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, ...

BAYTULLAH THE HOUSE OF ALLAH

BAYTULLAH THE HOUSE OF ALLAH

  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 ...

HAJJ DAY-BY-DAY

HAJJ DAY-BY-DAY

  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 ...

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. ...

ZAMZAM: NOTES AND FACTS

ZAMZAM: NOTES AND FACTS

 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 ...

Hajj by Proxy

Hajj by Proxy

77. The prerequisites of Hajj by Proxy are: Islam, Iman, Mind, Adolescence – as a precaution, and for the agent to have no obligation to ...

PART 2 - The Types of Hajj

PART 2 - The Types of Hajj

Proxy in some of the rites 112. In such cases as illness or absence, it is permissible to perform tawaaf, and sa‘y by proxy, if it was not ...

Hajj

Hajj

·   The individual must declare and assume the state of ihraam in Makkah.  It is preferable, or even recommended as a ...

Tamattu‘ Hajj requirements

Tamattu‘ Hajj requirements

121. A number of conditions must be observed for the Tamattu‘ Hajj: a)  The niyyah or the intention when declaring and assuming ihraam at ...

Ifraad Hajj Procedure

Ifraad Hajj Procedure

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

Masturbation

Masturbation

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 ...

The kaffaarah for sexual intercourse

The kaffaarah for sexual intercourse

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 ...