Post by ahmadfaruq on Jan 23, 2007 12:45:26 GMT
.1 - For those who are afaqi (from distant places), to go directly into Masjid al-Haram and make Tawaf-i-qudum. While looking at the Kaba they say takbir, tahlil, and prayers. Men rub their hands and face gently on the Hajar-i-aswad. After the tawaf-i-qudum and two rakats of namaz, the sa'i between Safa and Marwa is performed. Then, without taking off their ihram, they stay in Mecca and make as many supererogatory tawafs as they like until the day of Tarwiya. Because the mufrid hajjis and the qarin hajjis cannot take off their ihram till after throwing pebbles and shaving their head (or cutting their hair), they have to avoid the things prohibited when in the ihram. People who cannot avoid such things had better become mutamatti' hajji. It is not sinful to pass in front of people who are performing salat in Masjid al-Haram.
2 - To begin the tawaf from Hajar-i-aswad and to end it there.
3 - For the imam to make the (the speech called) khutba at three places: The first in Mecca on the seventh day of Zu'l-hijja month; the second at 'Arafat when the time for the early afternoon prayer comes, before the early and late afternoon prayers on the ninth day, and the third at Mina on the eleventh day. At 'Arafat, when the khutba is over, the early afternoon prayer and immediately after this the late afternoon prayer are performed in jamaat. A person who is late for the jamaat performs the late afternoon prayer at the time of the late afternoon prayer. After the salat, the imam and the jamaat (congregation) leave Masjid an-Namra to go to Masjid al-Mawqif and, the imam sitting on an animal and the hajjis staying on the ground, standing or sitting, they perform the waqfa. It is better for the jamaat to be on animals, too. It is not necessary to mount the rocks of Jabal-i-rahma or to make niyya for the waqfa. [The salat which is performed behind the imam who belongs to a group of bidat should be repeated. For, it has been conveyed through hadith-i sharifs that worships performed by people who belong to a group of bidat will not be accepted.]
4 - To leave Mecca for 'Arafat on the day of Tarwiya, that is, on the eighth day of Zu'l- hijja, after the morning prayer. After Mecca you come to Mina.
5 - To sleep at Mina on the night before the 'Arafa day and on the nights of the first, second and third days of the 'Iyd. It is not obligatory to stay at Mina on the third night and day.
6 - To leave Mina for 'Arafat after sunrise.
7 - To sleep at Muzdalfa on the night of 'Arafa. You go from 'Arafat to Muzdalfa and, when the time for the night prayer comes, you perform the evening and night prayers one right after the other in jamaat. Those who have performed the evening prayer at 'Arafat or on the way have to perform it again together with the night prayer at Muzdalfa, in jamaat or alone.
8 - To stay for waqfa after dawn at Muzdalfa. Spending the night at Muzdalfa, you perform the morning prayer right after dawn and then perform the waqfa at a place called Mash'arilharam until it becomes rather light. Then you leave for Mina before sunrise. On the way you should not stop at the valley called Muhassar. This is the place to stop for the Ashab-i-fil. After coming to Mina, at a place called Jamra-i-aqaba, which is the farthest from the Masjid al-Khif, by using the thumb and the pointing finger of your right hand you throw seven pebbles as big as chick-peas at the foot of the wall marking the place of Jamra from a distance of two and a half meters or more. It is acceptable if they fall at the foot of the wall after striking the wall or a man or an animal. Though it is permissible to do the pelting any time until the dawn of the following day, it is sunnat to do it before noon of the first day. Then, leaving the place immediately, you slaughter a qurban if you like. For, it is not wajib for a safari person to perform the qurban. Because hajjis are safari, it is not wajib for a mufrid hajji to perform the qurban. After the performance of the qurban you shave your head (or cut your hair) and take off the ihram. Those who are at Mina on the first day of the 'Iyd and all hajjis do not perform the 'Iyd prayer. Then, the following day or the other day or the day after the other day, you go to Mecca and, after intending, make the Tawaf-i- ziyarat. This is also called the Tawaf-ul-ifada. It is makruh to postpone the tawaf- i-ziyarat and the haircutting till after the sunset of the third day of the 'Iyd, and doing this necessitates killing a qurban. It is only when you are unconscious that someone else may perform the tawaf on your behalf. You do not make Raml and Sa'i during the tawaf-i- ziyarat. After the salat of tawaf you return to Mina. You perform the early afternoon prayer in Mecca or at Mina. The khutba is made at Mina after the early afternoon prayer on the second day of the 'Iyd. After the khutba you throw seven pebbles at each of three different places. You begin with the place closest to the Masjid al-Khif. On the third day of the 'Iyd you throw seven more pebbles at each place, and the number of pebbles becomes forty- nine. It is not permissible, or it is makruh (according to some savants), to throw them before noon. You leave Mina before the sunset of the third day. It is mustahab to spend the fourth day at Mina, too, and to throw twenty-one more pebbles any time you like from dawn to sunset. If you stay at Mina until the dawn of the fourth day and leave the place without having thrown pebbles at all, you will have to kill a sheep. After throwing pebbles at the first place and at the second place you stretch forward your arms on a level with your shoulders and turn the palms to the sky or to the qibla, and say your prayers. The seventy pebbles to be thrown are picked up at Muzdalfa or on the way. It is permissible to throw the pebbles when on an animal. After the Tawaf-i-sadr you will drink from the water of Zamzam. You will kiss the threshold of the Kaba, and rub your chest and right cheek gently on a place called Multazam. Then, holding on to the curtain of the Kaba, you say the prayers you know and send your invocations. Then, while weeping, you go out the door of the Masjid.
Mina is to the north of Mecca; Muzdalfa is to the north of Mina, and 'Arafat is to the north of Muzdalfa. With the recently built asphalt roads, between Mina and Mecca is 4.5 kilometers, between Mina and Muzdalfa is 3.3 kilometers, between Muzdalfa and 'Arafat is 5.4 kilometers, between Safa and Marwa is three hundred and thirty meters, and between the arch on the mount of Safa and the Kaba is about seventy meters.
9 - To make a ghusl before the waqfa at 'Arafat.
10 - During the last return to Mecca from Mina, to stop at a valley called Abtah and stay there for a while. Thence you come to Mecca, and stay there as long as you like.
11 - Before setting out for hajj, it is a sunnat to ask for permission from your parents who are not in need, from from your creditors, and from your surety. If your parents are needy it is haram to set out without their permission. Also, it will be haram to set out without your wife's permission if you do not leave subsistence with her. It is mustahab to enter Mecca through a door called Mu'alla, and the Masjid through the Babussalam and while it is daylight.
2 - To begin the tawaf from Hajar-i-aswad and to end it there.
3 - For the imam to make the (the speech called) khutba at three places: The first in Mecca on the seventh day of Zu'l-hijja month; the second at 'Arafat when the time for the early afternoon prayer comes, before the early and late afternoon prayers on the ninth day, and the third at Mina on the eleventh day. At 'Arafat, when the khutba is over, the early afternoon prayer and immediately after this the late afternoon prayer are performed in jamaat. A person who is late for the jamaat performs the late afternoon prayer at the time of the late afternoon prayer. After the salat, the imam and the jamaat (congregation) leave Masjid an-Namra to go to Masjid al-Mawqif and, the imam sitting on an animal and the hajjis staying on the ground, standing or sitting, they perform the waqfa. It is better for the jamaat to be on animals, too. It is not necessary to mount the rocks of Jabal-i-rahma or to make niyya for the waqfa. [The salat which is performed behind the imam who belongs to a group of bidat should be repeated. For, it has been conveyed through hadith-i sharifs that worships performed by people who belong to a group of bidat will not be accepted.]
4 - To leave Mecca for 'Arafat on the day of Tarwiya, that is, on the eighth day of Zu'l- hijja, after the morning prayer. After Mecca you come to Mina.
5 - To sleep at Mina on the night before the 'Arafa day and on the nights of the first, second and third days of the 'Iyd. It is not obligatory to stay at Mina on the third night and day.
6 - To leave Mina for 'Arafat after sunrise.
7 - To sleep at Muzdalfa on the night of 'Arafa. You go from 'Arafat to Muzdalfa and, when the time for the night prayer comes, you perform the evening and night prayers one right after the other in jamaat. Those who have performed the evening prayer at 'Arafat or on the way have to perform it again together with the night prayer at Muzdalfa, in jamaat or alone.
8 - To stay for waqfa after dawn at Muzdalfa. Spending the night at Muzdalfa, you perform the morning prayer right after dawn and then perform the waqfa at a place called Mash'arilharam until it becomes rather light. Then you leave for Mina before sunrise. On the way you should not stop at the valley called Muhassar. This is the place to stop for the Ashab-i-fil. After coming to Mina, at a place called Jamra-i-aqaba, which is the farthest from the Masjid al-Khif, by using the thumb and the pointing finger of your right hand you throw seven pebbles as big as chick-peas at the foot of the wall marking the place of Jamra from a distance of two and a half meters or more. It is acceptable if they fall at the foot of the wall after striking the wall or a man or an animal. Though it is permissible to do the pelting any time until the dawn of the following day, it is sunnat to do it before noon of the first day. Then, leaving the place immediately, you slaughter a qurban if you like. For, it is not wajib for a safari person to perform the qurban. Because hajjis are safari, it is not wajib for a mufrid hajji to perform the qurban. After the performance of the qurban you shave your head (or cut your hair) and take off the ihram. Those who are at Mina on the first day of the 'Iyd and all hajjis do not perform the 'Iyd prayer. Then, the following day or the other day or the day after the other day, you go to Mecca and, after intending, make the Tawaf-i- ziyarat. This is also called the Tawaf-ul-ifada. It is makruh to postpone the tawaf- i-ziyarat and the haircutting till after the sunset of the third day of the 'Iyd, and doing this necessitates killing a qurban. It is only when you are unconscious that someone else may perform the tawaf on your behalf. You do not make Raml and Sa'i during the tawaf-i- ziyarat. After the salat of tawaf you return to Mina. You perform the early afternoon prayer in Mecca or at Mina. The khutba is made at Mina after the early afternoon prayer on the second day of the 'Iyd. After the khutba you throw seven pebbles at each of three different places. You begin with the place closest to the Masjid al-Khif. On the third day of the 'Iyd you throw seven more pebbles at each place, and the number of pebbles becomes forty- nine. It is not permissible, or it is makruh (according to some savants), to throw them before noon. You leave Mina before the sunset of the third day. It is mustahab to spend the fourth day at Mina, too, and to throw twenty-one more pebbles any time you like from dawn to sunset. If you stay at Mina until the dawn of the fourth day and leave the place without having thrown pebbles at all, you will have to kill a sheep. After throwing pebbles at the first place and at the second place you stretch forward your arms on a level with your shoulders and turn the palms to the sky or to the qibla, and say your prayers. The seventy pebbles to be thrown are picked up at Muzdalfa or on the way. It is permissible to throw the pebbles when on an animal. After the Tawaf-i-sadr you will drink from the water of Zamzam. You will kiss the threshold of the Kaba, and rub your chest and right cheek gently on a place called Multazam. Then, holding on to the curtain of the Kaba, you say the prayers you know and send your invocations. Then, while weeping, you go out the door of the Masjid.
Mina is to the north of Mecca; Muzdalfa is to the north of Mina, and 'Arafat is to the north of Muzdalfa. With the recently built asphalt roads, between Mina and Mecca is 4.5 kilometers, between Mina and Muzdalfa is 3.3 kilometers, between Muzdalfa and 'Arafat is 5.4 kilometers, between Safa and Marwa is three hundred and thirty meters, and between the arch on the mount of Safa and the Kaba is about seventy meters.
9 - To make a ghusl before the waqfa at 'Arafat.
10 - During the last return to Mecca from Mina, to stop at a valley called Abtah and stay there for a while. Thence you come to Mecca, and stay there as long as you like.
11 - Before setting out for hajj, it is a sunnat to ask for permission from your parents who are not in need, from from your creditors, and from your surety. If your parents are needy it is haram to set out without their permission. Also, it will be haram to set out without your wife's permission if you do not leave subsistence with her. It is mustahab to enter Mecca through a door called Mu'alla, and the Masjid through the Babussalam and while it is daylight.