Assalaamu alaikum 

Alhamdulillah and here is a continuation of the rites of Hajj by Sheickh al-Albaani (rahmatullahi alayhi). The first batch of pilgrims are supposed to depart from The Gambia today inshaAllah, and we pray that Allah make the journey smooth for them as well as bless them with Hajj maqbuul (an accepted pilgrimage). Ameen!!!

The Sheickh wrote:

Taking Ghusl for entring Makkah 
21. And whoever can talk a ghusl (bath) before entering Makkah then he should do so. And he should enter Makkah in the day following the example of Rasoolullah.(30) 

22. And he should enter from the upper part of Makkah which today has Bab ul Mi'laah as the Prophet entered from the upper pass (Kadaa')(31) above the graveyard, and he entered the masjid from Bab Bani Shaibah as that was the nearest way to the Black Stone (Al-Hajrul-Aswad). 

23. And he is allowed to enter by any path as the Prophet said: All of the mountain passes of Makkah are a pathway and place for slaughter and in another hadith, All of Makkah is a pathway. He enters from here and leaves from here.(32) 

24. So if you enter the masjid do not forget to enter by the right foot,(33) and say:(34) 


allallhumma salli `alaa muhammadin wa sallim - allaahumma aftah lee abwaaba rahmatika or a'oodhu billaahil `azeemi wa biwajhihil kareem wa sultaanihil qadeemi minash shaitaanir rajeem. 

25. And when he sees the Ka'bah he raises his hands if he wants to - as it is established from Ibn `Abbaas.(935)) 

26. And there is no du'aa established from the Prophet at this point. So he may make du'aa with Whatever he can if he wishes with the du'aa which is established from `Umar:(36) 


allaahumma anta salaamu wa minkas salaamu fahayyinaa rabbanaa bissalaam 

Tawaaf of Quadoom (arrival) 
27. Then he should go straight to the Black Stone and facing it make takbeer. And he may say `Bismillah' before it - as it is authentically reported from Ibn `Umar, although not from the Prophet. 

28. Then he touches the Black Stone with his hand and kisses it also, and makes sajda upon it also - as Rasoolullah did that, and `Umar, and Ibn `Abbaas.(37) 

29. If he is not able to kiss it then he touches it with his hand then kisses his hand. 

30. Then if he cannot touch it he should make a sign towards it with his hand. 

31. And he does that in every circuit. 

32. And he should not push and crowd to get to it according to the Prophet's saying: O`Umar, you are a strong man, so do not harm the weak, and when you wish to touch it, then when it become free then touch it, and if not then face it and say takbeer.(38) 

33. And there is in touching the Black Stone a great excellence as the Prophet said: "Allaah will raise up the Stone on the Day of Judgement, and will have two eyes with which it will see, and a tongue which it talks with, and it will give witness in favor of everyone who touched it in truth."(39) And he said: "Touching the Black Stone and the Yemeni corner removes sins."(40) "The Black Stone is from Paradise, and it used to be whiter that snow, but the sins of the idolaters turned it black."(41) 

34. Then he should begin making tawaaf around the Ka'bah - it being to his left - and he goes around past the Stone seven times - from the Stone to the Stone being one, wearing the iHraam under his right armpit and over the left (called al-idtibaa')(42) throughout the tawaaf. And walking quickly and with boldness (ramal - a strong walk in which the shoulders are thrust forwards) in the first three, from the Stone to the Stone - then he walks normally in the rest. 

35. And he touches the Yemeni corner with his hand each time he passes and does not kiss it, and if he is not able to touch it then he should not make any sign towards it with his hand at all. 

36. And he should say between the two corners: "O Allaah gives us good in this life, and good in the Hereafter and save us from the Punishment of the Fire."(43) 

Rabbanaa aatinaa fid-dunyaa hasanatan wa feel aakhirati hasanatan wa qinaa 'adhaaban naar [Soorat-ul-Baqarah ayah 201] 


(Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire.) 
37. And he does not touch the two shaami corners at all following the sunnah of the Prophet.(44) 


Iltizaam Between The Corner And The Door 
38. And he may cling to the place between the corner and the Door - placing his chest and face and forearms upon this place.(45) 

39. And there is no particular dhikr for tawaaf - so he may read Qur'an or say any dhikr he pleases, according to the Prophet's saying : Tawaaf around the House is prayer, except that Allah has allowed speech in it, so he who speaks then let him not say except, good things and in a narration : so let him limit his talk in it."(46) 

40. And it is forbidden for a naked person or a mentruating woman to make tawaaf of the House, as he said : A naked person may not make tawaaf of the House."(47) And his saying to 'Aa'ishah when she came to make 'Umrah in the final Hajj : Do as anyone making Hajj does, except do not make tawaaf of the House (and do not pray) until you become clean.(48) 

41. So when he finished the seventh round he covers his right shoulder and moves to the Place of Ibrahim and recites: 

Wattakhidhoo min-maqaami ibraaheema musalla [Soorat-ul-Baqarah ayah 125] 


(And take ye the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer.) 
42. And he places the Maqaami Ibraheem (Place of Abraham) between himself and the Ka'bah and then prays two rak'ahs. 

43. And he recites therein Surat-ul-Kaafiroon and Surat-Qul Huwallaahu Ahad. 

44. And he should not walk between the hands of any praying person there, nor allow anyone to walk in front of him while he is praying - as the ahadith forbidding that are general - and there is no established exception for the Haram Masjid, let alone the rest of Mukkah.(49) 

45. Then after praying he goes to Zamzam and drinks thereof,and pours some of the water onto his head, as he said : "Zamzam water is for what it drunk for"(50) and he said "It is blessed and it is a food and a cure for illness"(51) and he said : The best water upon the face of the earth is Zamzam water, in it is nourishment and a cure from illness.(52) 

46. Then he returned to the Black Stone, says takbeer and touches it - as before. 


Sa'ee Between Safaa And Marwah 
47. The he goes off for sa'ee between Safaa and Marwah (two small hills). And when he reaches the foot of Safaa he reads Allaah ta'ala's saying: 

Innas-safaa wal marwata min sha'aa'irillaahi faman hajjal baita 'awi`tamara falaa janaaha 'alaihi an yattawwafa bihimaa wa man tatawwa'a khiran fa'innallaaha shaakirun 'aleemun [Soorat-ul-Baqarah ayah 158] 


(Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols of Allah. So if those who visit the House in the Season or at other times should compass them round, it is no sin in them, and if any one obeys his own impulse to good, be sure that Allaah is He Who recognises and knows.) 
and says: Nabda'u bimaa bada'allaahu bihi 


(We begin with what Allaah began with.) 
48. Then he begins with as-Safaa - climbing upon it until he can see the Ka'bah.(53) 

49. Then he faces the Ka'bah - and makes tauheed of Allaah and takbeer, saying :(54) 


Allaahu akbar allaahu akbar allaahu akbar - laa illaaha illallahu wahdau laa shareekalahu - lahul mul ku wa lahul hamdu - yuheeu wa yumeetu wa huwa 'alaa kulli shai'in qadeer - laa ilaaha illallahu wahdahu laa shareekalahu - anjaza wa'dahu wa nasara ' abdahu wa hazamal ahzaaba wahdahu 
Saying that three times and making du'aa after each time.(55) 

50. Then he descends for sa'ee between Safaa and Marwah, as Rasoolullah said : Make sa'ee as Allah has prescribed sa'ee for you.(56) 

51. So he walks till he reaches the green sign-post - on the right and left - then runs quickly till he reaches the next sign-post. And this place was in the time of the Prophet a dried river bed covered with small stones, and the Prophet said:(57) (The river bed is not crossed except with vigour.) Then he walks up to Marwah and ascends it and does upon it as he did upon as-Safaa - facing the Qiblah, saying takbeer and tahleel and making du'aa(58) and that forms one complete circuit. 

52. Then he returns till he ascends as-Safaa - walking in the place for walking, and running in the place for running - and that is a second circuit. 

53. Then he returns to Marwah - and so on till he completes seven circuits finishing upon Marwah. 

54. And it is permissible for him to go between Safaa and Marwah While riding. However the Prophet preferred to walk.(59) 

55. And if he makes du'aa in sa'ee, saying : Rabbighfir warham innaka antal a'azzul akram 


(O lord forgive and have mercy,verily You are the Most Mighty, Most Noble) then there is no harm as it is authentically reported from a group of the Salaf.(60) 
56. Then when he finishes from the seventh circuit upon al-Marwah he shortens the hair of his head(61) thus ending the 'Umrah - and everything that became forbidden to him upon entering iHraam now becomes permissible again - and he remains in the state of hill (being out of iHraam) until Yaum ut-Tarwiyyah (8th Dhul-Hijjah). 

57. And he who made iHraam not intending to make 'Umrah before the Hajj - and not having brought the hadi (sacrificial animal) from outside sacred precincts then should also leave the state of iHraam in obedience to the Prophet's order and in avoidance of his anger. Those, however, who have bought the sacrificial animal with them remain in iHraam and do not leave that state until after the stoning on the Day of Sacrifice (Yaum-un-Nahr) (10th Dhul-Hijjah). 


Ihlaal (Calling Aloud With Tal-Biyyah) For Hajj On Yaum Ut-Tarwiyyah 
58. So when it is Yaum ut-Tarwiyyah and that is the 8th of Dhul Hijjah - he puts on iHraam and calls out with the talbiyyah of Hajj, and does as he did when assuming iHraam for 'Umrah which he did from the meeqaat - as regards bathing and putting on perfume, and wearing the ridaa and izaar (upper and lower garments) and reciting talbiyyah - which he does not cease to do until he has stoned Jamrat ul-Aqaha (on 10th Dhul-Hijjah). 

59. And he assumes iHraam form the place he is resident in - the people resident in Makkah doing so from Makkah. 

60. Then he goes off to Minaa and prays there the Zuhr prayer and remains there, spending the night there and praying the rest of the five daily prayers - shortening them (to two ra'kahs) but without combining them. 


Proceeding To 'Arafah 
61. So after the sun rises on the Day of 'Arafah (10th Dhul-Hijjah) - he moves off towards 'Arafah (a large plain to the south-east of Makkah), while reciting talbiyyah of takbeer - as both of these were practised by the Companions of the Prophet while making Hajj with him - and he did not critize either (those reciting tal-biyyah of those reciting takbeer.) (62) 

62. Then he stops at Namirah (63) - and it is a place near to 'Arafah but not forming part of it - and he remains there until noon. 

63. So When the sun passes its zenith he moves to 'Uranah and settles there,(64) and it is next to 'Arafah - and here the Imaam should give an appropriate Khutbah to the people. 

64. Then he prays with the people Zuhr and 'Asr shortening and combining them in the time of the Zuhr prayer. 

65. And one adhaan is given and two iqaamahs. 

66. And he does not pray anything between the two prayers.(65) 

67. And he who is not able to pray along with the Imaam - then he prays them in the same way on his own - or with those in similar situation around him.(66) 

Standing In 'Arafah 

68. Then he goes off to 'Arafah and if able stands upon the rocks beneath the Mount of Mercy (Jabal ur-Rahmah) and if not then all of 'Arafah is place of standing. 

69. And he stands facing the Qiblah, raising his hands making du'aa and reciting talbiyyah. 

70. And he recites much 'La ilaha illallaah' as it is the best du'aa on the Day of 'Arafah as the Prophet said: The best thing that I and the Prophets have said on the evening of 'Arafah is Laa ilaha illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu lahul mulk wa lahul hamdu wa huwa 'alaa kulli shay'in qadeer.(67) 


71. And if he adds in the talbiyyah occasionally (all good is the good of the Hereafter) then that is permissible.(68) 


Innamaal Khairu Khairul Aakhirati 
72. And it is sunnah for the one standing in 'Arafah not to fast that day. 

73. And he remains in that state, remembering Allaah reciting talbiyyah, making du'aa as he wishes - hoping from Allaah that He will make him one of those whom He boasts of (those whom He frees from Fire) to the Angels as occurs in the hadith :"There is no day on which Allaah frees more of His slaves from Fire than the Day of 'Arafah, and He verily draws near then boasts of them before the angles, saying :'What do they seek?' "(69) and in another hadith : "Verily Allaah boasts of the people of 'Arafah before the people of heaven (the angels), saying : 'Look to my servants who have come to Me dishevelled and dusty.'"(70) and he remains in that state until the sun sets. 

Leaving 'Arafah 

74. So when the sun has set he leaves 'Arafah for Muzdalifah - going with calmness and tranquility, not jostling or pushing the people with himself or his riding beast or his vehicle, rather whenever he finds room then he goes faster. 

75. And when reaching Muzdalifah he gives adhaan and iqaamah then prays the three ra'kahs of Maghrib, then gives iqaamah and prays 'Ishaa - shortening it - and joining the two prayers. 

76. And if he separates the two prayers for some necessity then there is no harm in that.(71) 

77. And he does not pray anything between them or after 'Ishaa.(72) 

78. Then he sleeps until Fajr. 

79. Then when the dawn first appears he prays Fajr in the first part of its time with adhaan and iqaamah. 


Fajr Prayer In Muzdalifah 
80. And all of the pilgrims pray Fajr prayer in Muzdalifah (a place between 'Arafah and Minaa) except the weak and the women - it being permissible for them to leave after half of the night has passed for fear of the crush of people. 

81. Then he comes to the Mash'ar al-Haraam (a small mountain in Muzdalifah) and climbs upon it and faces the Qiblah - then recites tahweed,takbeer, tahleel - and declares Allaah's Unity and makes du'aa until the sky becomes very bright. 

82. And all Muzdalifah is a place of standing - so wherever he stands then it is permissible. 

83. Then he leaves for Minaa before the sun rises, calmly while reciting talbiyyah. 

84. So when he comes to the river valley of Mu-Hassir he hurries if possible - and it is a part of Minaa. 

85. Then he takes the middle road which takes him to the Jamrat ul Aqabah. 


The Stoning (Ar-Ramee) 
86. And he picks up in Minaa stones with which he intends to do the stoning of Jamrat-ul-'Aqabah - and it is the last of the Jamraat and the nearest one to Makkah. 

87. And he faces the Pillar (Jamrah), having Makkah to his left and Minaa to his right. 

88. Then he stones it with seven small stones, like the Stones of Khadhf - which are slightly longer than the chick-pea. 

89. And he recites takbeer while throwing each stone.(73) 

90. And he ceases reciting talbiyyah when throwing the last stone.(74) 

91. And he he does not perform this stoning until after sunrise, even the women or weak who were allowed to leave Muzdalifah after half the night, as this is one thing and the stoning is something else.(75) 

92. And he may perform this stoning after noon even up to the night if he finds difficulty in performing this stoning before noon as is established in the hadith. 

93. So when he has stoned the Jamrah everything becomes lawful for him again except women, even if he has not sacrificed or shaved his head - so he may wear his clothes and use perfume. 

94. However he should perform Tawaaf-ul-Ifaada on the same day (before Maghrib) if he wishes to continue in his state of having left iHraam - otherwise, if he has not made Tawaaf before the evening (before Maghrib) then he returns to the state of iHraam as he was before the stoning - so he should remove his clothes and put on iHraam according to the Prophet's saying: "Verily on this day has been allowed for you, when you have stoned the Jamrah, that was prohibited for you except women (sexual intercourse). Verily on this day everything that you were prohibited from (by iHraam) has been allowed for you, when you have stoned the Jamrah, except the women (sexual intercourse) - so if evening comes upon you before you have made Tawaaf of this House then you revert to the state of iHraam as you were before stoning the Jamrah - until you make the Tawaaf. (76) 


The Sacrifice 
95. Then he comes to the place of sacrifice in Minna and sacrifices his animal - and that is the Sunnah. 

96. However, it is permisible for him to slaughter in any other part of Minna or Makkah as the Prophet said: I have slaughtered here and all of Minna is a place for salughtering, and all of the mountain pass approaches, so slaughter on your place of stopping.(77) 

97. And the Sunnah is to do the dhabh (slaughter by a horizontal cut through the throat) or Nahr (slaughter by a vertical movement of the spear to the lower part of the throat) with own hand if possible, and if not, then to depute someone else to do it. 

98. And he should make the animal face the Qiblah when slaughtering(78), making it lie down on its left side and putting his right foot upon its right side.(79) 

99. As for the camel then he should slaughter it by means of Nahr..while it is standing having its left leg tied, standing on its others(80) with its face towards the Qiblah.(81) 

100. And he says when slaughtering: Bismillaahi Wallaahu Akbar Al-Laahumma Inna Hadha Minka Wa Laka(82) Al Lahumma Taqabbal Minnee(83) 


(In the name of Allah and Allah is greater. O Allah this is from You and for You. O Allah accept it from me.) 
101. And the time for slaughter is the four days of 'Eid - Yaum-un-Nahr, and that is called 'Yaum ul-Jajj-ul-Akbar' (Day of the greatest Hajj)(84) and the three days of Tashreeq, as the Prophet said: "Allthe days of Tashreeq are for sacrifice.(85) 

102. And he may eat from the meat of his sacrificial animal and take some back with him to his land as the Prophet did. 

103. And he should give some it to feed the poor and the needy as Allah ta'ala says:(86) 


(The sacrificial camels We have made for you as among the Symbols from Allah: in them is (much) good for you: then pronounce the name of Allah over them as they line up (for sacrifice): when they are down on their side (after slaughter), eat ye thereof, and feed such as (beg not you) live in contentment and such as beg with due humility.)[Soorat-ul-Hajj ayah 36] 
104. And seven people may share in one camel or cow. 

105. And he who cannot afford a sacrificial animal should fast three days in Hajj and seven when he returns to his family. 

106. And he may fast the three days of Tashreeq according to the hadith of 'Aa'ishah and Ibn 'Umar - may Allah be pleased with them - who said: "No permission was given for us to fast the days of Tashreeq except for those who could not afford a sacrificial animal.(87) 

107. Then he shaves all of his hair off or shortens it. - and the first is better as the Prophet said: "O Allah have mercy on those who save their heads. They (the people) said 'And those who shorten their O Rasoolullah.' He said: O Allah have mercy on those who save their heads. They said: 'And those who shorten their hair O Rasoolullah' He added on the fourth time: And those who shorten their hair"(88) 

108. And the Sunnah is for the barber to begin with the right side of the head as occurs in the hadith of Anas.(89) 

109. And shaving the hair is just the for men and not for the women - they have to shorten only as the Prophet said: "There is no shaving of the hair for women, verily upon women is shortening of the hair.(90)." So she should together her hair and shorten it by the length of a finger-joint.(91) 

110. And it is Sunnah for the Imaam to give a khutbah on the Day of Sacrifice in Minaa(92) between the Jamaraat(93) in the forenoon(94) to teach the people to rites of Hajj.(95) 

Tawaaf Ul Ifaadah 

111. The he goes off that day to the House and makes Tawaaf - seven times around - as has preceeded in the Tawaaf of arrival - except that he does not wear iHraam under his right shoulder - nor does he perform raml in this Tawaaf. 

112. And it is from the Sunnah to pray two ra'kahs behind the Station of Ibrahim - as Az-Zuhree(96) said, and Ibn 'Umar did so(97), and said: "For every seven times around there are two ra'kahs."(98) 

113. Then he walks and runs between Safaa and Marwah as before - except for one doing Hajj of Qiraan or Ifraad - the first sa'ee being enough for them. 

114. And after this tawaaf everything again becomes lawful for him that became unlawful due to iHraam - even the woman (sexual intercourse). 

115. And he prays Zuhr at Makkah, and Ibn 'Umar says: At Minaa.(99) 

116. And he comes to Zamzam and drinks from it. 


Staying Overnight At Minaa 
117. Then he returns to Minaa and remians there for the days of Tashreeq and their nights. 

118. And he stones the three Jamaraat with seven small stones in each of those days, after noon, as has preceeded concerning the stoning on the Day of Sacrifice. 

119. He begins with the first Jamrah, which is the nearest to Masjid - al-Khaif, and after stoning it he moves onward and stands facing the Qiblah for a long while making du'aa while raising his hands.(100) 

120. Then he comes to the second Jamarah and stones it in the same way, then he moves to the left and stands for a long while facing the Qiblah making du'aa while raising his hands.(101) 

121. The he comes to the third Jamarah and it is Jamrat al-Aqabah - and he stones it in the same way - standing so that Ka'bah is to his left and Minaa to his right and does not stand there (making du'aa) afterwards.(102) 

122. Then on the second day he repeats this stoning and on the third day. 

123. An if he leaves after stoning on the second day not remaining for the third day's stoning, then that is permissible as Allaah ta'ala says: 


(Celebrate the praises of Allah during the Appointed Days, but if anyone hastens to leave in two days, there is no blame on him, and if anyone stays on, these is no blame on him if his aim is to do right,) However remaining for the third day's stoning is better as it is the Sunnah.(103) 
124. And the Sunnah is to do the previous actions of Hajj in order: the stoning, then slaughter, then shaving the head, then Tawaaf of Ifaadah, the Sa'ee for the one doing Hajj at-Tamattu'; however if he brings something forward in the order or delays something in the order (doing things out of order) then that is permissible as the Prophet said: "There is no harm, there is no harm." 

125. And regarding stoning, the following is allowed to those who have a valid excuse:
(a) The permission not to have to spend the night in Minaa according to the hadith of Ibn 'Umar: "Al 'Abbaas sought permission of Rasoolullah to spend the night of Minaa in Makkah as he was responsible for supplying Zamzam water there, so he gave him the permission."(104)
(b) To combine two days' stoning in one day, according to the hadith of 'Aasim ibn 'Adiyy who said: "Rasoolullah made concession for the camel drivers in Bairootah that they could stone on the Day of Sacrifice, the combine two days' stoning after that - performing it in one of the two days."(105)
(c) To perform the stoning at night as the Prophet said: The shephered may stone at night, then look after his flock in the daytime.(106) 

126. And it is lawful for him to visit the Ka'bah and make Tawaaf during each of the nights of Minaa as the Prophet did so.(107) 

127. And the pilgrim during the Days of Minaa must take care to pray the five daily prayers with the congregation - and it is best to pray the Masjid of Khaif if he is able to, as the Prophet said: Seventy Prophets have prayed in the Masjid of Khaif.(108) 

128. So after completing the stoning on the second day or third day of the days of Tashreeq - then he has completed the rites of Hajj and therefore returns to Makkah - and remans there for as long as Allaah has written for him to remain - and he should take care to perform the prayer with the congregation - especially in the Masjid-ul-Haraam, and a single prayer in the Masjid-ul-Haraam is better than a hundred thousand prayers in other mosques.(109) 

129. And he should perform much of prayer and Tawaaf at any time he pleases of the day or night as the Prophet said about the two corners - the Black Stone and Yemeni corner: "Touching them takes away sins, and he who performs Tawaaf does not raise or lower his foot (while walking) except that Allaah writes it for him as a good deed, and wipes off bad deed for him, and writes for him an extra rank and whoever does it even times round [check Sharh of at-Tirmidhee] it is as if he had freed a slave."(110) And the Prophet said: ""O tribe of 'Abd Manaaf! Do not prevent anyone from making Tawaaf of this house or from prayer at any hour of the day or night he pleases.""(111) 


 
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