A Lasting Word

In the name of Allah, first and last all praise and thanks be to Allah, there is no god but Allah and Allah is the Great.

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad, His Prophet, the absolute epitome of mankind and upon his family, companions and all those who follow in their footsteps until Doom's Day.

Dear reader, African Hajj & Umrah Commission and www.esinislam.com lead you by the hand into the realm of Hajj and 'Umrah. At the end of our journey together, African Hajj & Umrah Commission and www.esinislam.com entrust this guide to you to read, understand and follow thoroughly. This guide will come to your rescue whenever you encounter a perplexing problem that needs a clear-cut lawful solution. It will lead you out of the labyrinth of diverse religious schools and the entanglement of opinions which many people are entrapped into. It will spare you the confusion which many people, even those who have religious pretensions out of ignorance of what is obligatory, preferred or allowed in Hajj, 'Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque. African Hajj & Umrah Commission and www.esinislam.com have done my utmost to offer a clear and concise exposition of the rules of Hajj and 'Umrah. However, you should be fully aware that notwithstanding the fact that it tells you all that you need to know about the obligations, Sunnahs, dislikes and restrictions of Hajj and 'Umrah, there are still many things that you should become fully acquainted with such as the excellence of Hajj 'Umrah and the other sacred monuments in Mecca and Al Madina. If you need to learn more, the original book will quench your thirst for knowledge. It will tell you all that you need to learn about the evidence out of which the Ahkam- rules were extracted. It will explain AI-Ihsar (Blockading) and Fawat and the atonement for committing any of the restrictions of Ihram or Haram. Therefore, you must treasure the original reference book on which this booklet is based. This reference book is entitled' Fiqh of Worship in Islam' by Hasan Ayoub. It will guide you in your pilgrimage. It will answer the needs of the scholar, jurist and cultured. African Hajj & Umrah Commission and www.esinislam.com implore Allah, the Most High, to accept this humble contribution to Islam. African Hajj & Umrah Commission and www.esinislam.com implore Him to bestow sincerity and trustworthiness on what we write and do.. Amen.

Chairman of African Hajj And Umrah Commission: Sheikh Abu-Abdullah Adelabu (Ph. D Damas) - Founder And President (Amir) Of Awqaf Africa

Hajj And Umrah Guides, Pilgrimage Essentials, Mecca & Medina Topics Links:

Advice To Pilgrims | A Step by step Hajj and 'Umrah | Adhkar (Pertaining to the remembrance of Allah) | A Lasting Word For Hajj And 'Umrah | An Account of the Miqat | An Account of visiting the Prophet's Mosque | Ayaam at-Tashreeq | Binding on the pilgrim to refrain from sins | Command about the Menstruating and similar women | Conditional Ihram | Day by Day Rites of Hajj - Day One | Day by Day Rites of Hajj - Day Two | Day by Day Rites of Hajj - Day Three | Day by Day Rites of Hajj - Day Four | Day by Day Rites of Hajj - Day Five | Day by Day Rites of Hajj - Day Six | Day of Arafah | Day to Day Activities of Hajj | Dhabh | Duties of pilgrims at 'Arafah | Entering Mecca | Entering Al-Masjid-al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque) and Tawaf | Errors Often Committed by Pilgrims | Etiquette of Ihram | Etiquette of Visiting the Prophet's (P.B.U.H) Grave | Farewell Pilgrimage of the Messenger of Allah | Farewell Tawaf | Farewell Tawaf is binding on everyone except the menstruating and women with post childbirth bleeding | Fixed time for Hajj | Fixed time for Hajj | Four Khutbahs in Hajj | Hajj in Pre-Islamic Times | Hajj of a woman | Hajj, Umrah & Ziyarah At a Glance | Halq or Qass | Halq or Qasr: Shaving or Clipping | Ihram | Ihram for youngsters | Ihram: Introduction And Significance | Innovations of `Arafah | Innovations Before Ihraam | Innovations of Hajj, `Umra and Visiting Madinah | Innovations of Ihraam and Talbiyyah, etc. | Innovations of Muzdalifah | Innovations of Sacrifice and Shaving the Head | Innovations of Sa'y Between Safaa and Marwah | Innovations of Stoning | Innovations of Tawaaf | Innovations of Visiting Madinat-ul-Munawwarah | Innovations of Visiting Bait-ul-Maqdis | Innovations: Various Innovations | Istilaam | Kinds of Ihram | Leaving Arafah to spend night in Al Muzdalefah | Many `Umrahs after Hajj is not encouraged by the Shari`ah | Maqaam Ibraaheem | Meeqaat | Merits of Hajj | Merits of 'Umrah | Minaa | Neglecting and delaying the throwing of pebbles | No Specific Supplication for Tawaf and Sa'y | Not allowed to shave the beard | Not obligatory to visit the Prophet's Mosque | Objective of Hajj - To seek the Divine Pleasure | Obligations during Hajj and Umrah | Performing Hajj on behalf of others | Permitted and Forbidden things in the State of Ihram | Pilgrim with Sacrificial Animal in the month of Hajj should intend Qiran (accompanied Hajj) and the one | Pillars of Hajj | Prayers at Arafah | Preparations for Hajj, Umrah and travelling to the holy lands | Preparing for Hajj or 'Umrah | Prerequisites and Sunnahs of valid Tawaf | Ramy | Reaching Miqat at a Time other than the Hajj Season | Regulations Concerning Hady (Sacrificial animals) | Restrictions of Ihram | Rites, obligations and Sunnahs of Umrah | Sa'y | Sa'y between Safa and Marwah | Sa'y and its rituals | Sacrificial animals | Shaving or clipping hair | Sunnah and allowed throwing | Sunnahs of Tawaf | Supplication at the beginning of the journey | Supplication on entering the Mosque | Supplications at Arafah | Supplications: Some All-Inclusive Supplications | Supplications: Some Supplications which may Be Recited At 'Arafat, at the Sacred Sites, and at Other Places of Supplication | Talbeeyah | Tawaaf | Tawaaf al-Ifaadah | Throwing Al Jemar | Throwing pebbles on behalf of other people | Types of Hajj | Umrah | Veiling and giving up the display of beauty is compulsory for women | Verdict on spending the night at Mina | Visitation of the Prophet's Mosque | Visiting Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi | Visiting Quba Mosque and Al-Baqi' cemetery | What a Pilgrim should do when he reaches the Miqat | What Is Required of the Pilgrims | What is allowed to a Muhrim | Where to pick the pebbles from and the number and size of pebbles | Woman's Hajj with Mahram, expenses of Hajj, taking husband's permission | Woman may enter into the Ihram in any dress | Wuqoof 'Arafaat | Wuqoof Muzdalifah | Zamzam