Verily  all  the  praises  are  due  to  
Allah.  We  praise  Him  and  seek  
His  help  and  forgiveness.  And  we  
seek  refuge  in  Allah  from  the  
evils  of  ourselves  and  from  our  wicked  deeds.  Whosoever  has  
been guided by Allah, none can
misguide him and whosoever has
been misguided by Allah, none can guide him.
I  bear  witness  that  there  is  no  
god  but  Allah  alone.  And  I  bear  
witness that Muhammad is His servant & messenger.
By His Grace, kindness & help, Allah has made easy the compila-
tion of this book (The Book of
Hajj
 &
Umrah
) after several refer-
ences. It includes several subjects of the Pilgrimage (eg. Merits of
the
Hajj
,  Status  of  the  
Hajj
  in  Islam,  
Al-Mawaqeet
,  The  
Ihram
  &  
other  commandments).  This  book  is,  
in  fact,  a  part  of  the  other  
book  of  the  author  entitled  as
  (The  Concise  Book  of  Islamic  
Fiqh
).
May Allah, Glory be to Him, treat
this attempt as entirely pure &
sincere for His Sake. May Allah highly benefit, with it, the writer,
the reader and all the Muslims. He
 is the All Hearer, the All Re-
sponsive.

Contents
1. The Merits of the
Hajj
2. The Status of the
Haj
j
3
 Al-Mawaqeet
4. The
Ihram
5. The Purpose of
Ihram
6. Prohibited Things during
Ihram
7. The Types of
Hajj
8. Entering Makkah
9. The procedure of
Umrah
10. The procedure of
Hajj
11. The Fundamental Rites of
Hajj
12. The Obligatory Duties of
Hajj
13. The Fundamental Rites of
Umrah
14. The Obligatory Duties of
Umrah
15. The
Udh'hiyah
 and the
Aqiqah
16. The Time of Sacrificing the Animal

 The  
Hajj
  is  a  practical  manifestation  of  Islamic  fraternity  
whereby a Muslim feels he is the
brother of every Muslim in the
world.
2. The
Hajj
 is also a practical expression of the unity and equality
of the Muslim nation regardless of
 race, color, or homeland. They
all have one
Rubb
, and one Book, and one
Qiblah
.
3.  The  
Hajj
  is  a  school  in  which  a  M
uslim  learns  perseverance,  
generosity,  co-operation,  forbeara
nce,  and  love.  He  also  enjoys  
the  beauty  of  the  submission  to  Allah,  from  Whom  the  Muslim  
receives forgiveness and benevolence.
4. The
Hajj
 is an Islamic university which gives joy to all Muslims
and fills with fear the hearts of the enemies of Islam and Muslims
everywhere.
5. The
Hajj
 is a great season for earning rewards. In it the rewards
are multiplied and the sins are effaced. The pilgrim returns home
after performing it sin-free as the day he was born.
6. The
Hajj
 constitutes a declaration
against Satan and his accom-
plices  on  one  hand,  and  means  ope
ning  a  new  page  in  dealing  
with Allah through sincerity and repentance on the other.
 

2. The Status of the
Hajj
 in Islam
*  The
Hajj
 is a duty on every adult, sane, free Muslim who is ca-
pable of performing it once in
a lifetime. A capable person is the
one who can afford the trip financially and health wise.
*  If an under-aged performed the
Hajj
, it would be considered as
supererogatory for him, but he still has to perform it once he has
reached  the  age  of  puberty  to  fu
lfill  it  as  and  obligatory  act  of  
worship.
*  If a Muslim is unable to perform the
Hajj
 due to old age, ter-
minal illness or the like, he must
deputize someone to perform it
on his behalf at his own cost.
*    As  for  a  woman,  she  must  have  a  
Mahram
  to  accompany  her,  
such  as  a  husband,  a  male  sibling  of  hers,  a  father,  a  son,  a  
brother,  or  an  uncle,  as  a  pr
econdition  for  the  incumbency  of  
Hajj
  upon  her.  Although  her  
Hajj
  would  by  valid,  yet  she  would  
commit a sin if she goes for
Hajj
 by herself.
*  A Muslim must first perform
Hajj
 for himself before perform-
ing it on behalf of someone else.
*  It is praiseworthy for the pilg
rim to give out to the poor people
in the
Haram
 (The Masjid al-Haram in Makkah) and be charitable
more often.
*    The  provisions  and  expenses  of  the  
Hajj
  must  be  earned  law-
fully.
*    It  is  permissible  for  a  mens
truating  woman,  and  a  woman  in  
postnatal period to have a bath or shower upon entering the state
of
Ihram
  for  the  purpose  of  performing  the  
Hajj
  or  the  
Umrah
.
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She must remain in her
Ihram
 in Makkah until she becomes clean
and have a bath thereafter to complete the
Hajj
 rituals

he
Mawaqeet
  (pl.  of  
Miqat
),  points  at  which  pilgrims  on  their  
way to perform the
Hajj
 or the
Umrah
 assume the state of
Ihram
,
that is, consecration and the ritual dress that marks it)
*  
Al-Mawaqeet
are of two kinds:
a -  The
Mawaqeet
 in terms of time: the months of the
Hajj
 season.
b -  The
Mawaqeet
 in terms of location.
The Muslim intending to
perform the
Hajj
, or the
Umrah
 must enter the state of
Ihram
 be-
fore crossing them.
These points are:
1.  Dthul-Hulaifah,  the  
Miqat
  of  the  residents  of  Madinah  and  
those passing through it. It is 43
5 km from Makkah. It is the fur-
thest
Miqat
from Makkah. It is also known as Abbyar Ali.
2. Al-Juhfah, the
Miqat
 of the residents of Syria and Egypt as well
as  of  those  passing  through  those  
two  countries.  It  is  a  village  
located near Rabigh which is 180 km away from Makkah. Nowa-
days people enter the
Ihram
 from Rabigh.
3.  Yalamlam,  the  
Miqat
  of  the  people  of  Yemen  and  countries  
aligned with it, and for those pa
ssing through them. Yalamlam is
a valley which is 92 km away from Makkah.
4.  Qarn  al-Manazil,  the  
Miqat
  of  the  people  of  Najd,  Taif,  and  
those  passing  through  them.  It  is  also  known  as  As-Sayl  Al-
Kabeer,  which  is  75  km  away  
from  Makkah,  and  the  valley  of  
Muhram is the highest point in Qarn al-Manazil.

 A Book detailing the rulings concerning Hajj and Umrah.