Upon wearing your Ihram garments and leaving Mecca, you will start traveling toward the east (Arafat) where you must remain until the sunset of the ...

The sun is disappearing in Arafat and you must leave too! Arafat is lost and killed by the darkness of the night. You do not stay here overnight but ...

At Mina, the longest and last pause occurs! It signifies hope, aspiration, idealism and ... love! Love is the last stage it follows knowledge and ...

The three Satans, situated along the King's Street, are about one hundred meters apart from each other. Each represents a "monument", a ...

After you have shot the last idol, offer the sacrifice immediately since these three idols are the statues of trinity and the symbols of three, ...

Your dear son, the fruit of your life, your joy, your reason for being, the meaning of your existence, your son, no, your Ismail - Knock him down as a ...

  In Mina, in a quiet corner, Ibrahim talked to his son! The father gray-haired and bearded, lived a century, while Ismail was just growing ...

Recall that the three idols in Mina represent Satan who tried to tempt Ibrahim. Is it not true that man has to experience three stages in order to ...

  The action is over and soon Hajj ends.  Where? In Mina!  Surprisingly, in the neighborhood of Mecca! Why does Hajj end here ...

There is a two day stay over in Mina to think about your ideology and what you have done. On the 'Id day and after the sacrifice, the ceremonies ...

During your first attack on the first day, you shoot the last idol and open the way to the place of sacrifice. Then you take off your Ihram and ...

The actions of Hajj transmit the message that the Quran relates in words. Before the completion of Hajj, it is recommended that you read the whole ...

The time for staying in Mina is over and the ceremonies end near the border of Mecca. There is one more Tawaf and Sa'y that you can do anytime ...

The fact that Imam Hussein left Mecca for Karbala where he was martyred before completing his Hajj duties taught us a more important lesson than ...

  The pilgrims returned with reverence. They were thankful to the Merciful God.  On their way to Mecca from Arafat, They repeatedly said ...

Someone asked Imam Bagher (P) : Why Hajj has been named " The Hajj of God's House"? Imam said: It means that the pilgrim has reached ...

"The first temple ever built for men was that at Beccah, a blessed place, a beacon for the nations. In it there are veritable signs and the spot ...

Now that we are at the threshold of performing our auspicious religious precept of Hajj, it is necessary to consider its gnostic, spiritual, social, ...

All Muslim brothers and sisters must bear in mind that one of the important elements of the philosophy of Hajj is creation of mutual understanding and ...

The philosophy of Hajj, i.e. one of the major philosophies of Hajj, lies in its political dimensions, for the suppression of which criminal hands are ...

The Muslims attending these noble stations, of whatever nation or sect they might be, must be well aware that the main enemy of Islam and Quran and ...

  H.E. Hojjatol-Islam Hajji Sheikh Mohyeddin Anvari and Hojjatol-Islam Sheikh Fazlollah Mahallati-may God prolong diffusions: Since the ...

You must be models of good deeds, representing the Islamic Republic of Iran, whether as clerics, caravan heads or Hajj pilgrims. This year your ...

  What I am going to appraise today is the lamentable mishap that occurred in Mecca. From the beginning of the uprising, God’s sake and ...

1.Principally, disgust at the pagans is a political duty of Hajj and without it, one's Hajj will not be regarded as Hajj. (Vol. 20, p. 202.) 2. ...

  1. From Imam Khomeini’s message to the world Muslims on the occasion of opening the great devotional-political Hajj Congress and Eid-e ...

"Say: Allah speaketh the truth. So follow the religion of Ibraheem, the upright. He was not of the idolaters. "Lo! the first Sanctuary ...

It is clear from the Holy Qur'an and the traditions that performance of Hajj (Pilgrimage) is obligatory on every person who has attained puberty ...

1. Adulthood Pilgrimage is not obligatory on any person who has not attained adulthood, even if they were approaching it. A pilgrimage, performed ...

Rule 73: If a person on a deathbed has an obligation to perform his first pilgrimage and has adequate means, he must make sure that it will be ...

Rule 103: Qualifications of the agent: First: Adulthood An obligatory pilgrimage performed by a minor, acting as proxy, is not valid, be it ...

Rule 135: Like obligatory pilgrimage, the optional pilgrimage is also at times obligatory and at times optional. It may be Mufradah or Tamatu'. ...

Rule 143: There are three types of pilgrimage: Tamatu', Ifraad and Qiraan. The first is the obligation on those who reside more than 48 miles from ...

Rule 147: This pilgrimage consists of two parts; the first is called Umrah and the second HajjThe Hajj-ut-Tamatu' applies to the second part; ...

Hajj-ut-Tamatu' consists of two parts: Umrat-ut-Tamatu' and Hajj. The first part is connected to the second, andUmrah precedesHajj. ...

There are special places designated by the sacred rules of Islam for wearing ihram. It is incumbent on the pilgrim to wear ihram there. There are nine ...

Three Obligations for Ihram: First: Niyyah That is, the pilgrim makes up his mind to perform what is obligatory on him by way of Umrah and Hajj ...

  As has already been discussed, ihram is established by talbiyah or what is considered of its kind, [see Rule 182] despite the niyyah to wear ...

Matters forbidden for a pilgrim, in a state of ihram, have now been covered. We now proceed to deal with the matters forbidden to the pilgrim and the ...

The boundaries of Haram are known and have been handed down from generation to generation. From the north is Tan'eem, north-west is ...

In Umrat-ut-Tamatu, the second obligation is tawaf. If a pilgrim deliberately abandons it, hisHajj, shall be null and void, irrespective of whether or ...

There are eight obligations to be fulfilled in tawaf: It must be commenced at Hajar-ul-Aswad (The Black Stone) and, as a matter of recommended ...

Rule 307: It is permissible to deliberately cut short optional tawaf.It is permissible too to interrupt obligatory tawaf for a pressing need or for ...

The third obligation in Umrat-ut-Tamatu' consists of two raka'as to be said after tawaf . It is performed like Subh prayer except that the ...

This is the fourth obligation in Umrat-ut-Tamatu'. In sa'y too, intention to seek nearness to Allah is obligatory but there is no obligation ...

Sa'y is one of the fundamentals of Hajj.If one deliberately fails to perform it - whether conversant with the rule or not - to the extent that it ...

It is the fifth obligation in Umrat-ut-Tamatu'. What is in sa'y is that it must be embarked on with the niyyah of alqurbah. It is materialized ...

As has already been stated, there are thirteen obligations in Hajj. These will now be dealt with in some detail: The best time for wearing ihram ...