This handbook is a comprehensive but easy to follow book that guides the reader through all the stages of the Hajj pilgrimage. It addresses all aspects of the Hajj program and the rites that must be observed. It is a must for anyone who intends to go to the Hajj pilgrimage.

Table of Contents

Translators’ Foreword................................................................7

Introduction...................................................................................9

PART 1 – The Categories of Hajj.........................................11

The Conditions of Obligation of Hajjat-al-Islam.......................11

The Hajj of Underage Children ......................................................12

The Mind ..................................................................................14

Freedom....................................................................................14

Freedom of passage .....................................................................14

Physical ability ...........................................................................15

The expenses cover .....................................................................15

Return to Sufficiency ...................................................................16

Borrowing .................................................................................17

Miscellaneous issues....................................................................19

Hajj by Grant..............................................................................22

Permission of the husband .........................................................25

Hajj by Vow ...............................................................................25

Hajj by Proxy .............................................................................26

Proxy in some of the rites .............................................................31

PART 2 – The Types of Hajj .................................................32

A brief outline of the Tamattu‘ Hajj ..........................................33

Umrah ......................................................................................33

Hajj ..........................................................................................33

Tamattu‘ Hajj requirements .......................................................35

Ifraad Hajj Procedure .................................................................36

Qiraan Hajj Procedure................................................................37

Tamattu‘ Hajj Details...............................................................38

The Rites of the Tamattu‘ Umrah ..............................................38

1. IHRAAM...............................................................................38

The various Miqaat’s .................................................................39

The Mandatory Steps of the IHRAAM .............................................44

The haraam things and acts of ihraam .......................................49

2. TAWAAF ..............................................................................69

Conditions and requirements of tawaaf ....................................... 71

Obligations of Tawaaf ............................................................. 75

3. Prayer of the tawaaf ................................................................. 81

Some of the issues concerning women ............................................ 82

4. Sa‘y...................................................................................... 83

The Obligations of Sa‘y ........................................................... 84

5. Taqseer or Trimming ............................................................... 88

The Rites of the Tamattu‘ Hajj .................................................. 90

1. Ihraam of the Tamattu‘ Hajj ...................................................... 90

2. Woquf in Arafaat .................................................................... 92

3. Woquf in the Mash‘ar al-Haraam................................................ 94

4 – 6. Rites of Mina..................................................................... 97

4. Ram’y [stoning] of Jamarat-al-‘Aqabah ....................................... 97

Obligations of the Ram’y ......................................................... 97

Some of the Conditions of the Ram’y ......................................... 99

5. Had’y or Sacrifice ................................................................. 100

Obligations of the Had’y..................................................... 101

Miscellaneous issues .......................................................... 104

6. Halq or Taqseer (Shaving or Trimming)..................................... 105

Obligations of the halq and taqseer ..................................... 106

Miscellaneous issues .......................................................... 107

7. Tawaaf al-Ziyaarah................................................................ 107

8. The Prayer of Tawaaf al-Ziyaarah............................................. 108

9. Sa‘y between Safa and Marwah................................................ 108

10 – 11. Tawaaf al-Nisa’ and its prayer ......................................... 108

Miscellaneous issues ............................................................. 110

12. Mabeet in Mina ................................................................... 110

13. Ram’y of the Jamaraat .......................................................... 112

The Mufradah Umrah ............................................................ 116

The Rites of the Mufradah Umrah........................................... 117

The Rulings of the Masdood (The Barred).............................. 118

The Rulings of the Mahsoor (The Sick) .................................. 120

Prayers in Makkah and Medina........................................... 121

PART 3 – Glossary................................................................. 122