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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

  SOCIAL EFFECTS OF HAJJ   HAJJ, THE ASSEMBLY OF DISPERSED POWERS IN SINGLE FORUM وَأَذِّنْ فی النَّاسِ ...

Chapter One

Chapter One

THE PURPOSE OF ACTS OF WORSHIP The purpose of acts of worship is to draw man's attention to the privilege he has in the universe. That purpose ...

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 ...