Hajj Glossary

Hajj Glossary

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

The Mount Haraa and its Cave

The Mount Haraa and its Cave

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 ...

Makkah al-Mukarramah

Makkah al-Mukarramah

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

Madina al-Munawwarah

Madina al-Munawwarah

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

Baqee, Al-Gharqad

Baqee, Al-Gharqad

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. ...

The building of Kaaba

The building of Kaaba

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 ...

The Prophet s Mosque

The Prophet s Mosque

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 ...

HAJJ

HAJJ

  "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 ...

Hajj A Poem

Hajj A Poem

 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 ...

The Rites Of safa And Marwa

The Rites Of safa And Marwa

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

Ka aba - The House Of God

Ka aba - The House Of God

 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 ...

Daddy Has Gone To Hajj

Daddy Has Gone To Hajj

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

WHAT IS HAJJ?

WHAT IS HAJJ?

  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 ...

SIGNIFICANCE OF HAJJ

SIGNIFICANCE OF HAJJ

 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 ...

My Hajj Experiences

My Hajj Experiences

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

Al-Haram

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, ...

PROHIBITED (HARAAM) ACTS IN IHRAAM

PROHIBITED (HARAAM) ACTS IN IHRAAM

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. ...