the
Muslims,and
Muslims, and we,
we, ifif Allah
Allahwills,
wills,will be joining
will be you_ We
joining you. We ask
ask of Allah for
of Allah for us
us
and you well·being
and you well-being))
(Narrated
(Narrated byMuslim)
by Muslim)
ll rs also
Ills f rom the
also from the sunnah,
sunnah,

while the
while the visitor
visitoris
is in
in Madinah,
Madinah,to go, after
to go, after making wudhu, to
makingwudhu, to the
the QUba'
euba,
Masjid, the
Masjid, first masjid
the first masjid built
built in
in Islam,
lslam, in
in order to pray
order to pray there Allah's
there Allah,s
MessengerS;
Messenger did so
>e; did so and
and encouraged
encouragedit. it. Sahl
Sahl bin
bjn Hunayf,
Hunayf,reported
reportedthat
that
lhe g said,
Prophet>E;
the Prophet said,
"Anyonewho
"Anyone purifieshimself
who purifies himselfin
in his
his house,
house,then
then comes
comes to Quba'
Ouba' Masjid
Masjid
and performsa prayer
and performs prayer therein
thereinwill have the
will have the reward
reward of an Umrah,"
Umrah "
(Na(atedby
(Narrated by Ibn Majah-- saheeh)
lbnMajah saheeh)

And
And lbn
Ibn Umar
Umar reported
reported that the Prophet
that the Prophet *! used to
>e; used to go to
to the
the Ouba'
Quba'
Masjid
Masjid both
both riding
riding and
and walking, would pray
and would
walking, and pray In
In it
it two
two rakahs
rakahs
(AFBukhari
(AI-Bukhari and
and Muslim)
Muslim)

Other
Other than
than the
the atorementioned,
aforementioned, there
there are
are no
no other
other masiids
masJids or
or
places
places recommended
recommended toto visit
visit in
in Madinah,
Madinah,
So one should nol
one should not burden
burden himselt
himself with
with trying to get
trying to get around
around to
to different
different
places
places when
when there reward in ilit.
there is no reward
Quba' Masjid
 -.

ByShaykh
By ShaykhAbdul-Aziz
Abdut-Aziz bin
binBaz.
Baz,Shaykh
ShaykhMuhammad
fi/uhammadbin
binUthaymeen
Uthaymeen and
and
ihePermanent
the Permanent Committee
Committee for
forResearch
Researchand
andtlta
lfta

Somehave
Some havegiven
givenaa fatwa
fatwathat
thatthose
thosecoming
comingfor
lorHajj
Haljbyby air
I QuestIon
I '
assumeihram
.. ,i assume ihramfrom
fromJeddah,
Jeddah,while
whileothers rejectIt.it SO
othersreject So what
air
whatisis correct
correct

lEJ··
concerning
) i concerOing thisissue?
this issue?
_
All pilgrimscoming
All pilgrims comingby by air.
arr,sea
sea and
and land
land must
must assume
assumeihramInram
fromthe
from the meeqat
meeqaloveroverwhich
whichthey pass,whether
theypass, whetherby by land,
tand,sea
seaoror air,
air,due
due
to the
to lhe saying
sayingofot the prophet
the Prophet i9;
*i when
whenhe he specified
spectfiedthe
the meeqats,
meeqats,
"They are for
"They are for those
those who
who come
come from
from them
them and
and others
others coming
comino fromfrom
beyondthem
beyond themwho
who intend
intendHajj
Hajjoror Umrah."
Umrah
(Narrated
(Narrated by
byal-Bukhari
al,Bukhariand
andMuslim)
Muslim)
Jeddah,however,
Jeddah, however,is is not
not a meeqat
meeqatfor
for those
thosecoming
comingin;in; itit is
is a
a meeqat
meeqatfor
for
its residents
its residentsand
and for whoever
whoever has
has entered
entered it without
without the
the intention
intentionof
ot Hajj
Haij
or Umrah
Umrah but
but later
later decides pertorm either
decidesto perform eitherof them from
ot them from therethere.

A man
man who
who had already performed
had already performed Hajj
Hajj made
made the
the intenlion
intention of
of another
another
I Qu Stlon ,_." Hajj
1--' Hajj for
for himself
himself
j: a relative
Then
Then he decided
relative of his while
decided to change
while he was
change his
was in Arafah
his intention
Is that
Arafah ls
intention and
that permltted
and to do it,or
permitted to
to him
him or
it for
or not?
not?
_ .. J
When aa person
When person has
has entered
entered ihram
ihram lor
for his
his own
own Hajj, he cannot
Hajj, he cannot
1,,---- change
change that
that intention
intention along the way,
along the way, inin Arafah
Arafah or
or anywhLre
anywhere else.
else. He
He
'It1'T:f
Answer
must
must complete
complete the Hajj for
the Hajj for himsell,
himself, as
as Allah,
Allah, the
the Exalted
Exalted has
has said:
said:
l ;
t/.,ii/ i,iii A-rt.
111;lAr ;JP AlJ o.-tUe-ttev
"And
"And complete
complete the
the Hajj
Hajj and
and Umrah
Umrah for Allah." (2:196)
for Altah.,' (2:196)
So
So when
when he
he enters
enters ihram
ihram tor
for himsell
himself he
he must
must complete
complete itit for
for himself
himself and
and
when he enters
when he enters ititon
on behalf
behalfotof someone
someone else
else he
he must
must complete
complete ititfor
for that
that
person
personand
and nol
notchange
change ititonce
once hehe has
hasassumeci
assumed ihram.
ihram.
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I know
My mother
My
1'"'l' 1 someone
motherdied
someonetrustworthy
know neither
neitherof
of my
when I was
died when
trustworlhyto
was very
performHajj
to perform
young and
very young
Hajjfor
for her.
parents,but
my parents,
her. My
but I heard
have arranged
and I have
My father
heardfrom
arrangedfor
tatheralso
also died
fromone
one of
for
died and
of my
and I
my relatives
relativesthat
that he
he
performedHajj.
performed Hajj Is permissible
ls itit permissible to pay someone
lo pay someoneto to do
do Hajj for my
HaJjfor my mother
mother
or do itit myself?
shouldI do
or should myself? And And should
should I do
do Hajj for my
HaJjfor my father
lather although
althoughI
heardthat
heard that he performedHajj?
he performed Hajl?

you perform
Iflf you performHajj
Hajjfor
for each
each ofof them yourselfand
them yourself and makemake the
the effort
effortto
to
.., Answer preferable. But pay someone
you pay
complete
completethe the hajj
haij correctly,
correctly,itit is
is preferable. But ifif you someone
religiousand
religious and trustworthy
trustworthyto to do
do itit on their behalf
on their behalt itit is
is also good
also good. Itl't is
is
better
betterto to do
do both
both Hajj
Hajjand
and Umrah
Umrahfor for them,
them, or to
to instruct
instructwhomever
whomeveryou you
appoint
appoint as substituteto
as a substitute to do
do so so Thus, you have
Thus, you have been been dutiful
duliful and
and
righteoustoward
righteous youi parents
towardyou:' parents MayMayAllah
Allah accept
acceptfrom
from us us and you.
from you.
and from

A woman performedHajj
woman performed Hajjand
and completed
completedall the rites
all the ritesexcept
exceptstoning
stoning
the pillars She
the pillars. She asked
asked someone
someoneto to stone
stone for
for her
her because
becauseshe had a
she had
small child
small child with her This
with her This was
was her
her obligatory
obligatory Hajj, so what
Halj,so what is the ruling
is the ruling
about that?
about that?

There is
There is nothing
nothing wrong
wrong in
in it. and stoning
it, and stoning by
by the
the substitute
substitute fullills
fulfills her
her
obligation because
obligation becausethethe crowds
crowds at the pillars
at the pillars pose
pose a great
great danger
danger to to
women,
women, especially
especially those accompanied by
those accompanied by children
children
 L permissiblefor
ls itit permissible
Is for someone requestanother
to request
someoneto anotherto performHail
to perform for
Hajjfor
I
Q
. ues1lon ["'l
" i him
himeven
eventhough
thoughhe
he is
is still
stillalive?
alive?
;
Iflf the
( •._ ..••.•••...•...•..•.•• ..J
t'"'*""'"""""'""""'-" the one who requests
one who requestsitit is is unable
unabletoto perform
performHajjHajj due
due toto the
the
iIi weaknessof
weakness old age
ot old age oror an
an illness
illnessfrom from which
which hehe is
is not
not expected
expectedto to
I recover,he
!i | ^^^...^- | recover,
'.- Answer
I himnim that
he may
tnat his
maydodo so,
his father
as the
so,as
father could
Prophetg said
the Prophet
not travel
could not
saidto*"
to one
one who
perform Hajj,
travel or perform
who complained
complainedto
Haj.i,"Perform HaI on
"Perform Hajj
lo
on
behalf
behalfof your father,
of your tather,and
and Umrah."
Umrah."And And when
whenthe
the Khatham
Khathamwomanwomansaid,
said,
"0
"O Messenger
Messengerof ol Allah, at the
Allah, at the time
time HajjHajjwas
was made
made obligatory,
obligatory,mymy father
father
was no
was no longer
longerable to do
able to do Hajj",
Haij",he g! said.
he ;Ill; said, "Perform Haiifor
"PerformHajj your father."
for your father-"

QueslJon I..·j When a man

When man dies withoutinstructing
dies without instructingin in a will that someone
will that perlorm
someoneperform
I -'"i

··--·-_.. .·
Hajj
Hajjon his behalf,
on his is his
behalf,IS his obligation
obligatron tultilledIfif his
fulfilled hisson doesItit for
son does for him?
him?
I
When
Whenhis his Muslim
Muslimson son who
who has
has already performedhis
alreadyperformed his own
own Hail
Hajidoes
does

lI I
..'l Answer
. Answer .I
other
for him,
itit for him, the
otherMuslim
tuttittthe
fulfill
Bukhari
Bukhariand
the father's
Muslimwho
father'sobligatory
who has
obligation.Itlt is
tne obligation.
Muslimthat
and Muslim
Hajjis
obligaioryHajj
performedhis
has performed
is confirmed
is thereby
hisown
therebyfulfilled.
ownHail
confirmedin
that Ibn
lbn Abbas
in the
did itit for
Hajjdid
the authentic
Likewise,ifif any
fulfilled Likewise,
him,itit would
for him,
authenticnarrations
reporteda woman
Abbas reported woman as
narrationsof
any
wouldalso
also
ot al·
saying,"0
as saying,
al-
"O
Messenger
Messengerof of Allah,
Allah,the
the obligation
obligationto
to Allah
Allahupon His servants
uponHis servantswaswas made
made
when
when my my father was an
father was an old man unable
old man unableto lo make
make Hajj
HaJjor travel,so
or travel, shall II
so shall
make
make Hajj Haji for
for him?" The Prophet
him?" The Prophet4H, said, "Yes,
#r said, pertorm Hail
"Yes, perform Haij for your
tor your
tather."
father."
IQuestion
I allowablefor
ls itit allowable
Is
". ifadhah?
ifadhah?
pilgrimto
for a pilgrim do the
to do the sai of Hajj
sai of lawaf ai-
before tawa!
Hajj before al-

, ._J ihramis
his ihram
IfIt his is for or qiran,
itrador
for ifrad then he
qiran,then sai before
the sai
do the
may do
he may tawaf
beforetawaf
g

Iy Ail
swer
I
al-ifadhah
al-ifadhah
and his
and
As for
As
whenhe
when
his companio
he does
companions who brought
ns who brought
requiressai
tamal1u ,. itit requires
for tamattu
with
with
twice:
sai twice:
al'qudum'as
tawafal-qudum,
followingtawa!
doesitit following
them
them
as did
sacrilicial
sacrificial animals
animals,
Prophet;;e;
the Prophet
did the

whenthe
First.when
First. pilgrimarrives
the pilgrim for Umrah
Makkahfor
in Makkah
arrivesin Umrah

sal
Second, for Hall. preferably dOne after tawal al-ifadhah because
Is most
normally follows lawaf. " one should do it before the tawal it
probablyalright,
probably alright,for someonesaid
when someone
for when to the
saidto Prophet'IE.
the Prophet si ,'
did sai
"l did
"I tawaf", he
be{oretawaf",
sai before said, "No
i4i said,
he iI!; problem"'
"No problem."

pilgrimon
The pilgrim
The on the day of Eed
the day five rites
perlormsfive
Eed performs as ordered:
ritesas ordered:

Stoningthe
1 Stoning largepillar
the large Pillar
Sacrificing
2 Sacrificing an animal
an animal
shorteningthe
Shavingor shortening
3 Shaving hair
the hair
Tawafal-ifadhah
4 Tawaf al-ifadhah
Sai between
5 Sai al-MaMah-- except
and al-Marwah
as-Safaand
betweenas-Safa he had
exceptifif he for the
sal for
done sai
had done the
qiran after
ifr"O or qiran after tawaf al-qudum Itlt is
tawaf al-qudum. prelerableto
is preferable follow this
to follow this
i"li of ifrad
Hajj
some of the
does some
one does
but ifil one the rites especially in
others, especially
before others,
rites before in a
ordir, but
order,
caseof
case need,itit is
ol need, acceptable
is acceptabl e. This is mercy
This is and lacililation
mercyand Allah'
fromAllah.
facilitation from
 What is the rulingabout
. What is the rUling aboul someone
someone whowho periorms
performs Umrah
Umrah for
for his
hjs falher
father
atter he
after he had
had made
made Umrah
Umrah forfor himself
hjmself by
by going
going to
to Ihe
the place
place of
of ihram
ihram inin
f\4akkah, at-Taneem? Isls his
Makkah. at-Taneem? his Umrah
Umrah valid
valid oror must
must hehe assume
assume ihram
ihram from
from

I Question ~, I
the original
the originalmeeqat?

When you
When
meeqat?

you have
have made
made Umrah
Umrah for
tor yoursell
yourself and
and areare released
released from
,-- rhram,then
ihram, then you
you wish
wish to
to do
do an
an Umrah
Umrah for
for your
your father
lather ifil he
he is
is deceased
from
deceased oror

B
unaote, you
unable, you can go to
can go to aa place
place outside
outside the
the borders
borders ofof the
lhe haram,
haram, such
such as
as
at-Taneem, and
at-Taneem, and assume
assume ihram
ihram there.
there. Itlt is
is not
not necessary
necessary for 1or you
you to
to
travel to
travel to the
the meeqat.
meeqat.

Should one pronounce

Should pronounce the Intention
intention (niyyah)
(niyyah) aloud
aloud at
at the
the time
time of
of
ihram?
ihram?

I. QuestIon 1.. A Muslim should not pronounce what he Intends except In Ihe case
f 1of Ihram, since this was done by Ihe Prophet However, for prayer and

~
._•..._. 'tawal he should not pronounce the mtention by sayIng, 'Nawayt 8n
usaJli .. (I Intend to pray) such and such prayer" or 'I Intend such and
such lawaI", for thai Is an Innovation In relrgion, and declaring IIII' a loud
voice Is worse If pronouncing the Inlenllon was lawful It would have
J Answer I been
been mademade ciear
clear by the prophet
by the Prophet to the
to the Muslim
Muslim ummah,
ummah, etther
either by by
I ! w o r d oor
word r ddeed,
e e d , aand
n d tthe
h e ppious
i o u s ppredecessors
r ecessors w would
o u l d hhave
a v e pput
u t r'It iinto
nto
practice.
practice.
Because
Because itit has
has not
not come
come down
down to
to us
us from the prophet
from the >E or
Prophet *E: or trom
from the
the
Sahabah
Sahabah we
we know
know itit is
is an
an rnnovation
Innovalion (bldah),
(bidah), and
and the
the prophet
Prophet>,;;; sato,
said,
Si
i;+-_
"The worst
!"The worst of
of atlarrs
affairs 1rn
[In retigioiij
religion] are
are tlre
the newty
newly
,":",191 ones, and every bldah is
I,nvented is missuidance,,;
misguidance."
T,9", "1! -----
----_._- "":jy,,bjdjl (Narrated by
byMuslim)
Muslim)
He *'
He ;ii also
also said,
said,
(Natrated

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i!i-sjeiT-teq:-_
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J
(AI-Bukhan and Muslim) (Al-Bukhafiand Muslim)

AAnd
n di n
inaanother
n o t h evrversion
e r s i o nf from
r o mMMuslim:
ustrm:
r@
; "Whoever does a deed not according to i
: ourpractice
our - ititisisrejected.'
practice· rejected." lI
Iau Sllon I ls it oermissibleto oerformtawafal-wadawith tawal al-ifadhahwhen
Is it permissible to perform tawal al-wada with tawaf aHfadhah when
r').i,'i a person will be leaving Makkah immedialelyand returningto his
a person will be leaving Makkah immediately and returning to his
country?
country?

I Answer after
Thereis
There is no
after stoning
stoningthe
leave,he he may
problemin
no problem

may intend
intendlawai
in lhat.
pillarsand
the pillars and completing
persondelayed
that-Iflf a person
completingthe
tawaf al-
al- wada
wada wrth
delayedlawaf
the other
tawafal-ifadhah
otherHajj
al-ifadhahand
Hajj rites
rites he
tawaf al-ifadhah
he plans
and
plansto
he does
to
leave, with lawaf al-ifadhahIflf he does
eachseparately
each separatelyhe has earned
he has earnedadditional good,but
additionalgood, but when
when hehe does
doeslawaf
tawal
al· ifadhahintending
al- ifadhah intending alsoal-wada
also al-wadaor inlendsboth
or intends togetheritit is
both together is sufficient
sufficient
for him
for him and
and hehe has
has fulfilled
fulfilledlhe
the oblig<ilion.
obliqation

Iau sllon
f
Ij I did
am a resident
I am
did not
residentofol Jeddah
performtawaf
not perform
Jeddahand
and have
tawaf al-wada
performedHajj
have performed Hajjseven
seventimes.
peoplesaid that
becausepeoplesald
al-wadabecause
times. But
that there
there IS
But
is no
no
..' wada ({arewell)
wada (farewell) for residents
for residentsof
of Jeddah. ls my
Jeddah. Is my Hall vahdor
HajJvalid or not? Inform
not? Inform
me, and
me, and may
may Allah you,
rewardyou.
Allah reward

It is required residents of Jeddah and others in the same

required of the residents
situation,
situation, such as lhe
the people of Taif,
Taif, not to leave Hajj Hajj except after tawaf
al-wada This is according
according to the Prophet's
Prophet's saying when addressingaddressing the
pilgrims: "Let
pilgrims: "Let none of you leave until
until his last riterite is at the
th€ House"
House "
(Muslim)
(Muslim)
Ibn Abbas reported
And lbn reported that the Prophet t&il!1: ',
ordered the people
ordered the people to make
make their
their lasl
last rite
rite at the
the House,
House,
but he made
but allowance for the
made an allowance the menstruabng woman.
woman.
(Al-Bukhari
(AI-Bukhari and
and Muslim)
Muslim)

Anyone
Anyone who
who neglects
neglects it
it must
must ofter
offer a sacrifice
sacrifice as ransom (fidyah),
as ransom (fidyah), which
which
is
is a seventh
seventh share
share of a camel
camel or cow,
cow, or one sheep or goat,
one sheep goat, to
to be
be
slaughtered in
slaughlered in Makkah
Makkah and and distributed
distributed among its poor.
among its poor. He
He should
should also
also
repent, ask Allah's
repent, ask Allah's forgiveness and truthtully
forgiveness and truthfully resolve
resolve not
nol to
to do it again
again
 personwas
A person performingtawaf
was performing tawaf around the Kabah
aroundthe Kabah and in the
and in lifth
the fifth
I '-'Que' bon--'-".f"',"l'}J called.
circuIt.
circuit,for
called.So
for example,
example,before
So he
beforehe
prayedand
he prayed and then
completeditit the
he completed
then stood
stoodup
up to
the iqamah
iqamahfor
to complete
completehis
prayerwas
for prayer
his tawaf.
was
Doesthe
tawal.Does the
,i' _........ .-_...... fifth
fifthcircuit
circuitcount
countfor
for him
him when
when he
he continues
continuesfromfrom where
wherehe
he stopped,
stopped,or
or
. is
is the
the circuit
circuitannulled
annulledso
so he
he must beginitit again
mustbegin againfrom
fromthe
the Black
BlackStone?
Stone?
,

y Answer I ItIt is
is correct
may begin
may
correctthat
that in
fromthe
beginfrom
in such
such a case
placehe
the place
the circuit
case the
pausedto
he paused
is not
circuit is
praywith
to pray
not invalidated
wilh the
invalidatedand
the imam.
imam.
and he
he

We livp in Australia.
Wc live Ailslralia and
and every
everu year
vpar a large arorrn of Australian
l1rdc grQUp Ar/stralian
f-
._
.I:.====.,1
Duestlon Muslims perlorm the obllgalory Hail· We travel from Sydn y, and the
first landing point for us could be anyone of three' Jeddah. Abu DhabI
• or BahraIn. Whe is our meeqal? Do w assume Ihrem from Sydney

~
or from some other pJac ?

Neither Sydney, Abu Dhabi or Bahrain Is a meeqal lor Hall or Umrah

Answer Nor is Jeddah a meeqat for those from outsIde like you; rather. 11 Is a
meeqat for Its nes dents You should assume Ihram at the first meeqat
you pass
you pass over
over by
by air
air on your way
on your way to
to Makkah. The Prophet
Makkah. The Prophet~ said upon
4&said upon
designating
designating the
the meeqats,
meeqats,
"They are
"They for those
are for who come
those who from them
come from lhem and
and those who come
those who from
come from
beyond themwho
beyondthem who intend
intendHajj
Hajjor
or Umrah."
Umrah."
(AFBukhari
(AI-Bukhari Muslim)
andMuslim)
and

You
Youcan canask
ask one
one of the airline
of the airlinecrew
crewtoto inform you before
informyou approachingitit and
beforeapproaching and
you make
ifif you makethe intenlionto
the intention to enter ihramfor
enter ihram for Hajj
Hajjor Umrahand
or Umrah recitethe
and recite lhe
talbiyah beforethe
talbiyahbefore the meeqat
meeqatfor for fear
lear of
of crossing
crossingitit without
withoutihram,
ihram,itit is
is alright
akight
Preparationfor
Preparation lor ihram
ihram by by removing
removinghair,
hair, bathing
bathingandand wearing
wearingthe ihram
the ihram
garmentscan
garments canbebe done
donein in any place,even
anyplace, evenat homebefore
at home beforesetting
settingout.
out.
 I Question! '
f---' _.._.._..
What is the
What
both Umrah
the ruling
Umrah and
ruling about
and Hajj,
Hajj, but
someone who
about someone
did not
but did
who entered
slaughter a sheep
not slaughter
for qlran,
Ihram for
entered ihram qlfan, ii.e.,
Ihe poor
feed the
sheep or feed
e'
poor or
or
both
fast? Then
fast? Then he left
left Makkah after the
Makkah after Hajj was
the Hajj over and
was over far from
and is now lar from al-
al·
Masjld al-
Masjid al- Haram
Haram and
and the sacred places
the sacred places

Ii Answer
He must
He must slaughter
slaughter a sacrificial
Mukarramah or else
Mukarramah else appoint
animal for
sacrificial animal his qiran
for his qiran Haij
substitute lo
trustworthy substitute
appoint a lrustworthy to do it
Makkah al-
in Makkah
Hajj in
for him
it for
al-
him and
and
distribute the meat
distributelhe to the
meat to poor there
the poor He may
there. He from itit and
eat from
may eat give some
and give some
to
to whomever
whomeverhe he wishes.
wishes. IfIt he is unable
he is unabletoto offer the sacrifice
otferthe sacrificehe he should
should
fast
fastten
ten days.
days,

I h A
A pilgrim
pilgrimcompleted
compietedall pillarsand
the pillars
all the requirements
and requirements of Hajj
of except
Hajjexcept

1--
Queshon lawaf
tawafal-ifadhah
al-ifadhahandandal-wada.lf
al-wada.lfhe he did tawafal-ifadhah
did tawaf al-ifadhah on lastday
the last
on the of
dayof
his
his Hajj, whichisis the
Haij,which the second
secondday day ofof tashreeq. not do
did not
but did
tashreeq,but tawa{al-
do tawaf al-
wada,saYing
wada. iaying that
thatone tawafisis sufficient.
onetawaf sufficient, while is not
he is
whilehe fromthe
notfrom people
thepeople
of
ot Makkah
Makkahbut but from
fromanother
anothercity in the
city In Kingdomof
the Kingdom of Saudi
SaudiArabia, what
Arabia,what
s h o u l dhe
should h edo?
do?

Iflf the
the case
case is
is as
as described
describedand al-ifadhahwas
tawal al-ifadhah
and tawaf performed
was performed
immediately
immediately before
beforehis departure,itit also
hisdeparture, sufficesas
alsosuffices tawafal-
as tawaf wada,as
al-wada, as
pillars

y Answer I
long
longas ashehehas
hasfinished
finishedstoning thepillars
stoningthe
 Ia~ liOn ~: performed Hajj
II performed
A r a f a h . Must
, Arafah. l M u s tII do
HaJlas
d o sai
as Ifrad
ifrad and
s a i again
and did
a g a i n following
did ttawaf
awal and
f o l l o w i n gtawaf
and sai
sai before
t a w a f al-ifadhah?
at-ifadhah?
before the
the stay
stay In
in

-I" -_'-'=1'" One who

One who intended
intended HajjHajj as
as ifrad
i{rad (Without
(wrthout Umrah)
Umrah) or qiran (Hajj
or qiran (HaJjandand
r _
o::':
,Umrah
l
Umrah together)
together) and and then
then went
. I Answe_r,:,' remained in Ihram without cutting
remained in thram wrthout
went to
to Makkah,
l\,4akkah,
cutting the hair -
performed
performed tawal
hair - that
ihal sai
sai is
tawaf and
and sai
is suHicient
sai and
sufficienr and
and
and he ne
L-. does not have to
not have to do sai sai again.
agarn.When he does tawaf al-ifadhahal-ifadhahthe the day
day of
of
Eed or
Eed or alter,
afler, itit is
is sufficient [without sail
sufficient lwithout sai] as long as he has not released
long as he has not reteased
himself from ihram
himself ihram until
until the day of sacrifice (Eed). Or, when
sacrifice (Eed). Or, when ne nas he has
brought with
wtth him the sacrificial
sacrificial animal
animal and does not not release
release himself
himselt trom
trom
ihram of Hajj
the ihram Hajj and Umrah until untit Eed day,
day, then the the first
tirsl sai
sai is
is suHicient
sufticient
and there
lhere is no need for him to do a second one. one. The second sai is only
The second sai is only
tor
for tamattu,
tamattu, when the person had released released himself from ihram ihram after
afier
Umrah and assumed jt it once again for HajjHajl He must then do a
must then do a sar torsai for
Hall
Hajj as well as the sai for Umrah

1Question ~ What
What is
iintending
n t e n d i n gH
is thethe ruling
a j joorr U
Hajj
ruling about
Umrah?
mrah?
about someone
someone who
who qoes
goes to
to Makkan
Makkah wrthout
without

Anyone
Anyone goinggoing toto Makkah
Makkah without
without that
that intent,
intent, such
such asas aa salesman,
salesman,
office
oHice worker,
worker, postai
postal worker,
worker, driver
driver or
or others
others who
who have
have business
business rnere
there --
such people
such people are are not
not required
required toto assume
assume ihram
ihram unless
unless thev
they wish
wish to.
to. This
This
is
is understood
understood from from the
the Prophet's
Prophet's statement
statement about
about the meeqats: ,,They
the meeqats: "They
are
are for
for those
those who
who come
come {romfrom them
them and
and those
those who
who come
come from
from beyond
beyond
them
them whowho intend
intend Halj
Hajj oror Umrah,,
Umrah" So So one
one who
who crosses
crosses aa meeqar
meeqat nornot
intendlng
intending Hajj
Hajj or
or Umrah
Urnrah does
does notnot need
need ihram,
ihrarn, and
and that
that is
is mercv
mercy andand
facilitation
facilitation From
from Allah
Allah toto His
His servants.
servants.
I.. ~u~
..es
... on. ..L.,: What
I i:unable
unable to
the pilgnm
should the
What should
to offer
pilgnm of
offer aa sacrifice
sacrifice (hadi)?
(hadi)?
and qiran
tamat1u and
of tamattu when he
do when
qiran do he ls
IS

When he
When he is
is not
not able
able to
to otler
offer the
the hadi he must
hadi he fast three
must tasl days during
three days Hajj and
during Haij and
Answer seven days
seven days whenwhen hehe returns
returns toto his family He
his family He has concerning the
choice concerning
has aa choice the three
three
days -- ifif he
he wishes
wishes he can
can fast
fast them day or
before Eed day
them betore or if he wishes he can last
wishes he can fast
days
them on
them on the the three
three days
days of
of tashreeq Allah has said.
tashreeq Allah said.
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But ifif you prevented' then
are prevented, then
"And complete
complete the the Hajj
Hajj andand Umrah
Umrah for for Allah
Allah Bul
[offer] anrmals And And do do notnot shave
shave
lotfer] what
what can can be be obtained
obtained with with ease ease of of sacrificial
sacriJicralanimals
your heads until
your'neaOs unhl the
the sacrificial
sacrificialanimal animal has reached its
has reached place of
ils place slaughler And
of slaughter And
whoever
whoever among among you you is is ill
ill or
or has has an an ailment
ailment of the head
of the head [making
lmakrng shaving shavlng
necessary. charityor or sacnfice
sacnfice And And when when you you
necessary,must musi offer]
offerl aa ransom
ransom of of tasting
fastingor or charity
are secure, then then whoever
wholver performs
perlorms Umrah lollowed by
Umrah followed by Hajj
Hajtloffers]
loflers]whatwhat can can bebe
"r"
obta """r*.
obtainedi n e dwith
w i t hease
e a s eofo fsacrificial
s a c r i | i c i animals
a l a n i m a |And
s A n dwhoever
w h o e v ecannot
r c a n n ofind
t f i n[or
d l oafford
ratford
one]
onel -- then
then aa fast fast of
of three
three days days during
during Hall Haiiand
and seven
seven whenwhen youyou have returned
have returned
[home] lor those lamily is
whos€ tamily
those whose is not in
not in
lhome] Those Those are are ten
ten complete
compiete [days] ldays] This This is
is for
the know that Allah is
thatAllah is severe
severein in
ine area
area of of al-Masjid
al-l,,4asjid al-Haram
al-Haram And And fearfearAllah,
Allah,and
and know
penalty"
p e n a l t y " (2:
( 2 196)
:196)
And
And ininsaheeh
saheehal-Bukhari,
al-Bukhari,both bothAishah
Aishahand and Ibn
lbn Umar related:
Umarrelated:
";'l'asl1ng
"FElling the aays OfiiiShreeq'was'iiOf
iF-days of ta-fiieeq was noi aff6'wea-exeepT"1
Allbwed-excepl
I to
to those
those whowho could
could not not obtain
obtain aa sacrificial
sacrilicial animal (hadi)" i
animal (hadi)"
ItItisispreferable Day of
the Day
beforethe ofArafah, and he
Arafah,and he
Dreferableifilone
one can
can fast
fastthe
thethree
threedays
days before
should gi stayed
Prophet:lit
the Prophet slayedinIn
shoutdnot notbe be fasting
fastrngon on the Dayof
the Day ol Arafah
Arafah because
becausethe
Arafah
Arafahwithout
withoutfasting
fastingand and he
he forbade fastingon
forbadefasting on the Day of
the Day of Arafah those
forthose
Arafah for
who
who are are inin Arafah
Arafah The The three
three days
days can
can be lasted either
be fasted consecutivelyor
either consecutively or
separately
separatelyand andthat
thatisistrue
trueofofthe
theseven homeas
sevenatathome Allahdid
well Allah
aswell notstipulate
didnot stipulate
they
theybe befasted
tastedconsecutively
consecutivelybut onlysaid:
butonly sald: J .// • \ /.,- 41 1'-
"And
"Andseven
sevenwhenwhenyouYouhavehavereturned".
returned". ~.>\ •• Ih*,"1."_~!l
...,.....J
I •• ~63~
For
For oneone unable
unabletoto obtain
obtain aa hadi,
hadi,fasting
fastingIS prelarable to
asking
askrngpeople
peopletotoprovide
provideoneoneforforhim
hlmtotoslauahter.
sla ~~-'
r~ ~I~I
III'
 I Qlies ,on
t ~ ' 'i
. 'j or
lsItrtallowable
Is
ordelay
allowable
delayititatatthe
foraa woman
for
thetime
timeof
womanto
of Hajj?
Hajj?
to use pillsto
usepills preventher
toprevent hermonthly
monthlyperiod
period

{-- . . .....i
i m Itlt is
is allowable
allowablefor
for aa woman
womanto to use
usepills
pillsto
to prevent
preventmenstruation
menstruation when
when
'..1 she fears
fears itit at
at that
that time.
iime. But
Answer I she
i'1-A-n-s-w-e-r-1 But itit should
shouldbe be after
alter the
the consultation
consuttationofot aa
medicalspecialist
medical specialist for the
for protection
the protection of
of her
her health.
health. She
She may
may also
also use
use
themin
them in Ramadhan
Bamadhanifif she pretersto
sheprefers to fast
fastalong
alongwith
wilhthe
theother
otherpeople.
people.

I Question
f What IS
-.. ihramj
"',
;
ihraml at
is the ruling
al a time
ruling about
time other
about someone
other than
someone who comes to
than the months of Hajj?
HajJ?
to a
a meeqat
meeqat[for
lfor

Y-~nswer
..,' Onewho
One who approaches
approaches a meeqat
meeqatdoes
doesso
so in
in one
oneof
of two
two conditions:
conditions:

..l.. He
He arrives
arrives there
there outside
oufside ot
of the
the months of Hajj,
months Hajj,
ch as
such as in
in Ramadhan
Ramadhan or Shaban.
Shaban. The The sunnah
sunnah forfor him
him is is lo
to assumo
assume
ihram
ihram lor
for Umrah,
Umrah, intending
intending itit in
in his
his heart
heart and saying, ',Labbayk
and saying, "Labbayk for for
Umrah",
Umrah", and
and continuing
continuing to recite
recite the
the talbiyah
talbiyah otten
often until
until he
he reaches
reaches the
the
Kabah. There,
Kabah. There, he ceases
ceases the
the talbiyah,
talbiyah, makes
makes a tawaf
tawaf ot
of seven
seven circuits,
circuits,
prays
prays two rakahs
rakahs behind
behind Maqam Ibrahim, pertorms
Maqam lbrahim, performs seven
seven trlDs
trips of
of sai
sai
between
between as-safa
as-safa and
and al-Manryah
al-Marwah andand lhen
then shaves
shaves the
the hair
hair of
of his
his head
head oror
shortens
shortens itit. By
By that
that he has
has completed
completed his his Umrah
Umrah andand isis freed
freed from
from all
all
the
the restrictions
restrictions of
of ihram
ihram,

[2.~ He anives
f2.'He arrives at at the
the meeqat
meeqat during
during the
the months
months ot of Hajj,
Hajj,
which
which are
are Shawwat,
Shawwal, Dhul-Qadah
Dhul-Qadah and and the.tirst
the first ten
ten ot
of DnuFHiliah.
Dhul-Hijjah. He He can
can
choose
choose between
between three three things:
things: Hajj
Hajj alone,
alone, Umrah
Umrah alone
alone oror ioininq
joining them
them
together.
together. When
When the the Prophet
Prophet E: reached the
;@ reached the meeqat
meeqat in in Dh;FOa;ah
Dhul-Qadah for for
the
the Farewell
Farewell Haj.j,
Hajj, hehe gave
gave hishis companions
companions aa choice choice between
between rnese
these
three. The
three. The sunnah
sunnah for for one
one who
who is is not
not bringing
bringing with
with him
him aa sacriticial
sacrificial
animal
animal is
is to
to enter
enter ihram
ihram lor
for Umrah,
Umrah, and and dodo as mentioned previouslv
as mentioned previously for for
the person
the person crossing
crossing aa meeqat
meeqat outside
outside the the months
months of of Hajj,
Hajj, Oecause
because tne the
Prophgt
Prophet g;iii;; ordered
ordered his his companions
companions as as they
they approached
approached Makkah
Makkah to to
make
maketheir
their ihram
ihram forfor Umrah,
Umrah, andand stressed
stressed that.
that.
 I
My mother
My mother is is advanced
advanced in in age
age and wants to to perform
perform Hajj.
HajJ but
but there
there is
is
'r
OUBlloon .'; no
no mahram
mahram for lor her In in her country.
country. To To bring
bring a mahram wouldwould cost
cost aa large
large
. .:j s u m
sum ofo f money,
m o n e y , so
s o what i s the
w h a t IS t h e ruling
r u l t n gin
i n such
s u c h a case?
case?

Hajlis
Hajj is not
not an
an obligation
obligationfor
for her
her because
becauseitit isis not permissiblefor
not permissible tor her
her to
to
Vavelto
travel to Hajj
Hajjwithout
withouta mahram
mahramwhether
whethershe
she is is young
youngoror old
old Iflt a mahram
mahram
is avarlableshe
is aVailable she should performHajj,
should perform Hajj,but
but ilii she
she dies
dies without
withoutdoing
doing soso
someoneshould
someone shouldmake
make Hajj
hajj on
on her
her behalf
behallusing
usingwealth
wealthfrom
from herher estate.
eslate
Otherwise,ifif someone
Otherwise, someonevolunteers
volunteerstoto use
use his
his own wealth to
own wealth to perform
performHajjHajj
for her
for her itit is goodand
is good and righteous.
nghteous.

I Cues Ion h W h e nis

When
Are
i s Iti t p
Are there
there days
e r m i s s i b ltto
permissible
days when
when it it is
eo a p p o i nat ssubstitute
appoint
is not
not allowed
allowed to
u b s t i t u ttto
to appoint
eo sstone
t o n etthe
appoint a substitute?
hep
substitute?
pillars?
illars?

·---'_.1 It is permissible
It permissible to to appoint
appoint a substitute
substitute forfor rami
rami (stoning)
(stoning) ofof all
all the
the
pillars
pillars lor
for one
one who
who is is ill
ill or weak,
weak, tor fhe pregnant
for the pregnant woman
woman who who fears
fears
1 harm,
harm, lorfor lhe
the nursing
nursing woman woman or who who hashas no one one toto stay
stay with
with her
her
I Answer
I children,
children, for
some
for the
reason
the elderly
elderly man
perform
some reason perform rami
lor
for him/her
him/her The The substitute
man or woman
rami. AIso,
substitute stones
woman and
Also. the
stones first
and any
the guardian
any others
others who
guardian of a young
first Jor
lor himself
himself and
who cannot
young child
and then
cannot lor
child stones
then for
for the
stones
the other
for

other
person each pillar
person at each pilfar unless
unless he has has already
already stoned
stoned for hrmself
himself that
that day,
day,
in which
which case
case he does does not not begin
begin with
with himselt
himself. However,
However, it is only only
permrssible
permissible to appoint
appoint someone
someone who who is performing
perfonming HajjHajj. Anyone
Anyone not not
performing
performing HajlHajj may
may not not act
act as a substitute
substitute forfor the
the stoning,
stoning, andand if he
does,
does, it wrll
will not
not fulfill
fulfilf the
the duty the person
of the
duty ol person whowho appointed
appointed himhim.
 lI ssometimes
o m e t i m e srread a l s e e r so
e a dttalseers oft tthe
he Q u r a nw
Our'an h i l en
while o t iinn a p
not u r esstate,
pure l a t e ,a
ass

I Ouest n
I l. during
during the monthly period,
the monthly period, {or example Am
for example Am I to
to be blamed for
be blamed for that
that and
and

rr;:1
. :: have
have I earned
earnedany any sin by It?
sin by it?

There
There isis no problem in
no problem the menstruating
in the menstruatingor poslpartumwoman
or postpartum woman
reading
readingbooks
books01of talseer,
tafseer,or inin reciting the Our'an
recitingthe Qur'analoud touching
withouttouching
aloudwithout
the
the mas-hat (whichcontains
mas-hal(which the words
only the
containsonly of Allah),
words of accordingto
Allah),according to the
the
most
mostcorrect
correctview
view of
of the
the scholars personwhose
However,a person
scholars However, impurityis
whoseimpurity is
due
due toto marital
maritalintercourse
intercourseor or ejaculation
eiaculalionshould not recite
shouldnot recitethe Our'anat
the Our'an at
all,
all, excepting
exceptingseparate verses,until
separateverses, until he takes a bath
he takes bath (ghusl) was
(ghusl) Itlt was
confirmed
confirmedabout
aboutthe Prophet~
the Prophet he was
that he
H that not kept
was not from reciting
kept from the
recitingthe
Our'an
Our'anby by anything
anythingexcept janabah(sexual
exceptjanabah (sexualimpurity)
impurity)

I Question
Ouestion
. l i
II wore face mask
wore aa face
, p"r*itt"d. What
I ,permitted. WhatISis the
during Umrah
mask during
the expiation forthat?
expiationfor that?
withoutknowing
Umrahwithout that itit is
knowingthat is not
not

Since
S i n c ethe
t h e face
f a c e mask, w h i c hIS
m a s k ,which t h e niqab,
l s the i s among
n i q a b ,is a m o n gthe things
t h e things
Answer prohibitedduring
prohibited ihram,the
duringihram. the woman
womanwho wearsitit must
who wears mustoffer ransom
ofteraa ransom
(fidyah).That
(fidyah). Thatmeansmeanseither
eitherto slaughteraa sheep
to slaughter sheepor goat,feed
or goat, feedsix poor
sixpoor
peopleor
people or fast
fast three
threedays.
days. But that isis on
But that the condition
on the conditionthat that she had
she had
knowledge
knowledgeof of itit and remembered,
and remembered, so ifif she
so woreitit out
she wore out of ignoranceof
of ignorance of
the
therUling
rulingor or while
whilehaving forgottenits
havingforgotten prohibition
itsprohibition or that
or thatshe
shewaswasinin the
the
state
stateof
of ihram,
ihram,there ransom. Itlt isis only
no ransom.
thereisis no for someone
onlyfor someonewho doesitit
who does
deliberately.
deliberately
i tiij_j,) ,
ItIt has
has been
been related
related that
that the
the Prophet
Prophet *! said, .The
~ said, "The best is that
supplication is
best supplication that on
on lhe
the
Day of Aralah and the best of whall and the prophets belore me has said Is;
La lIaha Ill-Allahu w hdahu la 5harOp. a Iah. La!1ul-rTlul U wa lahul-lla1lldu wa
hu",a ala ulll shay'1I1 qad ,"
(The,a Is no gad but Allah alone wnh no parmer. H,s IS the dominoon and His Is all
praise and and He isis over
over allall things
things mmpetent
competent))
Ha Is also reported to have said. Tile most beloved words to Allah are fou,'
Subhan·AIIah. al-harndullliah. la lIaha III-Allah and Allahu akbar
Therefore, one should
Therefore, repeat these words otten
should repeat humbleness and presence
often with humbleness presence
of heart.
of heart. He should
should mention
mention Allah supplicate him with words lrom
Allah and supplicate from the Qur'an
Our'an
and Sunnah
Sunnah at all all times,
times, but especially this great day of Arafah,
especially on this choosing the
Arafah, choosing the
mO!lI comprehensive words 01 duu' and dhll<r, among which a,e:
Subhan-Allahl wa tHhamdlhl. subhan-Allahll-alheem. (I glorify Allah and WIth
pl8lge of Him, I glorify Allah. !he Great)
La lIaha Ilia anta subhanaka, Innf kuntu m,nalh-lhalim n. (There is no god but
You, I glorify You Indeed. I have be n emong the wrongdoers.)
La tlaha III-Allah. Wa la nabudu ilia Iyyah. lahun-nimetu wa lahul-fadhlu we
lahuth-thanaul-hasan (There is no god but Allah. We worship none but Him.
His Is the blessing and His Is the favor and for H m.s beautllul praise.)
La lIaha Ill-Allahu mukhllseena lahud-deena wa lau l<atihaH\aflrun (There is no
geld but Allah; we are slllcera to Him In religIon although the unbeli8\l0fS disflke I )
La haula wa la quwwata tlla blllah (Th Ie Is no power and no slrength llCeP!
through
throughAllah.)
Allah.)
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fil-akhiratihasanatan qina adhaban-
wa qina adhaban-
9 Rabbana
Rabbana atinaatina fid-dunya
fid-dunyahasanatan
hasanatanwa wa fil-akhiratl
nar.
nar. (Our
(Our Lord,
Lord, give
give us us in in this
this world what is
world what good and
is good and inin the
the Hereafter what is
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respond to you' Indeed,
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disdain
disdainMyMyworship
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willenter
enterHell
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said. "Your
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and generous; He Isis
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toHim, toreturn themto
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direct response to his
his supplication
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the accumulation
accumulation01 its
of its
reward
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or self
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and supplicating
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three times
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during supplication
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with Allah
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forgive me and so-and-so".

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to Allah
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attributes,or
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or the
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of a righteous
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alive
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are all halal

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for anything
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or for ties of
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the believersupplicates
supphcates to his Lord
to his Lordat
al all
all times
timesand places,
and places,
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andAllah is near
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to His
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of the when he
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let them
let them respond
respondto to Me
Me and
and believe in Me
belrevein Me that
that they
they may
may be rigtitly
be rightly
g u i d e d" (2:186)
guided." (2:186)

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However, the aforementioned
aforementioned conditions
conditionsand placesare
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tor Arafat,
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and other
other places where duaa is
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recommended.
recommended.

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O Allah,
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worldlyhfe,
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calm my
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on my
my fears
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life, my family
fears 0
my right
righl and
family and
pardon and
You pardon
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Allah, protect
O Allah,
and on
on my
my left
left and
and well-being
my property.
protectmeme from
and from
O Allah,
trom in
in front
from above
within my religion,
well-being within
property.0 Allah,conceal
frontof
above me.
concealmy
of me
me and
me. And
religion,my
my faults
my
faults and
and
from behind,
and from
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behind,
refuge in
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Yourgreatness from being
beingslain
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trom below.
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grant
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me soundness
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my sight.
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from poverty
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in my
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and from
from
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the punishment ot the grave- There
the grave. Thereis is no god but
no god You. 0
but You. O Allah, You are
Allah,You are
my
my Lord;
Lord; there
there is is no god but
no god but You.
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created me me andand I am
am Your
Your
servant,
servant, andand I uphold
uphold Your
Your covenant
covenant andand [my] promise to
[my] promise You as much
to You much
as
as I amam able.
able. I seekseek refuge
refuge inin You
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from the
the evil have done.
evil I have done. I
acknowledge
acknowledgebefore before YouYou Your
Yourfavor
lavor upon
upon me me and
and I acknowledge
acknowledgemy sin, sin,
so
so forgive
forgiveme.me. For indeed,none
For indeed, nonecan forgivesins
can forgive sins except
exceptYou.
You. 0 Allah,I
O Allah,
seek
seek refuge
refuge inin You
You from
lrom anxiety
anxiety and
and sorrow,
sorrow, I seek reluge in
seek refuge in You
You from
from
inability
inabilityand
and laziness,
laziness,and from stinginess
and from stinginessandand cowardice,
cowardice,and and I seek
seek
refuge
re{uge inin You
You from
trom being
being overcome
overcome by by debt oppressed by
debt or oppressed men, 0
by men. O
Allah,
Allah,make
make the
the start
start of
of this
this day
day amendment,
amendment,its ils middle prosperityand
middleprosperity and
its
ils end
end success.
success. And ask of You
And I ask You the good of
the good of both
both this
this world
world and
and the
lhe
Hereafter,
Hereafter,0O most
most merciful
mercifulof ot the
the merciful.
merciful.

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Allah I ask
ask of
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death,the
II
of You
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[my] acceptance
the bliss
blissof
of looking
lookingat
after an
an occurrence,
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al Your noblecountenance
pleasant life
occurrence,a pleasant
countenanceand
and the
life after
afler
longingto
the longing to
meet
meet You
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withoutharmful
harmfuladversity
adversityoror having
havingbeen
been misled. And I seek
misled And seek
refuge in
refuge in You
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trom doing
doing wrong
wrong or being
being wronged,
wronged,from
from transgressing
transgressingor
being
beingtransgressed
transgressedagainst
againstand
and from committingan
from committing an offense
otfenseoror sin that
sin that
you will
you will not
not forgive.
forgive.

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seekrefuge
refugeinin You
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from being
beingreturned
returnedto to decrepit
decrepitold
old age.
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o Allah guideme
guide me to
to the
the best
bestdeeds
deedsand
andmorals;
morals;none guidesto
noneguides to the
the best
bestof
of them
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exceplYou,
except You AndAnd divert
divertfrom
from me
me the
lhe evil
evil ones;
ones; none
none cancan divert
divertthem
them
from me
from me except
exceDtYou.
You

Make good for

Make good for me
me my
my religion,
religion,make
make my
my home
home spacious
spaciousand
and bless
blessfor
for
o Allah me my
me provision. 0
my provision. Allah, I seek
O Allah, seek refuge
refuge in you from
in You from harshness,
harshness,
heedlessness,humiliation
heedlessness, humiliationand
and need.
need AndAnd I seek
seek refuge
refuge in you from
in You from
disbelief,disobedience,
disbelief, disobedience, schismand
schism and showing
showingoff And I seek
off And seek refuge
retugeinin
You from
You from becoming
becomingdeaf
deaf and
and dumb,
dumb, and
and from
from leprosy
leprosyand the worst
and the worst
illnesses
illnesses

Grant my
Grant soul consciousness
my soul consciousness of You and purify
You and it; you
purify it; You are
are the
the best to
best to
o Allah purity
purify it.
it. You
You are its patron
are its patron and
and its
its Lord.
Lord. O a Allah,
Allah, I seek
seek reluge in you
refuge in You
from
from knowledge
knOWledge that
that has
has no
no benefit,
benefit, from
from a heart
heart that
that is not
not humble,
humble,
from
from a soul
soul that
that is not
not satisfied
satisfied and
and irom
from a supotication
supplication that
that is not
not
answered,
answered.

I seek
seek refuge
refuge in
in You
You trom
from the
the evil
evil of what
what I have
have done
done andand from
from the
the evil
evil
o Allah of what
what I have
have not
not done
done O 0 Allah,
Allah, I seek refuge in you
seek refuge You from
from the
the
cessation
cessation of Your
Your tavors,
favors, lrom
from a change
change in the
the well-being you
well'being You have
have
granted,
granted, from
from Your
Your sudden
sudden vengeance
vengeance and
and from
from all
all that
that angers you
angers You.

I seek
seek refuge
refuge in You
You from
from destruction
destruction and
and decline
decline and
and from
from drowning,
drowning,
o Allah being
being burned
burned andand senility.
senility. And
And II seek
seek retuge
refuge in
in You
You lrom
from being
being slruck
struck by
by
Satan
Satan at
at the
the time
time of
of death
death. And
And II seek
seek refuge
refuge in you
in You from
from aa lethal
lethal snake
snake
bite and II seek
bite and seek refuge
refuge in
in You from greed
You from greed becoming
becoming characteristic
characteristic.

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I seek refuge in You
You from
from bad deeds, desiles
manners, deeds'
bad manners, and illnesses.
desires and illnesses.

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o Allah
And I seek
And
_ _ _ _ _ men
men and
seek refuge
and lhe
You from
refuge in You
the malicious
malicious rejoicing
overwhelming debt,
from overwhelming
rejoicing ot
of enemies
enemies.
oppression of
debt, the oppression

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Make good for
for me
me my
my religion, which is the
religion, which safeguard of my aflairs,
the saleguard affairs,
o Allah within which IS my
which is my livelihood, make good
livelihood, make good for
I
_ _ _ _~.
make good
make
me my
me
in all
in
good for

all ihat
for me
my afterlife
me my

is good,
that is
world within
my world
afterlife to which
which is
good, and
my return
is my
and make death for
make death
And make
return. And make life
me relief
for me
life for
relief from
from all
me an
for me an increase
that is
all that is evil.
for
increase
My
evil. My
Lord,
Lord,assist
assistme not assist
and do nOl
me and assist[others] againstme,
[otherslagainst me, and supportme
and support me
and
and do do not
not support
support [others] against me
[others] against me GuideGuide me me and tacilitate
and facilitate
guidance
guidancefor for me
me

Make
Make meme one
one who
who constantly
constantlyremembers You, is
remembersYou, is constantly gralefulto
constantlygrateful to

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accept my
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and constantly
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my
to my
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direct my tongue
and
and remove
removeresentment
resentmentfrom
from my breast
my breast

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o
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Allah
I ask
ask You
Youto
to raise
my chastity
my
raisemy
chastityand
my repute,
andforgive
repute,remove
forgivemy
removemy
my sin.
sin.
my burden, puritymy
burden,purify my heart, guard
heart,guard

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o
I
Allah
family,
. ' - - - - - - ' the
You to
I ask You

the highest
to bless
family, my hfe,
bless my hearing,
lite, my work
highest degrees
hearing, my sight,
work and
degrees in
and to
to accept
in Paradise
Paradise
sight, my form,
accept my good
form, my character,
good deeds
deeds And
charactet my
And I ask
ask of
my
you
of You

seek refuge
I seek refuge inin You
You from
from the distress
distress of trial,
trial, from
from the
the lowest
lowest level
level of
o Allah misery, from
misery, from the peruersity of fate
the perversity late and
and from
trom the
the malicious
malicious rejoicing
of
rejoicing of
of
enemies. 0
enemies O Allah,
Allah, turner
turner of
ol hearts,
hearts, make my heart
heart firm
lirm in your religion.
in Your religion.
oO Allah,
Allah, director
directorof hearts,
hearts, direct
direct our
our hearts
hearts to
to obedience you.
obedience of You.

Give increase and

Grve us increase and not
not decrease,
decrease, honor
honor us us and do notnot despise
despise us,
us,
oO Allah
Allah grant us
grant us and do not deprive
deprive us, preler us and
us, prefer and do not
not prefer
prefer [others]
lothers] over
over
us. O Allah, make good
us. 0 Allah, make good the the results
results of all
alt our
our affairs
atfairs and
and protect
protect us
us from
trom
drsgracein
disgrace in this
this world
world and
and punishment
punishmentin in the
the Hereafter.
Hereafter

Apportion to
Apportion to us a fear
fear of You
You that
that wilt
will prevent
prevent us fromfrom disobeying you,
disobeying You,
o Allah and obedience
] and obedience to to You
You that
that will
will convey
convey us us to your Paradise,
to Your paradise, and
and certain
certain
faith that
faith that will
will lighten
lighten for
for us
us the
the calamities
calamities of this thjs world.
wodd. AndAnd grant
grant usus
enjoyment of
enjoyment ot our
our hearing,
hearing,sight
srghtandand abilities
abilitiesas as long
tong as you grant
as You grant us
us life,
life,
and make
and rnake itit remaining
remaining with
with us
us And And letlet our
our revenge
revenge bebe on
on those
those who
who
nave oppressed
have oppresseo us, us, and
and support
support us us against
agajnst Ourour enemies
enemies Let Let not
not the
the
vrorldbe
wor~d be our greatestconcern
our greatest concern or or the
the limit
limit of our
our knowledge,
knowledge Let Let not
not our
ouf
ca:amitv be
ca:amity be inin our
our reiigion,
religion, and
and give
give not
not authority
authority over
over us,
us, due
due to
to our
out
r-ins to
'.,ns, to Ihose
those whowho do not
not fear
fear You
You and
and will
will show
show usus no
no mercy.
mercy.

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I ask ol deeds conducive
You deeds Your mercy
conducive to Your mercy and invite Your
which invite
and which Your
/ O X^n I lorgiveness, and the
forgiveness, and the benefit act of righteousness,
every act
benefit of every freedom from
righteousness, f(eedom from
I J every sin, fhe attainment
everysin,the attainment of Paradise
Paradise and
and escape
escape lrom
from the
the Fire
Fire,

not for us aa sin but that You have forgiven

Leave nol it, or aa fault but lhat
forgiven il, that

f-r{l
o Allah You have concealed it, or aa problem
concealed it,
debt but that You have discharged
debt discharged it,
relieved it,
You have relieved
that You
problem but lhat it, or aa
from the needs of this
it, or any need lrom
world and the next that You approve and is good for us but that You
this
You
have fulfilled
have fulfilled it.
it, O
0 most mercilul
merciful of the merciful
merciful.

i"o ^-'l
I ask
ask of You mercy from Yourself which will guide my heart, consolidate
Allah ability, amend my affair,
my ability, reputalion,
affair, guard my secret, elevate my reputation,
show me in in a good light, punfy my deeds.
light, purdy suggest to me integrity.
deeds, suggest repel
integrity,repel
from me ordeals
from ordeals and
and protect
protect me from
from all
all evil.
evil-

ask You success on the Day of Judgement, a happy life.

ask of You positlon
life, the position

f"1Tl
o Allah of
of the
the martyrs,
martyrs, the company of
ot the prophets enemies
prophets and victory over enemies.

f: ;l
ask of
II ask ol You
You soundness
soundness ofof faith
faith and
and faith
laith with good morals
with good and success
morals and success
o Allah followed
followed byby prosperity,
prosperity, and from You,
and from You, mercy,
mercy, well-being, and
forgiveness and
well-being, forgiveness
approval.
approval

II ask of You
ask of You health,
health, restraint, good morals
restrainl, good morals and acceptance of
and acceptance Youf
ot Your

f'-t-*-l
o Allah decree.
decree 0O Allah,
the
the evil
path
oath
evil of
Allah, II seek
of every
seek refuge
every creature
refuge in
crealure under
in You
You from
under Your
from the evil of
the evil
Your control. My Lord
control. My
myself and
ot myself
Lord is
lrom
and from
on aa straight
is on straight

tr1'-l tndeed, You

Indeed, You hear
hear my
my words
words and and see
see my position and
my position know my
and know my secret
secret
o Allah and
and what
what II make
make known
known Nothing
Nothing about
aboul meme is from You,
hidden from
is hidden and II
You, and
am
am aa miserable
miserable oneone inin need,
need, calling lor help
calling for help and protection,
and protection,
apprehensive
apprehensive and and afraid,
afraid, acknowledging
acknowledging to to You
You my sin. II ask
my sin. ask YouYou asas
one inin need,
one need, pleading
pleadingasas aa humble
humble sinner,
sinner,calling You with
upon You
calling upon lhe
with the
supplication
suoolicationof of one
one who
who isis fearful
feartul and
and blind,
blind,one who has
one who placed his
has placed his
neck beforeYou,
neckbefore You,humbled
humbledhis his body
bodyto Youand
to You put his
and put nose ininthe
his nose the dust
dust
for You
for You
May
May Allah
Allahbestow
bestowblessings
blessingsand peaceupon
and peace upon our prophet,Muhammed,
our prophet, Muhammed'
and
andupon
uponhishisfamily
familyand
andcompanions.
companions.
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Bismillah AI-hamdulillah
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tor us,
us. and lotheruise] could not have
[otherwise] we could
made it compatible,
made compatible. Indeed,
Indeed, we,
we, to our Lord
Lord will
will surely
surely return (Ouran -- 43:13-14)
retum (Quran 43:13-14)
AI-hamdulillah, al-hamdulillah,
Al-hamduliltah, al-hamdulillah, al-hamdulillah
al-hamdulillah Allahu akbar, Allahu
Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar'
akbar,
0 Allah; indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive
Allahu akbar. tI glorify You, O
for none can forgive sins except
me, tor except You.
You.
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Allahu akbar,
Allahu akbar, Allahu
Allahu akbar,
akbar, Allahu
Allahu akbar

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Glorified is He whowho sUbjugaled
subjugated this
this for
tor us,
us, and
and [otherwise] could not
lothetrise] we could not have
have
made
made itit compatible
compaiible Indeed, we, to
Indeed,we, to our
our Lord
Lordwill
will surely
surelyreturn (Qu/an -- 43:13-14)
return(Our'an 43:13-14)
o Allah,
O Allah, we ask
6k 01
of You
You in
in this,
this, our
our journey,
iourney, righteousness
righteousness and
and fear
fear ot
01 You
You and
and
[ability
labilityfor]
lor] the
the deeds
deeds that
that please You. 0
please You. O Allah,
Allah, facilitate for us
facilitatefor this iourney
us this journey
of ours and shorten for us distance 0
us its distance_ O Allah, You are the companion in
Allah, You in
travel and the caretaker in the lamily.family. 0O Allah, retuge in
Allah, I seek reluge in You
You from the
hardship of travel,
travel, from
trom a distressing
distressing sight and from a bad return reluln regarding
regarding
my property
Property and family_
family
For
For the
llre return
retuflrjourney,
ioilrney,one
one repeals
repeatsthe
the above
above supplication. adding,
supplication,adding.
"[We
"[Weare]
are] returning
returninghome,
home, repentant,
repentant,worshipping
worshippingour Lord and
our Lord and praising Him "
praisingHim."
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the Yemeni
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Our Lord,
Lord, give
give us
us in
in this
this world
world whal
what is
is good and in
good
good and
and prolect
protectus
us Irom
from the
the punishment
punishmentofof the
the Fire. (Our'an-- 2:201)
Fire (Our'an 2:201)
Duaa
DuaaWhile
whllc Standing
Standlngat
at "-881a
as-aefeand
tnd al-Marwah
al'Marwah

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Indeed,
Indeed,as-Safa
as-safaand
and al-Marwah
al-Maruah are are among
amongthe the symbols
symbolsof Allah- I| begin
ot Allah. with
beginwith
that
that with
with which
which Allah
Allah began.Alter
b€gan After reciting
rocltlng this,
thls, the
the Prophet *i began
Prophol ;i; tawaf by
began tawaf by
ascending as-safa until he could
ascending as-sata until he could see the see the Kabah,
Kabah, laced
faced it'
ii, declared
declared the
the
oneness and
oneness and greatness
greatness ofofAllah
Allahand
and said,
said,
1'here Is no god bu1 Allah Ilone with no partner HJs II the dominion end His Is (all]
praise and H .. over all ng compe There Is no god but AI alona, He
fU~llIad His PfOrll se end IIl/llPOrtad H,s I8rv8l1t and deleated the (enemy] aJlles 810<1 •
He
Herepeated
repeatedititthree
threetimes,
times,making
makingother supplicationsininbetween.
othersupplications And he
between And he;i;
t:
did
did at
at al-Marwah
al-Maruah the the same
same asas at
at as-Safa
as-safa
DearPilgrim;
Dear Pilgrim;
ItIt is
is commendable
commendablethat you are
that you are very
very careful
carefulto guardyour
to guard your Hajj
Hajjfrom
from
beingblemished
being blemishedbyby sexual pursuits,defiance,
sexualpursuits, defiance,disputing
disputingoror sins.
sins Also
Also
that yourHajj
thatyour Haljbe
be done
doneaccording
accordingto
to the
the Book
Bookof
ol Allah
Allahand
and the
the Sunnah
Sunnahof
of
His Prophet,
His Prophet,Muhammad
Muhammad~,?;, as completely
*4, as completely and perfecflyas
and pertectly possiblein
as possible in
order to
order to obtain
obtaln the great reward:
the great reward:forgiveness
forgivenessof of sins,
sins, expiation
expiationofof
misdeeds,and
misdeeds, and high
high degrees
degreesIn ln Paradise,
Paradise,by
by the
the favor
favor and
and mercy
mercyofof
Allah For
Allah Forthat
thatis
is what
whatis
is called the Hajj
calledthe Hajjmabrur (accepredHajj)
mabrir (accepted Hajj)

Abu Hurayrah
Abu Hurayrahreported
reportedthat
thatthe
the Messenger
Messenger of Allah ~,
ofAllah Is, said,
said,
"Fromone
"From one Umrah
Umrahto
to the
the next
nextis
is an
an expiation
expiationofof what
whatoccurred
occurredbetween
between
them,and
them, and the
the accepted
accepledHajj
Hajjhas
has no
no reward
rewardexcept
exceptParadise."
Paradise"
(AI-Bukhari
(Al-Bukhari and
andMuslim;
Muslimj

The accepted Hajj Hajj whose reward is Paradise is one in which the
obligations
obligations were fulfilled
fulJilledand was pertormed
performed completely,
completely, free
tree from sins
and full
full of good deeds. The fiqh scholars
scholars have said
said that it is one during
which Allah was not disobeyed So we appeal appeal to your believing
believing soul to
adhere well to the Book of Almighty
Almighty Allah,
Allah, to follow
follow the pattern
pattern of His
chosen Messenger and to be an example to those Ihose around you in your
dealings with your brother pitgrims.
pilgrims. Thus,your
Thus, your Hajj
Hajj will
will be accepted,
accepted, in-
sha'-Allah, and your effort
shaLAllah, effort appreciated
appreciated.
And you will return
return to
10 your famrly
family as the day your mother gave birth birth to
you, puri{ied
purified and with sins forgiven
SinS forgiven

When you retuflr

roturn to your land,
land, noble tlilgrint,
pilgrim. whenever
whenever your soul
soul invrtes
Invlles
you to drsobey
disobey Aliah.
Allah. the Mighty and Majestrc,
Majestic.
Remember the day you crrcted
CIrcled the
the Kabah
Kabah and walked belween
between as-Safa
as-Safa
and al-Marwah
and al-Marwah ..
Remember the day you
the day you stood
stood in Aralat
Arafat with
with hands raised in hoDe
hope and
expeclation
expectation ol Allah's mercy, pardon and
of Allah's and forgiveness
forgiveness '" y,yl
r::-z1
For that will help you
that wiil you to
10 avoid
avoid committing
committing sins
sins and transgressions.l-~~~f
and transgressions.l,
#-:,i
We
We ask
ask Allah
Allah for
for everyone
everyone an
an accepted
accepted Hajj.
Hajj. He
He is
is able
able toto do
do alt
all things
Ihings.
And may
And may Allah
Allah bless
bless our
our Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad andand all
all of
of his
his famity
family and
and
companions.
companrons.
 ETIQUETTE OFTHE HAJJ JOURNEY
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IHRAM
3 ~EEQATSFORIHRAM
PROHIBITIONS DURING IHRAM
5 TYPES OF HAJJ RITES
6 [DESCRIPTION OF UMRAH
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7Jl DESCRIPTION OF HAJJ
L!J[ THE 8TH OF DHUL-HIJJAH
9 THE 9TH OF DHUL-HIJJAH

E'MUZDALlFAH===
11 Il THE 10TH OF DHUL-HIJJAH
~LTAWAF AL-IFADHAH
13 AYYAM AT-TASHREEQ
14 I TAWAF AL-WADA 39
15 ~RS AND REQUIREMENTS OF HAJJ =.J 40
~ RULINGS
RULINGS PARTI~ULAR
PARTICULAR TOBELlE~G
TO WOM~N
WOMEN_ _ 41
BELIEVING
EiI oTSCRIPTIOU MASJ~
MASJID ~
OFTHEVISITTOTHEPROPHET'S
DESCRIPTION OFTHE VISIT TO THE PROPHETS
~- --- .....--,
18 IMPORTANT RULINGS ~~
19 I SUPPLICATION 67