TRANSLATOR S NOTE

TRANSLATOR S NOTE

In The Name of Allah, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful All Praise Is Due To Allah, The Lord Of The Worlds. May The Peace And Blessings Of ...

Chapter 4 The Third Stage of the Hajj

Chapter 4 The Third Stage of the Hajj

Third Stage: The third stage is going from Makkah and Madinah back to one's hometown The responsibilities at this stage are much more difficult ...

Chapter 3 The Second Stage of the Hajj

Chapter 3 The Second Stage of the Hajj

  In this level, the first action consists of wearing the Ihram at the Miqat (the station where the Ihram must be worn). The Ihram of the ...

Chapter 2 The First Stage of the Hajj

Chapter 2 The First Stage of the Hajj

  In the first stage, above all other things, that which is the most important is repentance (tawbah) and to be vigilant. The meaning of ...

Chapter 1 al-Hajj

Chapter 1 al-Hajj

The entire journey of Hajj is a spirituality excursion that covers three stages: The First Stage: Cutting oft affinity from all things with the ...

Biography of the Author

Biography of the Author

The author of this work, Secret of the Hajj, is the grand Ayatullah al­ Hajj ash‑Shaikh Husain Mazaheri. Born into a religious family in 1934 in ...

Chapter Three

Chapter Three

SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY OF HAJJ   GOD'S FAVOR TO MAN Indisputably, God has created man of earth in order to nurture him during his worldly ...

CONTENT, NOT FORM, IS IMPORTANT

CONTENT, NOT FORM, IS IMPORTANT

It is strange to see that people in everyday life look for truth and reality but when the religion and the Hereafter is concerned, they become content ...

TRIAL OF TALUT S ARMY

TRIAL OF TALUT S ARMY

Talut (Saul) whom the Holy Quran admires as worthy king had a strong physique and great knowledge. The Holy Quran says: قَالَ إِنَّ ...

Chapter Four

Chapter Four

STAGES OF HAJJBEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY AND GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES After we have become familiar with the philosophy of Hajj and its ...

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

HALTING PLACESHALTING PLACE I: MIQAT The Miqat is the place of getting into the state of Ihram in Umrah and Tamattu'. The following five ...

HALTING PLACE III: MAS AA

HALTING PLACE III: MAS AA

إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللهِ. Surely, the Safa and the Marwa are among the signs ...

TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DUAA

TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DUAA

As requirements for duaa to be answered have been met and thousands of hands have been raised in supplication, the pilgrims in Arafat should speak to ...

NIGHTS IN MINA AND COMMUNION WITH GOD

NIGHTS IN MINA AND COMMUNION WITH GOD

Another recommended act in Mina is communion with God in the heart of nights and under the sky of Mina, a chance that might rarely occur in one's ...

Chapter Six

Chapter Six

CONCLUSION OF THE HAJJ RITESSo when you have performed your devotions, then laud Allah as you lauded your fathers, rather a greater lauding. The ...

IMAM SADIQ S FULL INSTRUCTION ON HAJJ

IMAM SADIQ S FULL INSTRUCTION ON HAJJ

Imam Sadiq (a.s) says: إذَا أَرَدْتَ الحَجَّ فَجَرِّدْ قَلْبَکَ للهِ عَزَّ وجَلَّ مِن ...

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

VISITATION VISITATION TO THE HOLY SHRINE OF GOD'S MESSENGER Thanks to God we have had the honor to visit the House of God and completed ...