In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, the Merciful The following essay was written in Rabi-ul-Awwal, 1413 (September, 1992) by a 16-year old, and ...

Al-Haram The Holy City of Makkah and its surrounding areas. Al-Haram has different boundaries. These boundaries extend to three miles on one side, ...

    AL-BAQARA (THE COW) 01. Surely the Safa and the Marwa (two mountains in Makkah) are among the signs appointed by Allah; so ...

 What's cooled, refreshing and will quench your thirst in the hot, Arabian desert? If you answered (fill in the name of the latest fad ...

  In the province of Hijaz in the western part of Saudi Arabia, not far from the Red Sea, there lies the town of Makkah. In the center of this ...

  Day One: The 8th Day of Thul-Hijjah On the eighth day of Thul-Hijjah (Yawm-e-Tarwiyah), the pilgrim put on his Ihraam after the Salaat of ...

 01. Ihraam 02. Wukuuf-e-Arafaat or staying in Arafaat. 03. Wukuuf-e-Mash'ar (or Muzdalifa) or staying in Mash'ar (or ...

THE UMRA-E-TAMATTU CONSISTS OF FIVE PRACTICES01. Ihraam: 02. Tawaaf: Around the Holy Kaaba seven cycles. 03. Salaat Al-Tawaaf/Prayer of ...

01. Hunting: Remember that hunting within the sacred area around and in Makkah, known as the Haram, is always forbidden. It is not confined to Ihraam. ...

 Hajj as an obligatory act of worship (Ibadat) means to visit the Kaa'ba in Makkah on the specified dates in the month of Thul-Hijjah ...

When one enters the desert and sees the mountain-roads and other obstacles of travel, he should remember the time of his departure from this world and ...

  The pilgrimage (Hajj) is 1) One of the most important pillars of Islam. 2) A principal means of obtaining proximity to the Almighty. 3) One ...

 Hurrah! Our Daddy has gone to Hajj Prayers and Tawaf will purge his soul "Help the others!" will be his role Our father will ...

 Ka'aba is the focus of Islam In its direction, every Muslim prays Five times or whenever he likes God ordered Abraham to build this ...

 God commanded Abraham To take Hagger, his gracious wife Along with Ismail, their only son To a lonely desert There he left his noble ...

 Hajj falls in the month of Dhul Hijjah The last of the Islamic Year Rush towards the city of Mecca then Devotees from every corner ...

(Preferably before departure from home) * Clip nails and remove under-arm and pubic hair. * Ghusl (bath) * Use Itr (sunnah) * Put on Ihraam ...

  "This is a story of a boy's experience who went to Hajj with his parents" Last year I went with my parents to Arabia to take ...

The Prophet's Mosque The Prophet (P.B.U.H) came out from Mecca on 27th of Safar (SEP.10, 622 A.D.) in the first year of Hejira and reached Qiba ...

The building of Kaaba This building’s height is 14.58 meters and the length of Kaaba side is 11.58 meters, and the length of Hijre Ismael side ...

Baqee, Al-Gharqad In the cemetery of holy Medina, in which at the time of God's Messenger (P.B.U.H) many of the companions were buried there. ...

  1 Masjid al-Nabawi   Shrine of Holy Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him & his Household ...

  1 Masjid al-Haraam   The Holy Ka'aba. The House of Allah and the birth place of Imam Ali ...

The Mount Haraa and its Cave The mount Haraa is known as Jabal-Al-Nour,Jabal-Al-Koran and Jabal-Al-Salam. This mountain is one of the holy places of ...

01. Hunting: Remember that hunting within the sacred area around and in Makkah, known as the Haram, is always forbidden. It is not confined to ...

[1] Smile at another Muslim (not ghair mahrams) [2] Say Salaam to strangers (not ghair mahrams) [3] Shake someone's hand and ask about their ...

Be informed, O seeker of the Sacred House of All h, that All~h, the most Great and the most Exalted, has various houses: this obvious Kaba, the sacred ...

PART 3 - GlossaryBismillah al-Rahmaan al-Raheem   Aba The usually black cloak worn by women in Arab countries as the ...

537. The Mahsoor is the pilgrim who declares and assumes the ihraam for either Hajj or Umrah, and then falls ill such that he is not able to perform ...

529. The rites of the Mufradah Umrah are eight: ...

521. The Mufradah Umrah falls into two categories: obligatory, and mostahab.  The obligatory one is of two classifications: fundamental ...

13. Ram’y of the Jamaraat 505. The thirteenth rite of the Hajj is the Ram’y of the Jamaraat in the Days of Tashreeq.  It is ...

494. It is not permissible to voluntary perform Tawaaf al-Ziyaarah and its sa‘y prior to the two Woquf’s in Arafaat and Mash‘ar, and ...

9. Sa‘y between Safa and Marwah 485. The ninth rite of the Hajj is the sa‘y between Safa and Marwah, which is exactly like the ...

480. If one completed the three rites of Mina; the Ram’y of Jamarat-al-Aqabah, the Had’y slaughter, and the halq / taqseer, all ...

474. The obligations of the halq and taqseer are three: ...

461. If one slaughtered an animal assuming that it is well-nourished, but then it turned out to be skinny, this is satisfactory and he is not obliged ...

449. The obligations of the Had’y are: ...

4 - 6. Rites of Mina 4. Ram’y [stoning] of Jamarat-al-‘Aqabah 428. The fourth rite of Hajj is the Ram’y.  When the ...

3. Woquf in the Mash‘ar al-Haraam  418. The third rite of the Hajj is the Woquf in the Mash‘ar al-Haraam. Mash‘ar al-Haraam ...

397. The rites of Hajj of TAMATTU’ are thirteen:     1.  Ihraam.     2.  Woquf or staying in ...

397. The rites of Hajj of TAMATTU’ are thirteen:     1.  Ihraam.     2.  Woquf or staying in ...

5. Taqseer or Trimming 387.  The fifth rite of the Tamattu‘ Umrah, which is its final obligation, is the taqseer or Trimming.  The ...

369. The following are mandatory in sa‘y niyyah starting the sa‘y from Safa, finishing the sa‘y at Marwah the number of ...

4. Sa‘y 362. The fourth rite of the Tamattu‘ Umrah is the sa‘y, which is to walk seven laps between [the mounts of] Safa and ...

357. If the monthly menstruation bleeding starts before performing the tawaaf prayer or during the tawaaf, if she had done completed four rounds or ...

3. Prayer of the tawaaf 351. The third rite of the Tamattu‘ Umrah is Salaat al-tawaaf or the tawaaf Prayer.  The prayer should be ...

322. The obligations of tawaaf are: to begin and end the tawaaf with the Hajar al-Aswad, the House should be on the left hand side [of the ...

304. A number of conditions must be met in tawaaf: 1.  Tahaarah from faeces and urine, 2.  Tahaarah cleanliness of the body and clothing, ...

2. TAWAAF 296. The second rite of the Tamattu‘ Umrah is tawaaf, and the tawaaf is also compulsory in the Tamattu‘ Hajj, the Qiraan and ...

239. If a muhrim looked in a mirror for the purpose of dressing up, he is not liable to a kaffaarah, except istighfaar – seeking forgiveness ...

213. If a muhrim conducted the marriage contract for a couple who were both muhrim, and the couple had sexual intercourse, if this was done knowingly ...

190. If he killed a lizard, he is liable to a handful of wheat, and if he unintentionally killed a wasp he is liable to some[21] wheat, but if he ...

173. The muhrim, i.e. one who is in the state of ihraam, must refrain from 25 issues: 1.   Hunting land animals, 2.   Sexual ...

154. The mandatory steps of the ihraam are: Wearing the two garments of ihraam The intention, or niyyah. The talbiyah. 1.   ...

1. IHRAAM 131. The first of the rites of Umrah of Tamattu‘ is ihraam, and it is obligatory for the ihraam to take place in one of the ...

The third category of Hajj is the Qiraan Hajj, and the procedure for it is as follows: The procedure for the Qiraan Hajj is exactly the same as that ...

122. The second type of Hajj is the Ifraad Hajj, and the procedure for it is as follows: ·   An adult declares and assumes ihraam ...