Abdullah Hakim Quick – New Muslim Corner – How To Perform Hajj
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The importance of learning to adapt to Islam's cultural and cultural elements is emphasized, along with the importance of performing ain't the moment and preparing oneself for potential mistakes. The process is complete with trimming one's nails, preparing oneself, and taking a ceremonial bath. The importance of making intentions to go to the airport, avoiding confusion, and staying at the tent city to avoid confusion is emphasized. The importance of staying at the tent city to avoid confusion and avoid feeling rushed is emphasized, as it is necessary to be sincer and not just read out of a book. The importance of preparing for the upcoming event and not cutting one's nails is also emphasized.
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All praise are due to Allah, lord of
the worlds,
and peace and blessings be constantly showered
upon our beloved prophet Muhammad,
the master of the first and the last,
and his family, his companions, and all those
who call to his way and established his
sunnah to the day of judgment.
Stuart follows my beloved brothers and sisters, to
our viewers, our friends. Assalamu alaikum.
Alhamdulillah.
This is a continuation
of our series,
of the new Muslim Corner.
And the idea is to provide,
an opening
to provide a venue
for people who are interested in Islam,
those who have recently embraced Islam,
and those who also want to strengthen
their practice.
This provides
a way to ask questions
without feeling under tremendous pressure,
and to
build the foundations.
And again,
the the essence of
our gatherings is to separate Islam from culture,
Because what you will find
is that the culture
of Muslims
varies,
tremendously
based upon which continent they live in,
based upon who they are
and their understanding.
And I had the opportunity,
alhamdulillah,
to live in,
Medina
for 6 years
and Riyadh for a year.
And this was back in the seventies,
at a time where
you you can really get,
the flavor
of all of the cultures.
And what I recognized,
you know, as a young Muslim,
open minded,
you know, trying to understand Islam,
sort of pushing back my own culture
in a sense,
North American,
and then
adopting an Islamic identity
is that people would wear their clothes
like uniforms.
You know, you have police uniform and firemen,
and you have soldiers.
You have politicians.
And it would be strange for a police
officer,
you know, to wear the fireman's cap.
It would be strange for a politician to
come out,
you know, wearing, you know, soccer, you know,
football
pads.
Everybody
dresses according to their,
specific
role in life.
Similarly, Muslims,
because we come from different climates,
different environments,
we have different ways of addressing.
Obviously, if you live
in a cold climate,
you gotta have something woolen.
Your clothes is gonna be tough because you're
on a mountain or you're if you live
in a desert,
your clothes has got to be thin and,
you know, able to breathe.
And so,
I would be I stayed amongst the pilgrims,
and I would walk amongst the different nationalities
and
meet people and get to know the cultures.
And
I could tell
the difference between
somebody who came from Pakistan
or someone who came from Bangladesh,
just by their close.
And sometimes the difference is only a few
extra buttons
or the way they, you know, make their
soap, how long it is,
something like that.
But for them, it was a uniform.
And so then
the people would see
this brother walking along,
and he has,
Sudanese shoes. Sudanese have
really nice leather shoes, leopard skin, and
different things. He has Sudanese shoes, Pakistani pants.
He has a,
Moroccan top.
He has a Nigerian
cap.
Now what is this?
So they would look at him and they
would say,
this is an American.
Right, or this is a westerner.
Because we were the only ones
who would
mix the cultures.
And each culture has its strength and weakness.
So
when you're
learning Islam
and implementing it, sometimes there is a cultural,
bias
or there is a cultural
flavor
in the way it's being taught.
Okay? So this is important.
And and sometimes that flavor is a good
thing
because it's how people have adapted,
to Islam as a way of life. But
other cases,
it actually can take you
away from the original
intention,
of the Islamic action that you're doing.
So we want to look
at the pilgrimage,
in a relaxed way
to go through it.
We understood in the last
session,
about the spirit of Hajj,
that Ibrahim alayhis salam,
and his wife Hajjah, may Allah be pleased
with her, the son Ishmael
alaihis salam,
you know, they were the ones who actually
initiated
the original
actions of of the pilgrimage.
And it was prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam
with guidance from the angel
who actually,
put it into a package.
So you actually perform
the pilgrimage,
and there's a way to perform it properly,
and there's also mistakes that you can make.
So it is important to understand
what it is, and so we wanna go
through this. And and for the new Muslims
and those you know, you don't have to
be so
so focused, just get a basic understanding
because when you make Hajj inshallah,
just before you do it,
then
you'll take a course.
The information will become real to you.
K. Now you'll understand certain aspects,
but there may be details that you wouldn't
really concern
be concerned with,
until you're actually there
doing the action.
And when you're on Hajj, there's hundreds of
questions
that can literally come up. Tonight, we want
to just look at,
the basic aspects
of performing Hajj. And so now
we are starting the journey.
One of the interesting,
adaptions that,
the Saudi,
Hajj ministry
has done. A lot of people complain about
the ministry,
but technology has helped in a lot of
ways. And this is a really helpful
picture because what this does and the Arabic
there is Hajj,
but what this does is give you
step by step,
all of the major actions that you do
to complete the Hajj.
So you could literally have this with you,
to make sure
that you're doing
the, you know, the major steps.
And
this is important because
there's actually
different types of Hajj.
There are actually people who go to the
pilgrimage,
and they have an alternative Hajj.
So they will go to certain gravesites.
They will go to certain places
super of superstition,
and they will go there almost in a
pilgrimage way.
So we need to know,
what is the foundation
and,
how to carry it out.
So
this, will come clearer as we go through
it.
But, if you look at the numbers can
you see the numbers here, okay, in the
class?
Yeah. So now, if you start from the
beginning
that we want to make the pilgrimage,
the the the basis
how it begins
is to go into a state of ihram.
K? This is what changes the average
Muslim
into a,
* or into a person who is making
umrah or Hajj. And ihram itself
sometimes is misunderstood
because you have ihram
garments,
especially worn by the males.
K. So somebody will say, okay. Can you
buy me an eharam,
at the shop?
So they mean, can you buy
these 2 pieces of cloth? And I'll show
you what that is. But that's not actually
what ihram is.
So ihram is,
it is as a a a a state.
It's a sacred state,
of spirituality.
And and it is based on an intention.
So once the person makes that intention, you
go into a different
lifestyle.
Similarly,
when you stand to make salat
and you say Allahu Akbar,
now
you are bound
by the actions of the prayers.
You're not supposed to just go back to
your car or
go in your pocket or, you know, read
something. You have to perform
the different aspects of salat.
Okay? So when you go into a state
of ihram,
this is a state of purity.
A haram comes from the same root as
haram,
which means forbidden.
So there are certain things that are forbidden,
you know, to do.
The person in the Haram is not hunting,
and they're not,
you're not put fighting,
and there's no *, sexuality and things like
this that go on while you're in a
state, you know, of ihram.
Okay?
And so
to begin,
before you actually
make the intention,
the person then trims their their nails.
We have a way of trimming our nails
and preparing ourselves just as though you were
preparing yourself,
to go to Jummah
or something like that,
and, you know, trimming, you know, extra hair
or whatever it is. There's a lot of
details in that that has something to do
with your tahara or your purity.
Okay? So you basically prepare yourself,
and then you take a ghusl,
which means a ceremonial bath.
So you take a ceremonial bath,
which is
covering the waters touching all the parts of
your body, and you're also making, you know,
wudu,
and that's with an intention.
So you take the bath,
you know, and then
you change into your iharam garments,
and I'll show you what they look like.
Okay? And
you then,
make your intention,
to make the the the Umrah or the
or the Hajj.
Umrah is the lesser pilgrimage,
and Hajj is the greater pilgrimage.
Okay? So these are the these two terms.
You offer 2 rakats.
You offer 2 units of prayer,
and then
you start to make what is called talbiyah,
the talbiyah.
And the talbiyah,
is the basic
remembrance of Allah
from the prophet, peace be upon him, and
that is something that when you make Hajj,
that will be imprinted in your heart and
in your mind,
for the rest of your life.
Because you are saying labaik Allahumma labaik,
And so you're gonna hear this
about
50,000, maybe a 1000000 times
during the Hajj. You're gonna hear this,
being said because that's the essence. And and
you're basically saying Labbeik Allahumal Labbeik.
So when you say labayk, you mean, oh,
Allah, I am here
at your service.
I'm here. I'm ready.
So I am here at your service.
You have no partners.
Verily,
the praise
and the blessings
are from you.
You have no partners.
Okay? So in other words,
it's a it's a confirmation of
your tawhid,
the confirmation of the oneness of Allah.
And that is the essence of
Islam
and the essence of the Hajj. So the
person now goes into a state of ihram.
Alright? Now
this is what the ihram garments
look like. The mandatory garments would be for
the males,
and that is 2 pieces of cloth,
that are worn.
For the female
also,
she can wear
white if she wants, but there's some relaxation.
So it does not have to go to
the rigid thing,
that the males will go through here, and
this is typically how,
women might dress,
you know, on,
when they're in a state of ihram,
and they cover everything except their face and
their hands.
And they're not supposed to be wearing,
the niqab.
They're not supposed to be wearing
face veils.
Why? That's the sunnah. The that that's the
way that they did. That's what the prophet
said they're supposed to do. Now some some
women because
what the veil was in the time of
the prophet, it
was something
that,
a woman had
choices.
So it's a
long piece of material,
and basically, it's held like this.
Okay? So the face is
shown. Okay? Now if she wants to cover,
everything except an eye
because of some circumstance, she can. If she
wants to cover her whole face, she can.
Right? So it's it's an alter you have
it all the choice. That's how it originally
was.
Okay. So these are the basic gauntlets,
that you would go in
when you're making,
Hajj or Umrah.
And it begins
as you move
toward Mecca,
you pass what is called Al Mikaat.
So the mikats
are the stations
or the places,
where the actual
ihram
begins.
Okay. Now
these are the places you can see,
where the where the round,
red dot is, Al Jaffa,
Dhulhulaif,
Hulaifah.
That's a erekin called the Manazil and Yelevena.
So these are people coming into Mecca from
different directions,
because in those days, it was basically overland.
K. So these are the stations
that people are coming in. And normally,
for instance, if you were coming from
Yemen in the south,
and you're moving to the desert, you're wearing
your regular clothes.
But once you reach
the point of yalemlam,
that is where the person would stop,
then, you know, take the bath
and then make the intention for ihram,
and they would go into a state of
ihram.
That would be at yeleven.
Okay?
And so now from there onwards,
you are in a state of Iran.
Okay? And so this is the different directions,
that people will come,
into,
when they're making,
their pilgrimage.
Okay? So the people who are now coming
from
the north,
it's all based on,
you know, when you pass this place. And,
you know, you you can look at it
sort of it's sort of like boundaries.
So these are the boundaries around Mecca,
basically.
And,
so the person who is now outside the
boundary
doesn't have to be in a state of
ihram.
They don't have to. These are the ihram
garments.
Right? And for those who just came in,
ihram is a spiritual state. It's not the
clothes,
right, where you, you know, prepare yourself, cutting
your nails, whatever, do the ghusl,
you know, then you put on your garments.
Make an intention.
Right? So the intention is important.
Or you say in your heart,
I wanna make umrah. I wanna make Hajj.
Okay? You make your intention.
K?
So this is the Mikkad station.
Now
the question
that comes, this is a a question you
might not be thinking of, but this is
a serious question.
If by some reason
you have to make,
Hajj or or or or Umrah,
Crossing the station,
you have to go into Ihram. Right?
But now the problem
or the difference is when you fly
because if you fly,
for instance, if you flew from
Iraq
or Pakistan,
you know, and then you're coming west,
Okay? And and then you and and you
are actually
crossing over.
You'd probably land in Jidda because Jidda is
the main stop close to Mecca. But remember,
now if you're coming that way, you crossed
stop close to Mecca. But remember now if
you're coming that way, you crossed over.
You flew over Mecca,
and you landed in Jidda.
You see?
And
they also realized
with the new technology,
if you're flying
from London, England, or the United States,
and the height if you're at a certain
height, distances are not the same below.
So according to the heights,
you see where the Red Sea is.
That's a better map. At the top of
the Red Sea by Egypt,
right there is where you should go into
Iran.
Because
after that, because of heights looking down, you
could be crossing into the mikat.
And if you cross into the mikat,
you've made a mistake,
which you'd have to do a sacrifice for
or something like that. So what people normally
do
is that if you are on a plane
from London
or if you're on a plane from New
York or Karachi, Pakistan
and you knew you were gonna fly over,
Either you you'll go into iHaram
when you go into the plane before.
You you you prepare yourself and then go
on.
And then as the plane is flying,
by the Red Sea, when it gets close,
then you can make your intention. You already
have made your actions,
and you can go into a state of
error.
Okay? So you can be safe.
Now this
is a little bit of a detail. I'm
saying it to you because when you make
hut, this is this is big.
This can cause confusion for some people, right,
as to whether they flew into the Miqat
without being an ihram.
Because that means that you made a mistake
and you'd have to sacrifice an animal,
to make that up.
Okay?
So this is now going in in a
simple way. These are the stations
you're now moving toward,
Mecca.
Okay? And and the basic place to move
towards,
is Jiddah. People basically land planes land in
Jiddah.
Now what some people
do is that
they land in Jidda
in their regular clothes,
and then they go to Medina,
to visit Medina. So their intention is not
Hajj.
It's not to go to Mecca. It's go
to Medina.
So they visit Medina, which is in the
north. See where Medina is on the top?
They go to Medina,
and then
they make the intention to go to Hajj.
So when they pass
Dhul Hulaifa,
where it says number 1,
then you'd go into Ihram.
K? So this is an alternative,
for those people who might be there.
K? I wanna open up the floor if
there's any questions anybody has about this. I
don't want I don't I don't want this
to be too complicated,
but just to give you an idea.
But I say this because
after after going on Hajj many times and
leading groups,
this,
can be a misunderstanding.
K? Question?
What happens? Do you, like, do you break
your ihram the same way you would break
your wudu? Like, what would happen if you
like, in if you're flying over and then
something hap like, you break your
You know, it it it doesn't break it.
I mean, you still,
you know,
you would have to,
you know, your intention is still there because
you made the intention to go in Iran,
but you made a mistake.
And you have to do something,
you know, to to make up for the
mistake, but doesn't break like wudu.
Okay. No.
So if you're flying over and you go
into your
around the Red Sea and you go use
the bathroom or something like that, it would
be considered a
No. Going to the bathroom does not break
your head around. Okay.
No.
You you you basically
are are doing your, you know, your bodily
functions, you know, is the same.
You know, so it doesn't, it's it's okay.
And some people even I don't wanna go
too much details here. They even carry the
men carry the haram garments and they go
inside the washroom in the plane.
Right? And they and they change
and they put it on.
Because for some people to put the iharam
on in New York City,
you know, in the airport, you know, they
don't wanna be a terrorist or something like
that. You know, they don't wanna look strange.
Right? So they'll just do it, you know,
as they fly.
Generally, over the Red Sea is where if
you fly Saudi Airlines,
that's one good thing about Saudi Airline, they'll
tell you.
We're crossing the Miqat.
That's probably the only airline that I know
that will actually the pilot will say it
to you.
You've you're crossing. Whoever wants to make Hajar
Umar,
now make your intention,
because we're coming to an area that would
be Minka.
That's what Saudi Alliance.
Okay. So now we're on our way.
There
are there any questions online?
Oh, okay. The the the no. No. That's
that's
another area.
Maybe at the end if we have time,
but we're just dealing with Hajar Umah.
Yeah. Question. So the the state of being
in Karam, that that's only when you're making
when you're planning on going to Hajj and
Umrah, not when you're, like, traveling to the
other side of the world and
just happen to be crossing.
No. This is special for Hajj and Umrah,
and it's an intention.
So you make an intention to go to,
Mecca. You can't let an agenda and say
I'm ready, and then decide to change and
go to Karachi, Pakistan.
You're making your intentions so you go to
Mecca.
You go straight on.
Okay?
Yeah. So that Are you cross in airspace
and the country? Yeah. So so you did
cross, but your intention was not to go
to Mecca.
Your intention was to go to Medina, to
visit Medina.
Well, no fairness. That person's intention will be
eventually to get it. Right. But at that
point will go first. Right. But at that
point, it was not. It doesn't matter. No.
It's it's acceptable.
So this is what some people do.
They will go to Medina, and then they
then they come in from there.
So that that's that that is that is
acceptable.
K? Now,
again, this is our
little Hajj map.
There's a very
good adaption that the Saudi ministry has made.
So this gives you all the steps to
make Hajj
on this little,
picture here. So we completed number 1. Can
you see number 1 here?
That's Ihram.
So you've begun your journey.
Okay? And, you know, people are saying, you
know, the talbiyah,
you know, labayk Allahumma labayk,
labayk Allah sharika laak Allah bake in alhamdah,
one nia'mata laqalaka wal mulk la sharika laq.
So you hear that constantly over over.
People are saying this,
you know, as they go along.
And
you go down into Mecca.
So once you reach
into the precincts of Mecca,
you prepare yourself to go down to the
Kaaba.
Now
it is possible
to
check into a hotel
because sometimes you're traveling with a group,
you know, and
to even
you could even wash up
a little bit. It doesn't break your hara,
and then go down to the to to
to the Kaaba to make your
Umrah. Because the prophet did allow
people to some of them took a a
bath when they reached Mecca. Because imagine, you
you're traveling on a camel, right,
or a horse in the desert.
So they took a bath as they reached,
you know, the outskirts of Mecca
or they had to go in. So you'll
be making umrah,
and umrah is the lesser
pilgrimage.
Okay? And Umrah can be made anytime during
the year.
But
if you're making
Hajj,
your umrah, there is a a form of
Hajj
where the umrah is part of it.
So you you you you would make your
umrah,
and then you would
wait until
the 8th of Dhul Hijjah.
So some people might come in 2 weeks
before,
and they'll make the Umrah, but they have
to stay there in Mecca
until the 8th of,
Lohija
of the month,
which is which is today,
right, in in the time.
And then now now you have to make
umrah.
And your umrah,
includes,
and you can see there,
number 2,
this is Tawaf.
So you're going around the Kaaba,
okay, 7 times.
You go around 7 times,
and then you can see the Kaaba where
it says, Yemeni corner.
So when you pass that, you say, Bismillah
Allahu Akbar. You don't have to touch it.
And then
the Hajil Aswat is the black stone.
So you will try to kiss the black
stone if you can,
But with the size of the crowds,
I wouldn't advise anybody except a seasoned rugby
player
to go near the Kaaba. Right?
Even that person might get hurt.
And it's not that they hate you.
It's just that, you know, you buy the
thing and the only thing between,
you know, the stone is and him is
your head.
So he's gonna move your head. Right?
It's not hatred.
It's just zeal and enthusiasm.
Okay?
And if you can't do that,
then you are allowed to touch it with
a cane,
or you could point towards it like this.
Because Omar Ibn Khattab
was a very strong 6 footer,
and he could fight his way in.
And the prophet
told him that you're you're, you know, you're
very strong. You could point towards it.
So so you could say as if it's
there, you say,
and
then you
keep going. You don't have to touch it.
But once you cross it,
you have to now say, you know, Bismillah,
and you start your
second circuit,
the 7 circuits.
Okay? And you're going around,
the Kaaba 7 times.
Right? And it's always,
you know, that direction,
you know, that you're going in.
And
that direction
is actually the same way that all planets
circumambulate.
Every planet goes around the same way.
It's the same direction.
So you go around 7 times,
and following that,
you go to Maqama Ibrahim.
You see where it says Maqama
Ibrahim? And then you perform 2 rakats. If
you can't do it there,
then you could do it anywhere
within the precincts.
2 units of prayer.
Okay? And following that,
then if you can't drink some Zam Zam
Zam water, it's not, you know, part of
it, but the Zam Zam well is there,
And then you will go to Dusai
where you will run-in between. You go to
the mountain of Safa.
Right? And you go down to Marwa,
that's 1,
and then back
and forth 7 times.
And the last mountain you should end on
is Marwa.
If you ended on Safa,
you made a mistake.
You should end on Madwa.
K?
And
then you,
you know, make a dua. You make a
prayer,
and Umrah is over.
That's the Umrah.
Okay? And that is done that can be
done anytime during the year.
But this particular one
is the one which is connected to the
Hajj,
and that is called Hajj Tammettur.
I don't wanna get too complicated in this,
but that's the Hajj where the Umrah is
there, and then you can stay in Mecca
in regular close
till 8th.
And when the 8th comes, you gotta go
back into your, you know, your your yeah.
Around.
But you're allowed to come out of it
temporarily.
Okay?
And,
yeah. So so this is another guide for
us
to sorta show us the different places where
where we'll be at. Number 1, you see
is Mecca,
and then you move along
and then Mina.
And 3
on the right side is Arafat.
And then you go around
to Mus Delifa,
and then you go back to Mina
and back to Mecca.
So this is the actual route
that you go during the pilgrimage.
But this
these actions cannot be done
and getting reward from Allah
any other time
except
the 8th, 9th, 10th,
and the 11th, 12th, 13th, this Hajj time,
that's the only time.
If somebody did this outside of Hajj season,
they're just
jogging to get in shape.
There's no blessings.
There's no blessings.
It's only during
this time,
that you can do. So this is that's
the movement that you're gonna be making.
Okay? So on the 8th day,
which would be today, for them now, it's
already changed.
But in in the 8th day, you basically,
you know, go back into iharam,
and you go to Mina,
and you stay there,
during the day just making your salats and
the things that you regularly do.
And this is what Mina
looks like. It's changing every year.
But this is now the it's a tent
city. These are tents.
So now you're dealing with a million, not
2,000,000,
you know, people you're dealing with.
And,
this is
serious. If you don't like crowds,
you you gotta have a you gotta have
to adjust,
because you're dealing with a lot of people.
Okay? So this is the pilgrims,
there in Mina.
And then
on 9th day,
okay, in the morning of 9th,
then you would head towards
Arafat.
And you can walk,
but most people are in buses or in
vehicles,
whatever, and they will go to the plain
of Arafat. It's a it's a it's a
area. It's a plain of Arafat.
And on that is a mountain,
and it is on that mountain
that prophet Muhammad peace be upon him gave
his final sermon.
It's called the Arafat sermon.
So that is his final sermon was done
on,
on this this this mount, this hill.
Okay. So this is what it looks like
in,
Arafat itself by the hill,
itself,
but it's a wide spread out area. Most
people will not
really be able to climb the hill now
is because the crowds.
Okay? And there is a prayer that's done
in Arafat.
You would make your dua prayer and your
asa prayer
combined.
So this is where combination of prayer, which
everybody agrees on.
You would make dhor 2 units and then
asa 2 units. There's a sermon
that is given there,
by the the imam.
And then the rest of the afternoon,
you go back to your tent or you
try to go up to the hill, and
you're basically making dua. You're pray you're making
prayers.
And this this time in the afternoon of
Arafat
is the best possible time to be praying
to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, is during this
time.
And this is what people
are searching
for
is this time here.
And the prophet
said, Al Hajj Arafa.
The essence of the pilgrimage is Arafat.
That's the essence.
It's to catch this time.
And while this is going on
on 9th,
corresponding
to it,
In other places, we fast.
As we learned about the fast of Arafat
and the blessings we get, we will make
a fast
for
that. Inshallah,
that would be tomorrow
at the time of Arafat.
Okay? So going back to our guide now,
we were there in Arafat,
and you you stay in Arafat
until Maghreb comes,
until the sun sets.
This is a minor point,
but maybe sometime in your life, I'll just
say it to you.
Do not leave Arafat until after Maghreb is
in, the sunsets.
Do not leave Arafat,
or you made a mistake.
You have to stay till sunset.
And I was part of a group
dealing with the Hajis,
and we had to stop people at the
bridge
to hold them back.
And there was some Saudi taxi drivers who
wanted to make some money,
and they were just funneling the people out
before. Right? So they could
get out of the place. That is wrong.
Stay there until Maghreb comes in. You don't
have to make Maghreb
immediately there.
You can make Maghreb
when you reach the next place called
Muzdalifa.
Combine your prayers.
You can combine your Maghreb and your Isha,
and all scholars agree on this.
Right? So you go to the next place,
which
is Musa Delifa.
K? And when you reach Musa Delifa now,
it's like Isha time. It's evening,
And then you combine your prayers,
and, basically,
you just rest. You camp out.
And for people who are not used to
camping, you will enjoy the ground
because you're so tired.
At that point, you just
you just camp out that night.
And that's a shot
sort of how it is there.
And you stay in Muzdalifa for the evening.
Imagine this place here now. These places are
totally empty all year, complete desert,
except for this time.
2,000,000 people are now coming in.
So that's the night there in Muzdalifa.
And in the morning,
then you head back to Mina.
So you go back to the tent sites
that are there in Mina,
and that would be
10th day,
okay, which is gonna be corresponding to, Sunday
is when they get back to Mina.
Okay. So I wanna open up the floor
for any questions. Are are we okay so
far? Any questions so far,
you know, concerning
these are the actions you're taking as you
move,
you know, from tonight, we we just wanna
give you a basic idea of the flow
of it. But if you have any
questions,
you know, floor is open. But this is
the basic movement,
that you will be making with the group.
Because you have a separation between men and
women throughout this entire process?
No.
I mean,
generally speaking,
in in the mosque, where the sermon is
being given,
There there is a woman's section and a
and a men's section.
But in terms of the general moving around,
there is there is no real separation. No.
There's a natural separation that might happen
at certain points in your tents
where you might be in your tents,
things like that.
But there's no specific
ruling.
Now, when you are when the Hajjis arrive
back
in Midna,
on 10th day, this is your busiest day.
This is a really busy day.
And there's a number of things that you
do.
One of the things you do you remember
the story of Ibrahim alaihis salaam, the prophet,
he was tempted by shaitan,
and he took he stoned the devil
7 times.
Okay? He stoned him.
So therefore,
on the first,
there's 3 places where he stoned
the shaytan, and they set up,
a Jamra. They call it Jamra,
place where the stoning happened.
And so you would stone there is the
large one, medium, and small.
So on the 10th day, you would stone
the, you know, the the big Jamr al
Khobra.
You would stone that 7 times,
And you can see the people just picking
up stones.
You can just pick up stones from anywhere,
and you don't have to worry about
stones
because there's 1,000,000,000 of them, 1,000,000,000 of them
in the area. So you pick up stones,
but try not to pick up rocks.
Pick up something small,
and then you pelt because it's symbolic pelting,
and you can see the people pelting there.
The problem is if you get close here
and somebody's far away,
and they have a rock, right,
And they throw that rock. It it could
be hitting you in the back of the
head.
So just get something small and
wait your turn
as much as you can and try to
get as close as you can. It's symbolic
stoning of the devil.
Some people will lose control of themselves
because they're so angry at shaytan.
So they jump on top of it and
beat it with their
shoes and scream and curse and everything.
But it's symbolic.
Because that same person may may, you know,
beat the shaytan and then, you know, go
home
and commit sins. And so the shaytans laughing
at you.
Right? It's it's it's symbolic.
So that's one of the actions on the
tent.
Other actions would be,
to sacrifice.
This is where
sacrifice is there.
So they sacrifice the animals. This is a,
an old picture of what it might have
looked like
a 100 years ago or so.
But now
everything has changed. There's, you know, big areas
where
sacrifice can be. One of the good things
that was instituted,
you know, by the Hajj ministry
is that they they would,
you sacrifice
and they would immediately
free, take the meat and freeze it,
and they would ship it to countries where
people needed meat.
That's that's an excellent
because because before, a lot of meat was
wasted.
And when I went back in 19
73, you know, a lot of meat was
wasted,
but now they've got a system to preserve
the meat.
K?
On the same day,
you then,
there's a shaving of the hair.
Right? And,
that's for the males.
The sister can just clip, you know, some
of her hair like that. The shaving of
of the of the, male's
head is not compulsory, but it is strongly
recommended.
You know? And then you can actually come
out of the ihram,
you know, garments,
you know, then, and you make tawaf.
You will go back to the Kaaba
and
make
7 circuits around it
on the 10th day. That's called Tawafel Efada,
and this will be the largest tawaf you
will ever make in your life
because everybody's trying to go back there.
So one advice,
it may stick in your mind sometime,
you know, you know, in the future.
It may help you. And if it does,
you know, make a dua for me.
You don't have to do it right away
during the day. You can wait till the
morning
before Fajr.
If you wait for the tawaf till, like,
3 in the morning,
and then you make it, It's it's much
it's empty.
Not empty, but I mean, it's not like
this.
But if you try to go right away
during the day,
then you will come directly
into contact with, you know, million over a
1000000 people
in this area. It's unbelievable
that it is.
On 10th. This would be the 10th day.
But if you if you say that during
the day, then
Right. So so I'm saying, you know, it
it is permissible to do it
at that time. It it it is permissible.
They allow it to do, you know, even
in the evening. It's it's still okay.
Like like, there is some relaxation.
You don't have to do all these things
exactly in this order.
So you just get them done. And even
if it's done in the morning, it's okay.
It has been allowed to do that.
Yeah.
So that's the 10th day for the people
there.
Okay. So we reached,
now the 11th
and the 12th,
you would then,
stone,
these are the last
the last 2.
Jamar's there's stonings on those days as well.
So you would stone, you know, all of
them on these days,
the 3.
It used to look like this,
and now it's changed
because of the side. They're changing it all
the time. It's a big area.
You know, you can see the stone.
But before, it was just simple. I did
it 1 year,
and there was none of these overpasses or
anything. It was just a town.
It was a small town that was there,
and then you leave the town and you
go outside and then you see these 3
round things, and it's there.
That's how it was before.
But now there's overpasses,
so you will follow
the crowds and the overpasses. And this is
really good
Because sometimes,
what what happened to me,
you know, there is that, you know, if
you're going this way and a group of
people is coming out,
then you're facing each other.
And it's not out of hatred
because someone's pushing them from their back.
So the crowd is coming at you and
you're coming at them,
and it is really you can get in
this real
tough situation.
Okay?
Bestly with certain groups. 3 countries, I'll say,
without any,
bias.
1, Turks from Turkiye.
If you see the Turks,
watch out.
Okay?
Because they're really strong and they're united. Right?
2nd group is Nigerians.
Okay? Strong and united.
And 3rd, Indonesians.
So these three groups,
united and strong.
Right? And and and you have to,
you know, the best thing is is to
just go around them. Like, don't go through
them.
Right? Go around.
So the last 2 days or 3, you
could stay for 3.
It's called Ayamat Tasharikh.
You could stay for 3, but if you
finish,
you can leave on the second day after,
before Maghrib,
before the day changes.
On the 2nd day, you could leave,
and your final action would be tawafah wida.
That is your farewell tawaf.
And you make your farewell,
you know, and
that is the end.
That ends the pilgrimage.
Okay?
So with that, the pilgrimage is done.
Now what some people do,
if they didn't do it in the beginning,
is they will visit Medina.
This it's a nice time then. They'll go
to Medina,
and then they will visit,
the grave of the prophet, salsallahu alaihi wa
salsallam, Mount Uhud.
There's there's a few
historical sites there. Visiting Medina is not part
of the Hajj,
but it is something that you should we
we all should try to do
because there's you know, for every prayer you
make in Medina,
you get a 1,000 times the reward for
any good deed. In Mecca, a 100000
times.
Okay?
And Jerusalem is 500.
And Medina
is
very
spiritual, and it's always been like that.
Mecca has always been very hectic,
pace.
Medina is you really get relaxation,
and, it is a beautiful experience, you know,
being in,
Medina.
And I don't say that because, you know,
I I used to be part of it.
Most people say that, that go to Medina
and Mecca. They know that they notice the
difference.
Right? So you you will
spend some time there,
in Medina.
Okay. So the floor is open for any,
general questions, anybody has. Yeah.
In Mecca
when they're having
their congregational
Well, you know, it is generally said that
you need to try to be
somehow connected.
However,
because of the nature of the situation,
it has been allowed
to pray in some as long as you,
you know, you you you were within the
precincts of Mecca,
and, you're facing the, you know, the Kaaba,
and and you couldn't be shoulder to shoulder
with somebody,
that it is permissible.
They've even allowed people who are in
some of the hotels.
They have areas in the hotel
where you can actually,
you know, make prayers as well.
So this has been a, you know, a
a a fatwa, a decision of the ulama,
you know, they have allowed
in this particular case.
Online, is there any question concerning?
Do you encourage new Muslims to do the
Hajj in groups or individually?
Yes. Do I encourage new Muslims to to
do the Hajj,
in groups or individual? I would encourage to
go with the group.
Because if you go by yourself, you don't
really you don't know what you're doing.
And not just a new Muslim, any Muslim.
Because when you get there,
there's you're gonna have a lot of questions.
So there's a lot of things that's gonna
come up, and it is better to be
with a group that has somebody with it
who has knowledge.
And so when you have a question,
you can ask the question
to that person.
So there's a lot of things, and I
don't know the rulings now.
You know, things have changed so much.
They even allow people now to go individually.
Right?
I think that's you know? But in in
the past,
you had to go with a group. In
the seventies eighties, you know, when I was
there, in the seventies, you could you could
go individually.
And then it shifted to you have to
be with a group.
Now they've relaxed it.
But, generally, I would say go with a
group
because you're with people who have,
experience,
and they can answer your questions
because there's a lot of things
that that'll that will come up.
K. Floor is open right now. Hey, Madina.
My friend mentioned there was 4 masjids that
were special, like, special masjids.
Masjid was 1, and then I kind of
remember the other 3. I remember if it's
No. It's 3. It's 3 that are special.
So it's Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. Oh,
special ones in Medina alone. Like, the first
place that where our products are on gave
a sermon.
Oh, you mean that they they call ziada.
It's like taking a visit.
So
where the first mosque was
when the prophet
reached Medina, it's Kaaba.
So the Kaaba mosque
there on the outskirts of Medina,
that's a place to visit.
There's also a place where
the trench
we'll we'll see the story of the prop
the trench was dug, so they have, you
know, 5, you know, Masjids.
There's the Mount Uhud
where there was a great battle,
you know, there at the Mount Uhud.
So there are a few places like that,
to visit, but there's nothing none of these
have anything to do with Hajj or anything.
It's just extra,
you know, visits that you're doing.
Do you still go in groups
Do you still go in groups for that
Hajj? Are you still part of it?
Not this year. I I haven't in a
while,
you know, been with the groups.
I made Hajj a number of times. I
used to live there.
And, for me personally, some of the changes
that happened there, it it sort of hurts
my heart to actually go back there. Right?
Because I lived there when there was no
giant
towers there and palaces.
None of it. It
was it was different vibe.
No McDonald's
and
Burger King and
Kentucky Fried Chicken.
None of this.
It was totally different. So it kinda hurts
my heart,
you know, to to be back there,
to see some of these things.
And
prices have gone up in
time you know? So I,
you know, take people on other trips now
when when I do go.
I take trips to Spain, sometimes to Morocco,
to to Turkey.
Historical tours.
Mhmm.
But there are a number of good Hajj
groups that you can go with,
there, and I do advise to go with
a group.
No.
So I think that there was one question
that was that was coming up about
people making
Eid on another day.
Okay.
There are some people
who
their basis of determining
Islamic months
is based upon local sightings.
And in Ramadan,
that is something
that makes sense, and it's
permissible.
But in Hajj,
this time,
that is something which is,
it it's a major mistake that they're making.
Because one of the key things that we're
supposed to do,
which is compulsory, is unity.
We're supposed to be united.
And so if the people are there, because
it not making sense to me either and
it makes less and less sense. That's why
there are fewer people who are doing what
this group does.
Because if the people are on Arafat if
your mother
went to Arafat
and she's there on 9th
and she's praying for you,
Right?
Do you consider that not to be 9th,
but it's the 8th?
Do you consider her prayer not to be
accepted?
Like, it's it's irrational,
what people are doing. But some people take
the position that
10th day of Dhul Hijjah,
you know, they have certified it on a
certain day, so they'll make their Eid prayer
on 10th according to the local sightings.
But the overwhelming majority of Muslims now around
the world,
will do it according to the
position of the the Hajj officials,
you know, and where the Hujjaj are.
If there was a mistake,
you know, that happened, then that would be
on the officials.
But the Hajjis are there and we follow
them,
you know, where they are.
Okay?
So
I don't say that the people are doing,
you know, haram, anything prohibited,
but I believe, you know, they're making a
major mistake
by doing this. They're breaking up the unity
of the community,
harming their younger generations that can get confused,
you know, by them,
especially when people are there. You know? Now
you can watch Hajj on television
online.
So the people are online praying in Arafat,
and you're sitting here and saying it's not
Arafat.
Okay. This is
getting irrational.
Okay? And and it's really not worth it.
It's not worth it. And what it comes
down to, I'm sorry to say,
is is tribalism and nationalism.
Because when when you talk to a lot
of people who get into a debate, they
say, I those Saudis, I'm not following Saudis.
So it's more of a anti Arab type
of thing
than it is really based upon
the actual
jurisprudence.
Any other questions online?
Do you encourage new Muslims to partake Hajj
in groups or in the So that one,
we we got. We got that one.
What if you cannot
If you can't make it,
then it's lifted
because the prophet said,
you had Hajj al bayt ministata'ilahi
sabilla.
That the person makes the Hajj if they
are able to make it.
So if the if the person does not
have a zadwar Rahila, they do not have
the extra provisions
to take care of their family and themself
and the means of travel,
you don't have to make Hajj.
It's only when you have that
and you are mature
and it's not a wartime situation,
then the person should, you know, should that
they should make it.
Do you have to be completely debt free
to go to Hajj? Like like your student
loans, for example. Yeah. No. No. It it
has been allowed to to to make Hajj,
but the Hajj will not wipe wipe away
the debt.
But it is permissible to to make the
Hajj.
At least the going on the Hajj,
that is will be dropped
because it is something that we're supposed to
do.
And I would also invite advise people to
make it when you're younger,
it is better
because then you can enjoy it better running
in between,
Safra and Marwa. You know, you can, you
know, jog even women at a at a
at a small pace,
you know, and then and then moving to
different places.
You will enjoy it better.
You know, if you're up in age and
you have arthritis
and other things, it becomes a burden,
And someone has to wheel you around.
And you don't get as much satisfaction
out of some of the actions.
Yes.
Yeah. So
so if you have debt, you can be
considered you can't take out a loan to
go?
No. You you shouldn't be taking out a
loan interest or no. Shouldn't be doing that.
No.
Online, any other questions?
If the currency is halved, it's hedged down
with the it's not only premises.
Okay. I'm not,
an economic expert in terms of fiat and,
you know, whatever. What is Fiat? What what
what does the person mean by that?
Fiat money? What do they mean by that?
I don't know. It's it's.
I don't think it means, like, the like,
the national currency, like, the dollar. Yeah.
So the dollar or whatever,
meaning the local currency? Yeah. I think so.
If it means the local currency, of course.
You can make it whichever way.
Permissible.
You know,
you don't it's the you know, being in
a masjid
is not a military.
That if you do something different, then you're
a traitor and they'll shoot you.
You know, if you see the Muslims, you
know, all around the world making
Hajj and have an e, there's nothing wrong
with doing it.
And and there are solid competent scholars,
1,000,
who are making it on Sunday.
So it's not like you're going against this
evil corrupt little group that's forcing you.
There's thousands of of competent scholars who are
doing it on Sunday.
So, you know, you have to face Allah,
you know, when you when you are in
your grave, not the people in your masjid.
So I would advise
to go with the Jamaat,
to go with the majority, go with the
mask because the hand of Allah, you know,
is with the Jamaat.
Now question?
On the day of Arafat, who does the,
this, that could because is it so large,
like, with with the 1 Imam or did
the group
On the day of Arafat, in the the
mosque of Arafat, they have a masjid there.
It'll be the,
imam chosen by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs
of Saudi Arabia.
So he will he will he will be
the one that does the official,
chutba that is there. I mean, that's broadcast.
It's every you can't put it in the
inside of the office. That is broadcast around
to different places.
What about here for tomorrow?
Is there anything
special for us? Or So here,
of course, we are now,
going into
Goodpoint.
This is the end. So we're now
on the 8th.
Tomorrow is 9th.
So we will fast
tomorrow, the same way you fast on a
day for Ramadan.
So you get up for suhoor in the
morning
and then follow all the, you know, rulings
of Hajj I mean, of, ram fasting,
and then you, you know, complete your day.
There's no particular
activity that is here. Everybody's basically fasting. Yeah.
And you have any authority?
I don't know.
I doubt it.
Because the thing is is that they have
to prepare for the next day.
So all preparations will be made for Sunday
because Sunday morning at 9 o'clock outside there,
Inshallah,
will be the Eid prayers.
So don't come at 9 or quarter to
9.
Right? You need to come early.
Tell yourself 8 o'clock
or something like that so you don't you're
not in a jam, not in a rush,
to come here.
And, so this will be our prayers,
of Eid al Adha.
Now what people do
on that day,
and and you'll see that generally,
in some masjids, but the sunnah is to
do Eid al Adha prayer
earlier.
Because what what was done in the time
of the prophet of the salam and still
done in some countries is you make the
prayer and then you will physically sacrifice an
animal,
the Korbani.
So you
physically sacrifice the animal. That's why it's done
earlier in the morning
for the Eid al Adha.
And then, you know, the meat is, you
know, given out, to people. What we are
what you're allowed to do
is to
contact relief agencies and groups who can take
your money and then transfer
it and they
can, sacrifice with your wealth, which is a
good thing. So
that that's permissible to do that.
K? But normally, sacrifices would be done,
you know, on on 10th. So in terms
of the sacrifice and cutting your nails and
stuff,
and or is that permissible to,
to cut your nails before the sacrifice? Because
Yeah. I mean, the ones who are who
are sacrificing wouldn't
cut their nails. They they wouldn't until So
if so if I'm
so if I'm doing obviously, I'm not doing
sacrifice. I'm taking part. So I wouldn't cut
my nails until
until after the prayer, after the
Yeah. Till after the I mean, it's some
minor detail, but after the sacrifice is done.
Okay. It would be better.
And inshallah, it is our prayer that Allah
would accept, you know, your Umrah and that
your children can
be Hajis.
Inshallah,
and we'll follow
you. Question online?
Okay. Any the floor is open for any
general questions.
I just had a question. So for those
who are giving Karbari,
I know that we're not supposed to cut
our nails or cut our hair.
If any is that sunnah or is that
fur? Like, is it Sunnah. Yeah. It is
a strong sunnah, but it's not fur.
Not compulsory.
Yeah. Any other general questions that anybody has?
Floor is open for any
general questions.
Last question. Yeah. Question online?
What's the best duas you can have?
You know, that there's there's so many different,
you know, duas that can be made.
I would say that, you know, the the
the the the key thing is sincerity,
that you make the duas with sincerity,
and it's something which is really important.
And it's not just reading out of a
book
because some people just, like, read the prayers
out of a book. It has no meaning
to it.
And you could also make dua some of
your your prayers can be made in your
own language.
That's permissible.
So I would say that, you know, sincerity
is the most important thing.
Yeah.
I'm still trying to learn for prayers,
and
it's, at this point, that that was a
conversation I had, not too long ago, would
you say that actually ended up in an
argument,
to be honest with the sincerity,
because
it was with someone who's teaching me
who does know the prayers by heart,
does not does not know the meaning of
the author.
Okay.
And and my point was it is good
that you know,
as in you're remembering a text. That's all
what it is. But if you don't know
what you're saying, what it is that you're
saying,
and what meaning
the words have Yeah. How is that is
is that an actual
prayer?
I mean,
it is
it is important to know what you're saying.
However, in the prayer itself,
the basis of the prayer is not that
much.
So it's mainly Allahu Akbar
and Tafatiha. It's the opening chapter of the
Quran.
So really that that that is not a
big
difficult thing to learn what the meaning of
it is.
It's it's it's very simple. So But this
person, for example, they've gone for a quite
long part of the
person, for example, they've gone through a quite
long part of their lives already
without knowing their meaning actually.
Of anything?
Not good enough.
Well, you know, still,
it is it it's not the best. They
wouldn't get the full
benefit in terms of their understanding,
but their prayer is complete. Yeah. It is
acceptable,
and it's complete.
Doesn't and there's nothing wrong with it.
But, you know, it is
again, we're trying to get people out of
Islam, just culture
to know what they're actually doing.
But a lot of cultures,
they just follow along,
you know, and they just do things.
And,
even when the Quran is being read,
some cultures, people respond to it. So when
the Quran reader reads, like Egyptians are very
soulful people
and they respond.
So when the Quran reader, you know, reads,
they go Allah Allah
like they have emotions.
Okay? And,
where I was living in Cape Town, people
are very close to Egyptians in there.
And, so they picked up a lot of
ways of the Egyptians.
But the person's reading something, they don't necessarily
know what it is.
So this Quran reader was reading,
and he said,
something to the effect of
jahannama
yaslona
wa bi'aslkora.
They will enter into hellfire,
and it is a terrible place to be.
And this person
said, Allah Allah
zidna yasid yasidi.
He said increase us in this
because he's just listening to the sound. Right?
Because he read it in a really nice
voice. Right? And he said, zidna,
increase
us in *. Right?
And I couldn't hold myself.
I turned to the brother and I said,
do you know what he just said?
Do you know what he just said?
And he was innocent. He said, no. I
don't I don't know.
I said, you have to learn the meanings.
You asking for more *. This is what
I mean. That that was the conversation where
it was going. Right? Right. I mean, there
is the good, but also then the other
side that you don't want Right. So so
so you need to know the certain things.
Right. But in something like the prayers,
it's pretty uniform.
You know, the the books have it there
and you memorize
fatiha,
short chapters,
you know, phrases. It's it's it's pretty uniform.
There's there's there's not much,
you know, danger in,
you know, there. But the best is to
have the meaning,
to know the meaning.
Floor is open, online. Any other general questions?
Anybody has?
So,
inshallah,
we we we'll come to a a close
now. We can stay around. I don't know
if there's anybody
has brought refreshments or anything like that.
Maghreb is coming soon.
And,
tomorrow is the fast. May Allah accept it,
you know, from you.
And, you know, the Eid will be here.
So, with this, we'll close the class.
Again, this is a new Muslim corner. It's
not a regular class, so we do intend
to keep the class. So next Friday, InshaAllah,
at 7:30,
we will continue
because we're going through the life of the
prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
and
answering questions that people have. So our new
Muslim corner will continue, inshallah, next week,
at 7:30.
So we'll see you then inshallah.