Hajj in Islam … Messages and Steps
Hajj is one of the pillars of Islam, and it is imposed on all Muslims within conditions explained by the former director general of the Islamic Endowments Sheikh Hisham Khalifa to “Al-Nahar”, where he said: “It is physical and financial ability and security, that is, the ability to arrive peacefully, and when these conditions are fulfilled, Hajj becomes an obligation, It is from God’s mercy that He imposed it once in a lifetime due to travel, hardship, spending, family separation and so on. Unless a person loves to volunteer, then it is up to him.
Lofty goals
Khalifa says that “Hajj has goals sublime return for the benefit of man, God began Hajj for the benefit of man, and that by saying the Almighty” to witness the benefits to them and mention the name of God in the days of information on the beast of cattle, eat them and feed the wretched poor. “He said Sheikh Khalifa” is Commercial, civilizational benefits, acquaintance, meeting different customs and cultures. As for the most important pillar of Hajj, it is, as the Prophet mentioned, the “Hajj of Arafah,” and pointed out that “even though Arafah is a barren land, the pilgrim is not required to do anything on this day other than to pray Zuhr and stand at this prayer and do nothing but remembrance and turn to God, However, the message of Arafa is the meeting of feelings and heading to one kiss, and that the supplication after the noon prayer until sunset is for one God, where all nationalities meet in one land, the dress is one and everyone is heading to the qiblah and even their supplications are one where the best supplication of Arafah is (There is no god but God alone does not have a partner, to whom the king is to him, to him is praise, and he is capable of everything.)
Hajj steps in order
- Hajj begins, as Sheikh Khalifa said, with Ihram from the meeqaat, and Ihram is the intention and abandonment of sewn and surrounding clothing, by wearing the two Ihrams (white towels or any other color), after which a person prays two rak’ahs. Noting the difference in the intention, there is a singular pilgrimage, and it is he who enters with the intention of Hajj only, and here the person remains forbidden from the day he enters to the last day of stoning the Jamarat, and there is a pilgrimage that is enjoyed, which is that a person enters with the intention of Umrah, ages and then dissolves, i.e. he can re-wear his clothes and perfume and then be forbidden On the eighth of Dhu al-Hijjah before ascending to Arafah. With the knowledge that the one who is enjoying the sacrifice must sacrifice a sheep.
The pilgrim’s direction to Makkah. Entering the Haram and starting to circumnavigate the Kaaba seven circuits.
-Sa’i after the circumambulation between Safa and Marwah seven times, and Safa and Marwah are two mountains in Makkah. This is the basis of the pursuit of Hajar, the wife of the Prophet Abraham and the mother of the Prophet Ishmael, in search of water, and it came in the noble hadith: (O people, strive! For the sa’i was written on you). After the endeavor, the pilgrim prays two rak’ahs behind the shrine of the Prophet Abraham, drinking more Zamzam water, after which he does not have any of the duties except waiting for the eighth of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
- Going to Mina on the eighth of Dhu al-Hijjah on the day of Tarwiyah, waiting for dawn and sunrise to go to Arafah.
- Going to Arafah on the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, and collecting the Zuhr and Asr prayers, according to the Messenger’s saying: (Hajj is Arafah, so whoever catches the night of Arafah before dawn on the Friday night has completed his Hajj), and after that the pilgrim is only required to go to God, dhikr and supplicate.
- The descent from Arafah after sunset to Muzdalifah — which is a valley between Arafah and Mina, and that is on the night of the tenth of Dhu al-Hijjah. The pilgrim sleeps in Muzdalifah until sunrise, when he collects about 49 pebbles to throw at Mina. He prays Maghrib and Isha, overnight after dawn.
Go to Mina to throw the Jamarat of Aqaba, and on the first day seven pebbles are thrown.
-To go to Makkah to do the circumambulation of the al-Ifaadah, and in the event that he had not previously pursued it, he would rest until the second day and then return to Mina to throw the first, second and third pebbles. On the third day, he throws the small, middle and great pebbles. With this, he will have completed the rituals, and the pilgrim can shave his head on the first day of stoning the ritual stones, and he can delay the matter. The difference if he does not shave his head remains forbidden.
- For those who wanted on the day of Eid to sacrifice a sheep.
The farewell circumambulation when leaving Makkah, in order to bid farewell to the house by circling the Holy Kaaba seven circuits, after which the pilgrim leaves either to Medina to visit the Prophet’s Mosque or to his country if he had previously visited Medina.
