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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Fosuq

Fosuq

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 ...

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 ...

The haraam things and acts of ihraam

The haraam things and acts of ihraam

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

The Mandatory Steps of the IHRAAM

The Mandatory Steps of the IHRAAM

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

IHRAAM

IHRAAM

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 ...

Qiraan Hajj Procedure

Qiraan Hajj Procedure

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hajj

Hajj

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

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 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 ...

Introduction

Introduction

      Bismillah al-Rahmaan al-Raheem Praise is to the Lord of the Worlds, and Blessings and Peace is upon Muhammad ...

The Mind

The Mind

16. The insane, even if the insanity was periodical – i.e. insanity appears on certain occasions – is not obliged to the Hajj, unless he ...

The Hajj of Underage Children

The Hajj of Underage Children

8. It is desirable for the underage child, who distinguishes [the good and the bad], to perform the Hajj, and the validity of the Hajj is conditional ...

The Categories of Hajj

The Categories of Hajj

PART 1 - The Categories of Hajj 1. The Hajj is either obligatory or mostahab (desirable, optional), and the obligatory Hajj is classified in ...

The expenses cover

The expenses cover

22. One of the conditions of the obligation of the Hajj, is the availability of the expenses to cover for the journey [to the Hajj], and back – ...

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 ...

TAWAAF

TAWAAF

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 ...