All thanks are due to Allah Alone and may He bless and give
His Salam to his worshiper and Messenger our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) along
with his people, Companions find those who will follow him in
righteousness to the Day of Judgement.
O you who wants to perform Hajj: I pray to
Allah
to give us and you success in whatever He accepts and is pleased with; and
I pray that
He gives you protection against all
that causes one to go astray. Likewise I pray to
Allah
to give all of you success in performing your rituals in the way that
pleases Him, and to accept your Hajj," may He return you to your countries
safely"
Truly
the most important obligations and the greatest requisite is Oneness of
Allah and sincere commitment to him in all forms of worship, with
commitment to follow his Prophet (pbuh)
in his sayings and deeds; you should perform the rituals of Hajj and other
acts of worship in the way Allah demands it of you through the tongue
of
his
Messenger, beloved and best of his creatures, our Prophet Muhammad bin
Abdullah (pbuh).Verily,
the greatest abomination and the most dangerous crime is to associate
partner to Allah and to worship in part or wholly to any one else other
than Him, Allah says in His Book:
"Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with
him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He
pleases " (V,4:48) .
Truly
our Prophet (pbuh)
never performed Hajj after his migration to Madinah except once and that
was Hajjat-ul- Wada. (farewell pilgrimage) and that was at the end
of
his
life and in that Hajj he taught the Muslims how to perform the Hajj
rituals in his saying and deed; and (in this regard) He (pbuh)
said to the Muslims:
"learn your rituals from me ".
it is therefore an obligation upon Muslims to follow the
Prophet (pbuh)
in
the
performance
of Hajj and that is by performing the rituals in the way that he has
prescribed for them because he is the one to lead us to
the right way and Allah has sent him as a grace for the whole world and an
authority for all believers. So Allah has commanded His worshipers to
follow him and He (Allah) has made it clear that following the
Prophet
(pbuh)
is the reason for entering Jannah (Paradise) and escaping Jahannam
(hellfire).
When
it was the eighth day of Dhul-Hijjah the Messenger (pbuh)
set
to go from Makkah to Mina answering the Call Labbaik and he ordered his
companions to set for Hajj from their houses and to get going to Mina. But
he did not order them to make the Tawaf-al-Wada ' (farewell Tawaf). This
is proof that it is Sunnah for the residents of Makkah who want to make
Hajj to proceed to Mina answering the Call Labbaik for Hajj. But it is not
obligatory for them to make the Tawaf-al-Wada'
(farewell Tawaf).
It is really cherished desire for a Muslim upon putting on
Ihram for Hajj to do what he did in Miqat and that is cleaning, washing
and applying perfume. The Prophet (pbuh)
commanded
Aishah may
Allah be pleased with her
to do that when she wanted to get set for Hajj. She had made Ihram for
Umrah and she went into her monthly period upon entering
Makkah
;
she was therefore excused from making the Tawaf to be made before going to
mina. So the Messenger (pbuh)
ordered
her to take a bath and set for Hajj. and she did that and it became the
link between Hajj and
Umrah. The Messenger (pbuh)
prayed Zuhr. Asr, Maghrib, Isha and Fajr prayers with his companions may
Allah be pleased with them in
Mina
without combining them. But they made those of four Rak'ah two
Rak'ah.- It is Sunnah for the Hujjaj to answering the Call
Labbaika for Hajj. make busy oneself in remembering Allah, reciting Qur'an
and anything of the kind like making Da'wah and to command good deeds and
refrain from the evil ones and also doing favour
to the poor .
At sunrise on the day of Arafat the Messenger (pbuh)
along with , his Companions went to Arafat;
some of them answered the Call and others made Takbir. When he ;;
reached Arafat he stayed in a cupola of hair and the Prophet (pbuh)
took shelter under it. This shows that the Hujjaj are allowed to be
sheltered in a tent, trees or any shelter of the sort. In the afternoon
the Prophet (pbuh)
mounted his Qaswa (camel) and he addressed people from there; he reminded
them of and taught them the rituals of Hajj and warned them against Riba
(usury) and the deeds of Jahiliyah (ignorance).
he told them that their blood, their wealth and their personal effects are
Haraam (unlawful)
for each other. He commanded the
believers to hold firmly the Qur'an and the Sunnah " of the Prophet
(pbuh).
Therefore, it is obligatory on every Muslim to abide by this
instruction and adhere to it steadfastly wherever they are. It is also
binding on Muslim rulers that they should follow the Qur'an and Sunnah in
letter and spirit and rule by it in all the matter concerning them. They
should oblige their people to seek to be guided by Qur'an and Sunnah and
that is the way to get honour, dignity and success in this world and the
Hereafter. Then the Prophet (pbuh)
led prayers of Zuhr and Asr combining them and shortened them to only two
Rak 'ah, that is to say he prayed the two (Zuhr and Asr) with one Adhan
and two Iqamah. Then he went to the stand and mounted his beast praying
and making Dhikr till the sunset and he was not fasting that day. From all
the above we learn that it is legitimate for Hujjaj to do as the
Prophet
(pbuh)
did in Arafat and to make a lot of Dhikr,
Dua'a
and they should not fast; it is correctly reported that the
Prophet
(pbuh)
said:
"There is no day more free from Hell-fire than the day of
Arafat; Allah gets closer to his worshipers and the , angels take pride in
them. "
It is further narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said that Allah says on the day of
Arafat to the angels:
"Look
at my worshipers and my
slaves! They have come ruffled and dust laden in search of My Mercy; I
bear witness to you that. I have forgiven them."
He (the Prophet (pbuh)
) said:
"Here
I stand and all of Ararat is a place for standing."
Then after sunset the Messenger
(pbuh)
proceeded (answering the Call) to Muzdalifah and he prayed in it
Maghrib as usual three Rak'ah and Isha two Rak'ah with one Adhan and two
Iqamah. He slept there and prayed Fajr prayer there and the Sunnah and
then he went to the Al- Mash'ar-al-Haram (place of the cult) and he made a
lot of Dhikr and he made Takbir and glorified Allah; he raised his hand in
prayer and said:
"Here
I stand and whole of Jama is a place for standing (as an act of worship)."
This shows that all Muzdalifah is a standing place for the Hujjaj and
all those making Hajj spend the night there, make Dhikr there
and he seeks Allah's forgiveness there; so there is no need for the
Hujjaj to go to the place where the Prophet (pbuh)
stayed. The Prophet (pbuh)
permitted the weak and invalids to leave Muzdalifah for Mina in the second
half of the night. This shows (proves) that there is nothing wrong in the
weak going to Mina earlier to avoid the hardships and congestions.
They
can also throw the Jamrat at night as this was testified by
Ummo
Salamah and Asma bint Abu Bakr
may Allah be pleased with them Asma
bint Abu Bakr
may Allah be pleased with them recounted
that the Prophet (pbuh)
gave women the permission to go and when the day broke he , went to Mina answering the
Call
(in the process) and his destination was the Jamrat of Aqabah and
he threw
at it seven pebles making
as he was doing that. Then he slaughtered the Hady (sacrificial
animal) and he then shaved his hair then' Aishah may
Allah be pleased with her
perfumed him, then he went to Ka'bah and made Tawaf He was asked on the
day of slaughter about the verdict or ruling on
whoever slaughters before throwing the Jamrat and whoever shaves
before slaughtering and whoever makes Tawaf al-ifadah before , throwing;
to all these questions he answered:
"There is nothing wrong".
A narrator said: On that day -whenever he was asked on
what
came before or after the other, his only answer was "Do so, there is
nothing wrong with that". A man asked him: "0 Messenger of Allah, I made
my S’a
y before Tawaf ; the Prophet (pbuh) answered its not bad." From
here we learn that it is Sunnah for the Hujjaj to start on the day of Eid
with throwing of Jamrat. then slaughtering (if they have to) then they
either shave or trim; but shaving is better than trimming because the
Prophet
(pbuh)
asked
Allah
to forgive and have
mercy for the shaven ones three times and
he prayed only
once those
who only trimmed .
With shaving the Hujjaj make the first stripping of the lhram
and they put on ordinary dresses and from there all that is prohibited
during the period of lhram becomes permissible except sex. Then he goes to
Ka'bah on the Eid day or after it then he makes Tawaf and he makes Sa 'y in
case
of
performing Hajj-e-tamattu and from there every thing becomes permissible
for him even sex.
But if he is making Hajj-e-Ifrad or , Qiran, then the first
Sa'y he made
at the beginning and the Tawaf-al-Qudum (Tawaf of arrival) is enough. In case he did not make
Sa'y at the time he made Tawaf-al-
Qudum (Tawaf of arrival) then he should do so when he makes Tawaf of
Ifadah.
Then the Prophet (pbuh)
returned to Mina and spent the
remaining day of Eid there and the 11th ,
12th and
13th days and on each of the three days after
the Eid day he threw on each of the Jamrat seven pebbles making Takbir in
the process and then praying and raising his hands up in prayers after
finishing with the first and second Jamrat making the first on his left
and the second on his right during the time of making the Du 'a and he did
not stop at the third one. Then he
(pbuh)
went to AI-Abtah on the l3th day and he performed there Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib
and Isha prayers.
Then the Prophet (pbuh)
moved to Makkah on the last night " and led the Fajr prayer and he made
the Tawaf
for farewell then he went to
Madinah in the morning of the l4thday.
From this we learn that it is Sunnah for the person making Hajj
to do as the Messenger (pbuh)
did on the days of Mina and he throws the three Jamrat each with seven
pebbles and he makes Takbir in the process. It is allowed for him to stand
after the throwing of the first Jamrah to make Du 'a and raise his hand
making the first Jamrah to be on the left and facing Qiblah. And in a
similar manner he does after throwing the second Jamrah and he should turn
it on his right, and this is only something cherished but not obligatory.
The Haji does not stop in the same manner at the third Jamrah. If it is
not easy or possible for him to throw the Jamrat in the afternoon hours or
before sunset then he should do that within the period of the night of
that day and the last hours of that night
according
to the 'Ulama. Whoever wants
to leave on the 12th day after throwing the Jamrat can do
so, but it is always better to stay on to the 13th day and make another throwing; it
is better because it is what the Messenger (pbuh)
did. It is Sunnah for haji to spend
the 11th and 12th nights in Mina and this to many
Ulama is
compulsory.
If the Haji has a legitimate excuse like Messengers and shepherds then it
is not obligatory for them to
spend the night in Mina. As
for the 13th night it should not be spent at Mina. But if
sunset gets the Hujjaj there then the Hujjaj should spend the night there
then they depart on the 13th day and they are not supposed to
throw the Jamrat even though they spent the night there.
When
the Haji wants to go back to
his country he has to make the farewell Tawaf and this is in
line with
the
Prophet's
(pbuh)
saying:
"None
among you should depart until he makes Tawaf of the Ka'bah at the last
thing(before leaving Makkah)."
The women in menstrual and
puerperal periods are exempted as it is proved on authority of the
Ibn
Abbas
may Allah be pleased with them when
he said: He (the Messenger (pbuh)
) ordered people to make their last thing to be Tawaf of the Ka'bah before
leaving Makkah except that he exempted the women in menstrual period.
