Hajj rituals
How to perform ablution for Umrah
- Intention; It is well known that no obedience or action is accepted without a sincere intention for the sake of God Almighty. Therefore, it is necessary to have the intention when performing ablution to go out for Umrah and intend to do it.
- naming; It is a saying: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
- Wash hands three times.
- ablution; It is done as usual, and it is Sunnah to delay washing the feet until the complete ablution is completed.
- Pour water on the head three times. It is important to pour water on the head and wash the hair completely so that the water reaches the scalp and hair follicles.
- Sprinkle water on the body; It is one of the basic pillars of ablution. Water must be sprinkled over the entire body, and the water must be circulated over the body to achieve the conditions of purity.
- Sprinkle water on the body; It is one of the basic pillars of ablution. Water must be sprinkled over the entire body, and the water must be circulated over the body to achieve the conditions of purity.
- He poured water on the right side of the body.
- He poured water on the left side of the body.
- Wash the feet three times. This is the final step of washing, where the feet are washed with pure, clean, non-impure water. It is also recommended to cut the nails after washing, perfume the body with musk, and use the siwak to clean the teeth.
How to perform Umrah
- Umrah is performed starting with praying two rak’ahs to go out to Umrah, and saying “Labbayk, O Allah, Umrah.” It is desirable to say this a lot throughout the way to go to Umrah, and to pray a lot and read the Holy Qur’an until arriving at the Sacred House of God, and to circumambulate it seven times, starting from the Black Stone and ending with it. .
- After completing the prayer, he performs two rak'ah prayers behind the Maqam Ibrahim, drinks a little Zamzam water, heads to Safa and Marwah, and performs the sa'y between them seven times, with a lot of supplication and remembrance during the sa'i. After finishing, the men shave their hair and the women cut a little of their hair, and thus the Umrah is completed. Fully.
1- Ihram
Ihram means that the pilgrim intends to enter into Ihram - entering into the rituals of Hajj - with his heart, remembering the intention for that, and the reason for calling it Ihram is because the pilgrim, once entering into it, deprives him of things that were permissible for him. The opinions of jurists have varied regarding the ruling on reciting the Talbiyah when entering Ihram, between recommended and obligatory, and it is well-known among the majority of scholars. Scholars say it is desirable.
The time and place of Hajj
The pilgrim may enter into ihram during the months of Hajj, which are: Shawwal, Dhul-Qi’dah, and the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. The Hajj activities take place on the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth of Dhu’l-Hijjah, and this is the temporal miqat for ihram. With regard to the spatial miqat for ihram, they are according to the country as follows:
The miqat of the people of Medina: Dhu al-Hulayfah, the miqat of the people of Yemen: Al-Saadia, and the miqat of the people of Egypt, the Levant and Morocco: Al-Juhfa.
2- Tawaf
Although Tawaf al-Qudum comes second when the Hajj rituals are mentioned in order, it is the first of the Sunnahs of Hajj. The Tawaf of Arrivals is one of the Sunnahs of Hajj, according to what the majority say, and it is called the Tawaf of Roses, the Tawaf of Al-Ward, and the Tawaf of Greetings. Because it is prescribed for those coming from other than the Holy City of Mecca, and the Tawaf of Coming begins with the pilgrim entering the Holy City of Mecca, in order to greet the ancient House, and the end of its time is to stop at Arafat according to the majority of jurists, on the authority of Aisha, may God be pleased with her: (The first thing he started with was when the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, came. He said hello - he performed ablution, then circumambulated).
3- Strive
The Hanafi went to the Sunnah of the pursuit, but it is one of the pillars of the pilgrimage according to the sayings of both the Maliki, Al -Shafi’i and Hanbali schools, and the audience went on to the fact that the condition in seeking to complete seven runs. To circumambulate them.)
The characteristic of striving
The time for sa’y on the Day of Sacrifice begins after the Tawaf of Visitation, not the Tawaf of Coming. This is because seeking is obligatory, and Tawaf al-Qadum is Sunnah, so it is not permissible for the obligation to be in accordance with the Sunnah. The pilgrim goes up to Al-Safa to begin the quest, facing the Kaaba, uniting God Almighty and glorifying Him, then heading towards Al-Marwah with the usual walk. When he aligns with the two green pillars, he speeds up his walk, until when he reaches Al-Marwah, he unites and glorifies God, and this is one way. Then he begins the second half, and does the same as he did in the first half, until the seventh half is completed.
4- Tarwiyah Day in Mina
The Day of Tarwiyah falls on the eighth day of Dhul-Hijjah, and it is recommended for the pilgrim to leave Mecca to Mina on the Day of Tarwiyah, and pray five prayers in Mina: noon, afternoon, sunset, evening, and dawn, according to the agreement of the four imams, and spend the night there on the night of Arafat. Pilgrims travel from Mina to Arafat on foot after sunrise in Arafat, which is Sunnah according to the majority.
5- Standing at Arafat
Although standing at Arafat comes fifth when the Hajj rituals are mentioned in order, it is the first pillar of the Hajj and the Hajj is not complete without it, according to the agreement of the four imams, as its pillar has been proven by the Sunnah and consensus.
A condition of stopping at Arafat
1- Time: The ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah and the night of the tenth of Dhu al-Hijjah correspond to the rising of dawn. Whoever misses the day of Arafah or is late for it has missed Hajj. The scholars agreed that the dawn of the Day of Sacrifice is the time for the end of the standing at Arafah. However, there are multiple opinions regarding the beginning of the day. Time to stop at Arafat.
Sunnahs of standing on the day of Arafah
Among the recommended Sunnahs on the Day of Arafah are the following:
A- Bathing: On the authority of Ali, may God be pleased with him, when he was asked about washing, he said: “Friday, the day of Arafat, the day of sacrifice, and the day of breaking the fast.”
B- The Arafa sermon: It takes place after noon, and it is two sermons separated by a short session.
C- Combining the two prayers: It is between the noon and afternoon prayers at the time of noon.
D- Hastening to stop: If the pilgrim combines the noon and afternoon prayers at the time of noon, it is Sunnah for him to hasten his journey to the stop.
E- Al-Ifadah after sunset: When the sun of Arafat sets, the people and the imam disperse, so whoever finds an opportunity should walk quickly.
F- Increase the number of good deeds: the pilgrim performs many acts of worship, remembrance, reading the Qur’an, and supplication.
6- Spend the night in Muzdalifah and stone Jamarat al-Aqaba
Although spending the night in Muzdalifah comes sixth when mentioning the rituals of Hajj in order, it is the first obligation of Hajj. The pilgrim walks to Muzdalifah in tranquility and dignity, and hurries when he finds a space. The majority is of the opinion that it is permissible to delay the Maghrib and Isha prayers in order to perform them in Muzdalifah. It was said that if the pilgrim abandons spending the night in Muzdalifah, his Hajj is valid, but he must offer a sacrifice, that is, slaughtering the sacrificial animal. If he comes to Muzdalifah in the second half of the night and stays there, whether the period is short or long, then he will stay overnight.
How to throw stones and say takbeer
- The jurists agreed that throwing stones is one of the duties of Hajj, and they are thrown in special places for throwing stones, and these stones are thrown from all directions, on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-Aas, who said: (The Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - stood during the Farewell Hajj b From me for people to ask him Then a man came to him and said: I did not have hair, so I shaved before I slaughtered. He said: Slay and there is no harm. Then another came and said: I did not have hair, so I shaved before stoning? He said: Shoot and do not hesitate.)
- The number of pebbles that must be thrown is seven pebbles, and the pilgrim says “Allahu Akbar” with one of them.
- The pilgrim touches the pebbles with the tips of his thumb and the rosary of his right hand, and raises his hand until the whites of his armpits can be seen, and he raises it and says “Allahu Akbar.” The form of “Allahu Akbar” is permissible in any form at all, and the scholars chose this form of “Allahu Akbar” or something similar to it: “In the name of God, and God is greater, in spite of Satan and in satisfaction of the Most Gracious, O God, make it.” An accepted Hajj “The effort will be appreciated, and the sin will be forgiven.”
- 7- The sacrifice and decomposition
The sacrificial animal can either be a voluntary sacrificial animal, a tamattu or qiran sacrificial animal sacrificial animal, or a sacrificial animal to make up for some deficiency. The time for slaughtering the sacrificial animal depends on the reason for slaughtering the sacrificial animal.
- - Decommissioning from ihram, which means exiting ihram. It is a minor decommissioning that is achieved by stoning Jamrat al-Aqaba, slaughtering, shaving or cutting your hair. With this decommissioning, everything is permissible for the pilgrim except women. Others believe that it is done by stoning the Jamarat, shaving, or cutting the hair, and thus everything is permissible for the pilgrim except women. And greater decomposition. With this decomposition, all prohibited things in ihram are permitted without exception. The time for decommissioning begins at dawn on the Day of Sacrifice, and this decommissioning occurs with the Tawaf al-Ifadah on the condition of shaving or cutting the hair, except that the Malikis increased the sa’i before the circumambulation.
8- Tawaf Al-Ifadah
The time for Tawaf al-Ifadah, which is called Tawaf al-Ziyara. It is one of the pillars of Hajj, according to the agreement of the four schools of thought, and what is required is seven rounds according to the majority of scholars, while the Hanafi school of thought said that the required pillar is performing only four rounds.
9- Throwing stones at the Jamarat during the days of Tashreeq
A - The jurists agreed that stoning the Jamarat is one of the obligations of Hajj, and whoever abandons it is obligated to offer a sacrifice, i.e., to sacrifice a sacrifice. Because he neglected one of the duties of Hajj.
B- There are three Jamarat rituals, which are:
- The first Jamrat: It is the first Jamrat, and it is located after Al-Khaif Mosque in Mina. It is the farthest Jamrat from Mecca, and it is thrown with seven pebbles in succession.
- The second Jamrat: After the first Jamrat and before Jamrat al-Aqaba, seven pebbles are stoned, reciting the takbir while throwing each pebble.
- The third Jamrat: It is Jamrat al-Aqaba. Seven pebbles are thrown at it, and the pilgrim says “Allahu Akbar” with each pebble.
10- Farewell Tawaf and completion of Hajj
It is called the Tawaf of the Sadr, and the Tawaf of the End of the Covenant, and the reason for calling it that is because the pilgrim bids farewell to the Sacred House with it, and the majority of jurists said that it is obligatory, and its time is after the pilgrim has finished all the rituals of Hajj, and any Tawaf that the pilgrim does after the Tawaf of Visitation is sufficient for the Farewell Tawaf.
In conclusion, after detailing the Hajj rituals in order, the pillars of Hajj are: standing at Arafat, Tawaf al-Ifadah, Ihram, and Sa’i between Safa and Marwah. The duties of Hajj are: standing in Muzdalifah, spending the night in Mina, the farewell circumambulation, and stoning the Jamarat. The Sunnahs of Hajj: Tawaf al-Qadum, and heading to Mina on the eighth day of Dhul-Hijjah. The opinions of jurists have varied regarding the arrangement of Hajj rituals. Among them were those who prioritized stoning before shaving and tawaf, and among them were those who prioritized stoning before slaughtering and shaving, and among them were those who did not see the necessity of arranging the actions of the Day of Sacrifice.
the question: What is the ihram ritual?
The answerWe said previously: Ihram is not concluded without the Talbiyah or something similar to it, even if his intention is fulfilled. If the obligated person enters Ihram, certain matters are forbidden to him, and they are twenty-five, as follows:
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(1) Wild hunting (2) Having intercourse with women (3) Kissing women (4) Touching a woman (5) Looking at a woman and playing with her (6) Masturbation (7) Marriage contract (8) Using perfume (9) Wearing stitched clothes or something similar for men (10) Applying kohl (11) Looking in the mirror (12) Wearing slippers and socks for men (13) Immorality (14) Arguing (15) Killing bodily desires (16) Adornment (17) Anointing (18) Removing hair from the body (19) Covering The head is for men, and the same applies to immersion in water even for women (20) Covering the face for women (21) Shading for men (22) Removing blood from the body (23) Trimming (24) Extracting a tooth according to the word (25) Carrying a weapon