Mohammed Faqih – Hajj Workshop 2024
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The speakers emphasize the importance of learning about Iran's stance on the implementation of Hajj, a combination of worship and the law of the household, and provide tips on proper clothing and accessory clothing. The seasonality of the day for the Hujj event is known, with the suness arriving before the morning of Sunday and participants practicing the sunGeneration and trimming their hair. The seasonality of the day for the Hujj event is emphasized, with participants practicing the Suness and praying before the event. The importance of performing the T act on the day of 11th and leaving certain areas to avoid consequences is emphasized.AI: Transcript ©
Welcome,
This is meant to be an interactive session
about Hajj,
especially for those who intend to make Hajj.
Obviously,
everyone can benefit from this.
I'm just waiting for the podium because when
I do these kind of, sessions, I like
to be standing,
Insha Allah. Show of hand, how many people
have received,
a confirmation or their visa
to go for Hajj this year,
from here. So
2, 3, 4, 5. Okay.
And,
and you received also your itinerary and your
ticket and everything?
Okay. Anyone,
leaving before the end of the month?
Anyone leaving in June? You're leaving in May?
June 9th.
May Allah
ease that journey
and accept,
your deeds Okay.
Take down my number. This is my WhatsApp
number. Take it down,
message me.
I'm I'm trying to create a group
for,
any Hajjis from Memphis. Even if you're not
going, we're not all going together,
we can at least stay in touch,
just in case of any emergency or if
there's any urgent need there. We can,
obviously, be there for one another, Insha'Allah.
So my number is easy. 714, area code
714,
and then 4 imam, f o r I
m a m.
That would be 367-4626.
7143
674-626.
714.
714. Yeah. 367.
3 6. Yeah.
367
4626.
And that again spells 7144imam,
f o r,
imam.
Okay.
Okay.
Before we begin, I would like to ask
you to remember in your dua the brother
of a very good friend of mine in
Sheikh Yasser,
a great scholar who's based
originally from Egypt, born and raised in Canada,
and he's
The ATB,
we may we may we may use it.
Just to show a few things if we
need to cover.
So
so Hajj Hajj
good.
Great.
Thank you.
Needed that. Yes. Right here.
Okay. Hajj is one of these things
that one of one of the acts of
worship
that you really have to go through to
really comprehend and understand.
It's not something
that you theoretically basically
you'll be able to master through
theoretical study.
So even when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
wanted to teach the Sahaba
Hajj, how did he tell them about Hajj?
What did he tell them?
Anyone knows?
He said, oh, people
He said, observe me
and take your rituals,
the Hajj rituals, the the the process or
the procedure
and the steps, and the order, and the
rights of Hajj,
take that from me.
Now he's saying this to
a group of people who were familiar
with a
version of Hajj
that was unfortunately
corrupted.
It was not the way Ibrahim
taught.
Over time,
the Polytheists or the pagans of Mecca
and the other, you know, tribes introduced into
Hajj things that were not part of Hajj
or changed the order of things.
So the prophet
said,
learn your Hajj, how Hajj is done from
me.
And then in the process of performing Hajj,
because
if we try to follow the the exact
steps the prophet
took in everything
in the order of how he did things,
then it will be very difficult if the
prophet performed only 1 Hajj.
He only performed Hajj once.
And Allahu Alam if had he performed more,
you know, multiple Hajj, if he had chained
things.
So
so while the prophet was
showing the Sahaba practically how to perform Hajj,
there were cases where people came to him
and they said, messenger of Allah, I did
this before this.
I did that before this. And the prophet
approved of that. And there were cases of,
people who did things and the prophet corrected
and said, no, you're not supposed to do
it this way.
So
so if we learn how the prophet
made Hajj
and if we go over,
if we go over
those
or those
cases where the prophet
either corrected the Sahaba
or the prophet
showed the Sahaba a better way of doing
or approved what they did, then we pretty
much we we will be able to cover
Hajj.
So again, we're not gonna delve into too
many details unless you ask
because one of the things that I warn
people off is
information overload when it comes to hash. Because
people go there. They have different booklets.
You know?
And I'm sure you already have your booklet.
Right? Or at least some electronic version of
right? How many do you have?
Multiple ones. And the problem with that is
sometimes multiple different different sources may tell you
to do things differently. This is in addition
to all the relatives
and people that consider themselves to be experts
of Hajj that tell you what you should
make sure to do before you do you
know? You know what I mean? All these,
all these advices that people give you and
the tips and then all the list and
all of that. So just be aware of
that. What happens is people get overwhelmed with
that information, and you go there. And then
you see people doing things differently, and it's
you could you could easily be confused.
So,
so just simplify things.
If you have a knowledgeable group leader, follow
that group leader. If you don't have a
group leader that you know or that you
trust, then just do some basic reading or
choose
one one source.
Right, and just follow it. One comprehensive
authentic
source and I'll be more than happy to
examine anything that you have if you if
you want my opinion on it insha'Allah.
So Hajj is one of the pillars of
Islam.
It's one of the pillars of Islam.
It's a pillar that is mandatory upon every
Muslim who's capable to do so once in
his or her lifetime.
Those who are able to
actually
perform Hajjis. They have the mental,
physical,
and
financial
capacity to do that. If a person does
not
if a person lacks any of these,
if a person who's obligated to perform Hajj
lacks any of these, then they are not
obligated to perform Hajj. If a person
has these
that has the means and the ability to
do it, then there the scholars debate amongst
themselves
how, whether whether that person is obligated to
perform Hajj immediately or they have the option
to delay it. There is debate amongst some
the scholars, obviously,
being very negligent of Hajj,
or the the the duty of Hajj and
delaying it until a person misses out on
the opportunity is
a a serious problem.
It remains to be a fact
that
Hajj is something that only a small percentage
of Muslims throughout history
get to actually perform
or experience. This is just how how things
are. This is how Allah this is the
will of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. And according to some estimates, less
than one percent of Muslims
perform Hajj. As a matter of fact, less
than 10 percent less than 1% performed performs
Hajj. Less than 10%
of Muslims or around 10% of Muslims,
maybe nowadays a little more than that,
are the ones who even get to go
visit Mecca or Medina perform Hajj al Umrah.
So it's a very,
most Muslims live
as Muslims and practice Islam
and die without even,
seeing Mecca in person,
let alone perform Umrah or perform Hajj. Most
Muslims most Muslims dream about Hajj and Umrah
and they don't get to actually
experience it. So so those
who have done that or those who are
about to do that, you're very fortunate. You're
amongst a very very small group of people
that get to experience this. So it is
very important that one,
really prepares
himself,
for this for this,
journey. Insha'Allah.
Now
Hajj linguistically
means
to,
you know, they call it Al Qast. So
basically, is to
intend to reach
a specific destination.
That's Hajj. So when you have a particular
aim, you have an aim, you have an
you have a destination,
and you seek that destination,
that that action of yours is called Hajj
in in linguistically.
But Islamically as a terminology, it means something
very specific.
So in the in the in the lexicon
of the,
Hajj means to to to intend to go
to Mecca
during a specific period of time for specific
set of rituals.
And that specific period of time is Ashurul
Hajj, which begins from Shawwal
and ends in the Hijjah.
So we are in that period called Ashurul
Hajj, the
the months of Hajj. Allah
refers to them in the Quran.
So Hajj can be initiated.
It can only be initiated
from after Ramadan
and until obviously the day of Hajj, until
10th of the Hajj. This is the period
during which Hajj
must be for for a person who intends
to perform Hajj has to get into what
they call the nusuk.
So,
basically, the nusuk is that
that act of worship that you intend to
do and that you basically, through your intention
in certain rituals, you bring yourself into it.
You commit yourself
into
it. So the nussek itself cannot
be initiated or one cannot get into it,
cannot get into the state of Ihram. So
for instance, if someone gets into the state
of Ihram in Ramadan
and is and says, well, this is my
Hajj, it won't be valid. The person has
to get out of the state of Ihram
and renew their Ihram, get into the state
of Ihram to for Hajj or for Umrah
for for Hajj
and or for Umrah
after Ramadan from the first of Shawwal until
the 10th of the Hijjah. So the this
is the the specific time.
The specific act is the act of Hajj.
The intention has to be Hajj. It cannot
be Umrah, it cannot be Ziyarah, it cannot
be anything else. It has to be Hajj
in accordance to the tradition of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and in response to
Allah invitation
to the believers to perform Hajj to to
Makkah,
which is by the way something that every
prophet
did.
Every prophet did.
Since Ibrahim alaihis salam made the call or
the proclamation
of Hajj after building it.
Now that's what Hajj is. Obviously,
you all studied or knew that's why you
signed up for it. You know the the
great merits of Hajj, and we'll mention 1.
One of the greatest,
you know,
virtues of Hajj is
A sound
a sound
Hajj
has no reward except Jannah.
And the prophet
said
whoever performs Hajj and fulfills all the conditions
of Hajj of a haram and does not
commit any act that violates the sanctity or
the the state of ihram.
That person will come out of their sin
like the day their mothers gave birth to
them. So it's it's basically once you go
perform Hajj, you are now spiritually what?
Born again.
You are a new class. You start on
a clean slate with Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. May Allah and that's what we're
seeking and that's what we're hoping for and
may Allah make that easy for us. This
is just one of the actually, let me
mention a specific reward for the sisters.
Hajj has a special status or special virtue
for the believing women. And the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam said,
Hajj is
the jihad of the woman of my Ummah.
So there's an added
an added privilege that women Muslim women have
when they perform Hajj and that is they're
actually in the path of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
And if a person dies on their path
to Hajj, they're going to be resurrected on
the day of judgment saying
If a person dies in a state of
Ihram, they're not supposed to,
you know, you're not supposed to change their
their Ihram or their kafar. You're supposed to
shroud them and you're not supposed to cover
their faces because they're in a state of
ihram. And the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
said, bury, when a man died during the
journey
to to perform Hajj in a state of
Iran, the prophet said, bury him as as
is. Do not cover his face.
On the day of judgment, he will rise
in the state of Ihram saying.
So this is the the greatest status of
of Hajj. Now
Hajj,
there are Hajj can be performed in 3
different ways.
They they call them.
Like, each one is a. Each one is
sometimes people refer to them as a type.
Right? What type of Hajj are you performing?
It's really not a different type of Hajj,
but it's 3 different
ways of performing Hajj or 3 different
combinations.
The first,
not in any specific order, the first is
known as Hajjut Tamatuh.
And And this is pretty much the default.
This is what most people do.
Tamatur basically,
it will explain what it is. The second
one is known as Hajj al Quran
or Iqan
Quran.
The third one is known Hajj Hajj al
Ifrad.
What's the difference? The difference is basically the
first two
is a Hajj that is performed in conjunction
with Umrah. So it's a combination.
Basically, it's a combination.
You combine Umrah with
with Hajj.
And when it comes to combining
Umrah with Hajj, there are 2 ways of
combining
Umrah with Hajj.
The third one is to perform Hajj by
itself. It's Hajj no umrah with it.
That's why it's called Ifrad. Ifrad means
it comes from Fardu, which means singular.
So it's just a single
act of worship, it is Hajj.
The the the first two that I mentioned,
Tamat or Quran, you basically combine or you
perform Hajj in conjunction with Umrah.
And it can be done in one of
2 ways. Either
you perform Umrah first,
and then you finish your Umrah during the
month of Hajj, and then you
perform Hajj later. So you perform umrah, you
come out of the state of Ihram,
you have a break during which you can,
you know, worship and
and and do all the restrictions
of Ihram will be lifted,
and then you get you get back into
the state of ihram.
So that's called tamatr. Tamatr basically means to
to basically enjoy the privileges and the things
Allah
made halal for you.
All the joys of life, all the halal
joys of life that Allah made halal for
you, you'll be able to perform that or
you will you'll be able to exercise that
during that period, the pause. So it's basically
umrah,
and then they're separated even if it's by
1:1 hour
or one day,
or it could be 1 month or 2
months. Because you can you can obviously
you could have you could have been in
Makkah, let's say last week performed Umrah and
just waited until Hajj
and that would would be would count as
Tamatir.
Okay. Or now or tomorrow or whenever you
get to Makkah, Insha'Allah.
So that's called Tamatir. Iran
or Iqran
is basically when you combine Hajj and Umrah
together. So you're performing Umrah in conjunction with
Hajj at the same time without coming out
of the state of Haram.
And there's a slight difference between the 2.
Both of these
both of these types
necessitate
hadi,
necessitate that you basically slaughter or that you
sacrifice an animal.
Both of these. When you basically take advantage
of the Hajj season and you perform Umrah
and Hajj together, then you have to
for for the ability or for being a,
you know, for given that for being given
that privilege of performing Hajj and Umrah together
within the same season,
you basically are obligated or it necessitates
hadi,
which is an animal basically that you slaughter
or you have someone else slaughter on your
behalf. If you perform
ifrad, which is Hajj by itself, then hadi
is not necessary.
Now
what which one is the best?
Which one is better?
Some scholars say Tamat Tur, and their evidence
is that the
prophet told the Sahaba
to switch their intention.
Those who did not bring their cattles or
their animals or their hadi with them, He
said if you haven't done that then switch,
change your umrah. Change your intention and after
you perform umrah,
get out of the state of a hira.
The second opinion, which is a very strong
opinion, you know, the Hanafi School of Fiqh,
considers this to be stronger
is Quran. They say to combine.
And their evidence is that the prophet performs
Quran
where basically you perform umrah and then you
stay in the state of the Haram,
sometimes for a week or 2 or 3
or 4.
Okay.
The correct opinion well, not the correct opinion.
If you were to ask me, I will
say whatever is most suitable or most practical
for the individual,
Whichever is most feasible for the individual
would be the best for that individual. You
see, as I said, the prophet salallahu alaihi
wasallam performed Hajj only once. He himself did
Quran because he brought his hadi with him.
He couldn't switch his intention. But those who
didn't do that, the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam told them verbally to change their intention.
And that's where the debate between the scholars
came. He himself couldn't.
He actually said, had I known
I would have not brought the Hadi with
me. I would have just
purchased it in Makkah. I would have not
brought it with me from Adina.
Sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam.
So for all practical reasons, whatever is most
suitable for you. So because sometimes what happens,
people read that connector is the best.
Okay. However,
they won't have enough time. Those who are
taking these express short packages where you're going
to be arriving on 7th or 8th, you
don't have time to perform umrah, come out
of the state of a Haram, and then
the
go to Arafah.
In that case, the most practical for you
would be what?
Tehran. Tehran. To combine. Just perform your tawaf,
go chill in the hotel, and then you
go to Arafa.
And delay your Sahih
for later with Hajj, so do Quran combination.
We'll explain, inshallah
Okay.
Now having said that, we'll have to go
quickly,
over Umrah and then over over Hajj because
most of you are doing.
Right?
So for those who are performing,
so, basically, what you're going to be doing
is
and
and, normally, I like the Hajj workshop is
actually a lengthy one. We talk about logist
yeah. We talk about logistics. We talk we
talk about different tips and stuff like that.
So feel free to ask me any any
question
about these kind of tips.
You know?
So what what you
the first thing that you're going to be
doing, right, part 1 of your Hajj is
going to be performing Umrah.
Now you're gonna perform Umrah in one of
2 ways.
Again, I'm not going just off the fiqhi,
you know.
You're going to be doing Umrah,
either you're going to go to Mecca, straight
to Mecca.
Right? Or you're going to be going to
Medina first.
Now if you're going to Medina first, then
no problem.
Once you get to Medina, in Medina, you
can put on your eharam and then head
to Mecca.
Right?
But if you're going to Mecca first, one
thing that you need to be aware of,
you're gonna be you're gonna have one of
2 scenarios.
One scenario is that you're going to be
flying straight into Saudi Arabia.
On Saudi Airlines, nonstop flight from New York
or from
from Dallas, from Washington DC, or from LAX,
you're gonna be flying straight into Jeddah. In
that case, you'll have to make sure that
you pack your ihram with you
for the men. For the ladies, you don't
have to worry about that because you don't
have a special ihram clothing. So for the
men, keep that in mind. Now if you're
going if you're flying from any destination, if
you're flying let's say flying from Dubai or
you're flying from
Pakistan or you're flying from the United States,
straight into Saudi and your
first destination is Mecca, you're going to go
to perform Umrah straight, You're going to Medina
later.
Then you need to keep in mind that
you need your Haram with you.
You need your Haram in your carry on.
Again, whether you're sorry. Whether you're flying straight
or you're flying through another city, like
a, a hub city.
The reason is because you need to put
on your ihram before you reach a place
called Miqat.
And this brings us to a very important
aspect of Hajj and Umrah, and that is
something called Muawakit.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi. Muawakit basically are 5
entry points
that in the old days people traveled,
right,
on land.
So the the the territory where Mecca
where Mecca is, this the the the holy
territory
had different
entry points that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
designated
to be the places where you actually get
into the state of Ihram.
Either at or before you reach that place.
So you're not supposed to to go past
the Miqat
without being into the state of Ihram, without
committing yourself
and without getting into the state of Ihram,
which is I obviously
a mental state or a spiritual state.
So so for the men, it's very critical
that you have that Haram with you because
when you get into the state of a
Haram, you're not allowed to wear anything except
2 pieces of garments
known as Haram as well.
The upper one known as
rida, and the bottom one known as izaal.
Because of that, pack it with you and
make sure that you're ready. If
you're going straight on Saudi Airlines,
straight into Jeddah, then you're most likely gonna
have to do that in the plane because
it's gonna be big headache just to be
in a haram from Washington DC or from
New York all the way there. So you're
gonna have to change into in in the
plane, obviously, 2 or 3 hours before landing.
You know, you can get up and change
into your eharm. Make sure that you're not
wearing anything. We'll talk about that in a
in a minute.
If you're going through a hub city, you're
going to
Istanbul or you're going to Dubai or you're
going to Doha or you're going to Amman
or Cairo or Karachi, you're going anywhere first.
And you go you have a layover, especially
if you have a long layover, then you
don't have to worry about that. Take it
with you in your carry on, and then
they have designated
areas in most of these airports, including Frankfurt
Airport,
and many of these international airports where you
can go and change, and you can even
take a shower.
Right? And then put on your your your
head up,
especially if your flight from that hub city
is a short flight. Okay.
So the first thing that you're going to
be performing is Umrah. And for Umrah,
has
3 main,
pillars.
Pillars are acts of,
their rights or
rituals
that you must perform if you if you
intentionally or unintentionally
miss them,
then
your your your Ibadah is not is not
complete, is that is invalid.
So the 3 pillars of Umrah are ihram,
to to get into the state of Ihram,
Tawaf,
and Sayy.
In addition to that, there are some obligations.
There are some obligations that you have to
keep in mind.
The the obligations are things that you must
do. You cannot intentionally
ignore them or violate them. If you do,
it's it's considered to be a sin,
if you intentionally do it. If you unintentionally
do it, it's not a sin, but you
will have to compensate
for missing them.
And that compensation or kafara is known as
dam, which literally means blood, meaning you have
to pay for an animal or something to
be sacrificed.
And these obligations
are to prove to get into the state
of the Haram
at or before the Miqat.
That's an obligation.
You must not neglect that. You must not
say, well, it's not convenient. It's okay. I'm
gonna I'm gonna slaughter. I'd rather pay a
130
or a $150
for them and not have to deal with
all the Haram thing, putting on the Haram.
Doing it intentionally is a is a sin,
is a violation. You're not supposed to do
that. But if you
didn't know or if you were forced to,
it was against, you know, you you forgot
to pack your e Haram.
So you get into the state of e
Haram, and then now you're in violation of
e Haram by not putting Haram clothing for
men. Then in that case,
you will have to basically pay for a
dam,
right, to compensate for it.
So so the first step is that you
get into the state of Iran. Before you
get into the state of Iran, sir, there
are some
sunan
that are highly recommended
such as
anyone?
Such as
grooming yourself,
making ghusl,
you know,
clipping your nails,
just preparing yourself for this journey, putting on
perfume on your body, not the Ihram
not the Ihram clothing.
These are some sunas.
And to get into the state of the
Haram after a salah,
whether it's a prayer, 2 rakah, or any
fard prayer.
Right. Some people call it Sunna ilaha.
So these are sunnas,
meaning if you get to do to do
them, alhamdulillah, if not, then it's not it's
not a big deal.
You when you get into the state of
Ihram, you're going to be restricting yourself.
When you get into the state of Ihram,
you're doing multiple things. Number 1, you're committing
to perform an act of worship
such as
either Umrah or what? Or or Hajj, which
means you have to fulfill that commitment
and you cannot come out of that state
of imam unless you fulfill that commitment.
Number 2,
you're going to be restricting you know, you're
going to be restricted from certain acts that
were otherwise halal. You're not allowed to do
those things. Otherwise, you're going to be violating
the sanctity of your eharam.
And it's very important to talk about this,
and it's they're known as.
The things that are that you're restricted from
from doing, they invalidate they actually not necessarily
invalidate, but they violate your.
Now of them, by the way, there are
certain things that that there's one particular thing
that will actually invalidate your, and
that is to have sexual *.
Right? So things that are you know, you're
restricted from doing during eharam,
some some of them are minor, some of
them are major. Minor doesn't mean that it's
okay, but meaning it does not it's not
it's not like, you know, for instance, having
having sexual *. Things that you're not supposed
to do when you're in
in the state of Iran, can be divided
into
2,
3 categories. One cat one category is what
men and women are both obligated
to
to, to adhere to
and to uphold. And then there are certain
things that are that apply to men and
not women, and certain things that apply to
women, they don't apply to to men. So
what are the things that apply to both
men and women once you are in a
state of a Haram?
You cannot
remove
or cut
any
bodily hair
intentionally, obviously. I always have to say this
because sometimes people say, I scratch my head
and these are are intentionally. You're not supposed
to remove
shaving, plucking, cutting,
all of that counts as removing. You're not
supposed to remove any bodily hair
or even flesh or nail
when you're in the state of Iran.
You're not to put any perfume. Once you're
into in in the state of Iran, once
you do your and you're in state of
Iran, you're not supposed to put or, you
know, on your body or on your person
or on your clothing,
any type of perfume
or or
or or oil,
that that is,
you know, that is meant to,
you know, that that has fragrance in it.
So these are the things that you're not
supposed to do. You're not supposed to,
you know, do
propose,
talk about marriage,
talk about intimacy
or, you know, anything that leads to intimacy
or anything that has to do with intimacy
is not to be brought up while a
person is in a state of e Haram.
You can't do you cannot perform you cannot,
you cannot,
propose to someone. You cannot do hijab. You
can't do any of these things. All of
these things are restricted. And, obviously, of of
course, there are certain sins that we're not
supposed to do. They violate the sanctity of
the Haram. You're not supposed to do them
whether you're in a state of I Haram
or not, like gossiping or, you know.
So these are the things that you're restricted
from doing, and it applies to both men
and women.
Yes.
Covering the face. You're not supposed to cover
your face,
during the state of Iran, and you're not
supposed to cover your
your hands
during the state of Now things that apply
to men, they do not apply to women.
Wearing what is known as machid. Machid
very often is translated
as stitched, and that is a huge mistranslation.
It's not.
Is tailored.
Something that is tailored.
Either tailored to cover the body
or tailored to cover a portion of the
body,
such as pants,
trousers, if you call them that, you know,
you know, shorts,
underwears,
gloves, sleeves of any kind,
socks,
you know,
head covering of any kind, you know, like,
or something like that.
These things, a man is not supposed to
wear to wear while in the state of
Iran.
So men are not supposed
to do that. Number 2, they're not supposed
to you're not supposed to cover your head
with anything.
Blanket,
haram itself, you're not supposed to cover your
head. Your head has to be exposed.
K.
Meaning, you're not supposed to have anything directly
on your head. Right?
Umbrellas don't count because you're just they're not
directly on it. You're not wearing them.
So this is this is something that applies
to men. So what do men do then?
Men
the sunnah
is to wear 2 pieces of of garments,
loose
sheets
that cover the bottom and the top.
Do they have to be 2 pieces? Can
you wear 1 large piece and wrap it
all over your body? You can.
7. Yes. You can.
But the sunnah is wear 2. Can you
wear 3?
Yes. You can if you want. There's no
can you wear 4 if you're cold? You
want you want to have multiple layers? Yes.
The sunnah is where?
Izah
for the bottom
and for the top. And the way you
tie it is those of you who know
how to tie it to
a. If you, you know, then you know
how to tie the bottom one. The top
one is supposed to cover your shoulders at
all times, except when you're performing
your first tawaf, that's when you expose your
right shoulder, and that's the only time you
do that. And especially during salah, you're supposed
to have
both of your shoulders covered.
This is with regards to
to the actual clothing. Yes?
You see, we can't do the face. It
just squaddlers. When you're in MENA, you can
blink and
Yeah. Yeah. If you're in MENA and you
put on a blanket, a loose sheet on
on your body, no problem. Just make sure
that you don't cover your face with it.
Yeah. What about that?
Mask.
Mask is is
is I'll give you the short answer.
Masks bay you know, according to many of
our modern scholars, if a person is wearing
them for health reasons, no problem.
But if a person is wearing them to
cover their to hide their identity
or because it's cool or because, then it's
it can be it can be an issue.
So because,
again, it's debated.
Some scholar some modern day scholars don't like
them because they're very similar to
to what?
What is known as niqab or lithab.
Right? Mask.
They said, well, today's masks are not something
that wraps around your head. So if you
must put a mask then the most important
thing is that you do not put any
of these what do they call them? Bent
what do they call the mass that goes
all the way around your neck?
Bandana. Bandana. Is that what they call them?
Right? The ones that, you know. It's like
a triangle a little bit? Yeah. Yeah. Triangle
and it covers it it wraps it wraps
around
it wraps around your your your your head,
around your neck. That is going to be
a problem. Those are strings. But but if
you're wearing those surgical masks
that have strings,
then then it's not a big deal. Was
is that clear?
Okay. Also, you must avoid unfortunately, I see
a lot of people doing that. You also
should avoid having
these visors that, you know, people wrap around
their faces,
you know, when they wanna fall asleep. Glasses
are fine. Yeah. No problem.
So these are the restrictions that apply to
men, and they do not apply to women.
Oh, we we're still we're still we're missing
one more thing.
Men also must not cover
the must not cover their feet
with socks
or
shoes.
The feet
cannot be covered for men.
That that is not allowed.
That doesn't apply to women. That applies only
to men. So what do you do? A
student is to wear
slippers.
Slippers.
You can wear flip flops
or slides
or sandals that expose most of your feet.
But you're not supposed to wear shoes.
You're not supposed to wear socks. You're not
supposed to wear any knee brace or sleeves.
Again, unless there is is,
is needed for medical reasons, so in which
case, it's,
it's that that that would be the exception
or the exemption, not necessarily,
something that you're supposed to to be doing.
So these are the restrictions for men.
Alright.
Now
restrictions, things that apply to women
do not necessarily
well,
they kind of apply apply to men as
well
is, covering the face
or the hands.
Covering the face or the hands,
you know,
except according to the Hanabi'llah
according to the Hanabi'llah, if a woman is
an iqabi,
she always covers her face. So they said,
while she's in the state of Iharam, she's
not supposed to cover her face when she's
close
to a strange man. But if she's far
away or if she's sitting in her tent
or if there's
no no,
no,
strangers in close proximity,
then she's she's not supposed to while it
being in the state of Iran, she's not
supposed to cover her face as well. So
the same ruling
applies
to to women.
Women can wear shoes or socks.
Yeah. No problem with that Insha'Allah Ta'ala. And
they don't have any restriction. Their their clothing
has to be
something that meets the Islamic guideline
lines and standards.
So it has to be something loose, something
that is not revealing.
And can they change? They yes. They can
change. No no issue with that.
By the way, also men can change their
hiraam. So if you have if you have
a fresh set of hiraam that you would
like to get into once you come you
arrive Makkah or on the second day of
Hajj or something like something like that, no
problem.
There's no no restriction
with that. Insha'Allah.
So these are the
things that you're not supposed to do once
you get into the state of the Haram.
You had a question for the Quran?
Yeah.
Yeah.
No. They're not you're not supposed to,
you know, wear a veil. But can you
wear,
like, a baseball cap or something that that
extends
in front of your face that provides shade.
Yeah. For the women, no problem. Men cannot
do that.
Yes.
Now now you're ready to get into the
state of Ihlam.
You have done the sunnahs, you know all
the restrictions and everything, you have your Haram
with you. How do you get into the
state of E Haram?
So, basically, you get into the state of
E Haram
by observing,
by making the niya
the niya of Ihram
at or before you reach the mikat,
and then
or or at the same time,
upholding
and keeping
all the conditions
and the restrictions
of a Haram.
So from the moment you say that, niya,
and you get into the state of a
Haram, now
you must not engage in anything that violates
the the Haram.
Whether it violates the spirit of the Haram
or it violates the validity of the Haram
itself.
So what is that that that niya? That
niya is very simple, you know, and there
are different ways of really stating it.
It's one of these acts of worship that
where actually
stating it or verbalizing
your niya
is recommended or is
is the sunnah. And the way you do
it is either by just doing Telvia
and in your heart, you know what you're
doing Telvia for,
or by actually literally
stating what you are
getting yourself into.
So,
If someone says,
or
Oh, Allah, I intend to do Umrah
for your sake.
If you want to say, oh, Allah.
This is a Umrah in which I am
not showing off to anyone for your sake,
oh, Allah.
And after that, you repeat the
Once you say that you're now officially
in a state of Ihram.
Now scholars
recommend
that at the time of doing that, when
you first
get into the state of Haram and you
make your niyyah,
many scholars recommend something known as Istarat.
Istarat basically
is
you stating
at that time when you're making your commitment,
you stating or you saying to Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, oh Allah, this is my intention.
However,
if something
prevents me from fulfilling my my commitment,
then I am
I abs I I absolve myself from that
commitment.
Wherever I am
stopped. So if something stops you, something happens,
and believe it or not, this this happens.
It's it's it's it's not it's not likely
to happen, but it's common. It happens enough
times for people.
You missed a flight
or you missed your connection flight
or you get to Jeddah and anything happen.
People get in accidents, people get sick, something
happens.
You know, their their their their visa is
canceled. Their anything. I'm not trying to scare
you. Again, this is a very rare
occurrence, but it could happen.
The the the so the benefit of doing
ishiraat and why we highly recommend it is
because there is a chance of this happening.
Because if you don't do that, you know
what that means.
It means that you will be in a
state of ihram
until you fulfill
your
umrah.
And it becomes even more necessary
when you're performing Hajj. Because Umrah, you can
come back in a month and perform it.
Right? But Hajj, you will have to wait
until next year. In other words, if someone
does not do Shiraq, they say
and on their way there something happens,
they go they're in a coma.
Right? They take them back home.
They wake up from that coma. They're now
all good,
they're still in the state of Ihra.
Until they pack and they go and perform
Umrah,
that person will not be able to do
any of the things that are restricted
while in the state of Ihram.
However, if you do shirot at the moment,
at the time you you you're getting into
the state of Ihram,
you're you're khalas. You're done. You're free. Something
prevents you from fulfilling your umrah or your
hajj,
then you are you're absorbing yourself from that.
And the way, or the most common,
form of ishiraat is,
you know, you say,
Oh, Allah something prevents me.
Is
from.
I am free from my my Haram. I
come out of my Haram
wherever you, oh Allah, or your Qadr
stops me.
So that's that's a shirk. Again, it's recommended.
It's not an obligation,
and Allah knows best.
Now, what if you are performing Hajj or
Umrah on behalf of someone else?
So if you're doing Hajj and Umrah on
behalf of someone else, at that time when
you're when you're saying in a bayk Allahumma,
Umrah, when you're getting into the state of
Umrah,
or into the state of Iran, you're supposed
to name that person or you're supposed to
say on behalf of that person. You can
say it in English, you can say in
Arabic, you can say it in audio. Right?
You can
and Allah knows your intention.
But the sunnah is to say,
Oh Allah, let let let let let here
I am on behalf of so and so.
Okay.
Now once you're in a state of Haram,
once you do the Talbiyah,
at or before the Miqat, the sunnah is
for you to repeat the Talbiyah as often
as you can, especially when you're making any
movements, you're getting off the plane,
you know, you're going through a rest area,
you're getting on the bus, the bus moves.
Every time, you know, you get to your
hotel, you're supposed to do
you're supposed to to say or do the
talbi,
And you maintain yourself in the state of
Ihram until you reach Mecca,
and you continue to do talbiyah until you
begin your Tawaf, until you begin
you until you begin your Umrah.
Upon reaching the Haram
and seeing the Kaaba
right. Some scholars say seeing the Kaaba, others
say when you start your tawaf,
my opinion is that when you start the
tawaf, the tel bia stops.
Saying in a
because you have finally what?
Reached your your destination. It doesn't make sense
to say, here I am, oh, Allah. You're
already there. You you made it. You reached
your destination.
So stops,
and now
you do what?
You begin your Tawaf.
You begin your Tawaf. There are adab, there
are some etiquette
that are,
you know, that I urge you to look
up when you enter the Haram. There's a
dua that you say when you enter the
Haram.
There's a dua that you say when you
see the Kaaba. You can
look them up, but,
basically, Tawaf is,
7
circles or laps around the Kaaba,
counterclockwise.
For the men, it's sunnah
to do 2 things
in that tawaf.
1 is to do what is known as
is to expose your right shoulder.
So you take your upper garment,
you know, and you expose your upper shoulder
shoulder, and you take that end
from beneath your right arm, and you throw
it over your left shoulder.
And you do tawaf in that state.
And there is something else known as Ramel.
Ramel is basically what?
Speed walking. Speed walking. No. Actually, fast paced.
It's like doing this, basically. It's not even
jogging because you're not supposed to jog. It's
just, it's actually walking.
It's
not even brisk walk.
No. It's not even brisk walk. It's it's
basically,
like, you're almost like pretend pretending to jog,
but you're not you're not, like, actually jogging.
Right? So that is that is a sunnah.
Very hard during Hajj or Umra or when
it's very crowded to do that. But exposing
your is
actually
what,
feasible.
There's a debate amongst the scholars whether you're
supposed to do that
during the all 7 Ashwat
or the first 3.
The sunnah is for that first Tawaf of
yours, which which is also known as Tawaf
al Qudum or Tawaf al Ziyarah or Tawaf
al Umrah.
It's the same. If you're performing,
if you're performing,
Tamatr
or you're performing
Umra or you're performing Quran,
that is the same the same tawaf. It
can all be
tawaf, ziyarat, tawaf. That first tawaf that you
make.
If you're performing
tawaf,
what what is it called? Efrat, then it's
called tawaf.
Tawaf?
Al Qudum. Nah Hajj, tawaf and Qudum. It's
that that first Tawaf.
Okay? So that first Tawaf that you make,
you're supposed to, for the men, expose your
shoulder,
the right shoulder during the all 7
circles.
Rommel, however, is something that you are, you
know, that is recommended for you to do
only during the first three. So during the
first three, even though you may not be
able to actually,
you know, go faster
than the flow, You can in your place
just do this basically.
Right? And and it became a sunnah because
the prophet
told us to have a to show Quresh
how they were physically fit and, you know,
strong because the Mexicans were mocking them. They
were actually standing,
you know,
looking at them and mocking
them. During Tawaf, you're supposed to do a
zikr. Tawaf begins from a Hajar al Aswad,
the corner of the black stone,
and it ends with the corner of the
black stone.
The black stone is is is,
you know, that corner
where fragments of the actual stone from the
time of the prophet are
kept there. Only small
fragments. Not it's not the whole thing.
It's not sunnah to to actually fight your
way to touch it. It's sunnah to touch
it
and kiss it only if you can reach
it easily,
if it's open, which is almost impossible now.
So there's no virtue whatsoever
in what most Muslims, most Muslims,
even some righteous people, honorable people, you see
them doing it. And I tell you whenever
I see someone, even someone that I respect
very much do stuff like that, I I
completely just at that moment, I lose respect
for them because that's not the sunnah.
The sunnah is, again, to touch it or
kiss it if you can easily access it.
As a matter of fact, there are some
people, the prophet
told them not to even
push you their way through. If you are
someone some people think, oh, no. If you're
physically strong
and you can get through, then you should
do it. No.
In that person's case, it becomes even what?
Less of an obligate I mean, less of
a virtue to do it. The prophet
told Umar, Umar, do not do that because
Umar was huge, was massive. He said, because
if you do that, you're going to hurt
someone.
So the sunnah is that you wave at
it.
That's why you see people raising their hands.
But you're supposed to wave at it without
stopping. Unfortunately, you're gonna see people stopping and
causing all kinds of issues for for the
people behind them. They turn around, they stop,
they raise both hands on one hand. The
sunnah is to wave with your right hand
while walking without stopping. You say
and then you you keep you keep going.
And you do that every time you come
to the black stone, you kiss it if
you can. If you cannot kiss it or
touch it, then you wave at it and
you say Bismillah Allahu Akbar and you carry
on.
There is a corner before the black stone
known
as. You you know it. Right?
There's a corner before the black stone known
as.
Arukn I Yemeni is the tip, the southern
tip that points towards the south. That's where
Yemeni like, where Yemen is.
When you reach that
that,
that corner
and there's embroidery on it, you'll be able
to
when you reach that corner, between that corner
and the black stone
is the time when you are supposed to
repeat the famous dua
Allah mentions in the Quran, and that the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam recommends.
You can do it once, twice, 3 times,
repeat it the whole time until you reach
the black stone.
It's the color before the It's called Aruk
Nani Yamani. What is the color before? Before
the black stone. Yes.
So
Asia.
Okay.
Let's see
images.
Okay.
So I'm trying to see if there's one
that shows both of them.
No no angle that shows both of them.
Okay.
Okay. This is this is a more modern
picture
of the Kaaba. Okay. There you go.
Okay.
This is the black stone corner.
One of the ways you can tell is
that
that is a black stone
or the fragments of the black stone are
in that.
That silver framing is just
silver up. Okay.
Alright.
This is the black. So and the way
you know that you are that's the corner,
is you're going to see allahu akbar the
embroidery
on top of each other. I think there
are 5 of them on top of each
other.
Now the
is the corner before it,
and there is just one long embroidery,
like, design
in that corner.
Now with regards to Arukhnil Emani,
you you may see some people
kissing it.
Is the prophet did touch it, but he
only touched it once with his right hand.
He wiped it with his right hand, and
he moved on. And he started
saying If you can easily do that, then
if
not, then you don't do anything. You don't
wave at it. You don't kiss it. You
don't do anything. You don't wanna stop. You
carry on, and once you reach the black
stone, that's when you wave and you say.
You do that 7 times and your tawaf
is over. During a tawaf, you're supposed to
do dhikr, ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for
forgiveness, make dua,
remember Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, ask Allah for
kaboo, for acceptance,
make that famous
So that is what you do. Once you
finish your,
you go behind Maqam Ibrahim
right here.
Where is it?
Where did that picture go?
I just touched it. Where did it go?
Yeah.
Yeah. Anyways, you see this. This here.
This is Maqam Ibrahim. Maqam Ibrahim basically is,
a glass
covering
that covers
a piece of stone that has a footprint.
It has 2 foot the footprints of prophet
Ibrahim alaihi salam.
Allah ajdulillah in the Quran mentions it as
one of the signs of Allah, and
says, So the sunnah is to pray 2
raka'ah after you finish your tawaf behind Maqam
Ibrahim.
Now, behind Maqam Ibrahim doesn't mean immediately right
in front of it. That's gonna be very
difficult, and people are making tawaf. So anywhere
behind Maqam Ibrahim or to be honest with
you, anywhere
facing the Kaaba will suffice.
So you go behind Maqam Ibrahim and you
pray 2 rakas. These 2 rakas are mandatory,
but they are complementary
to the Tawaf. The sunnah is to recite
in these 2 rakas
in the first
and in the second. Just like the sunnah
of Fajr.
The sunnah of Fajr.
With that, your Tawaf is complete.
So, basically, Tawaf is those 7 circles
and the 2 rakas behind Makam Ibrahim,
your Tawaf in the second pillar of Umrah
is complete. The sunnah between
Tawaf
and Sa'i
is to do something else. There is an
activity that is highly recommended. It's it's a
prophetic tradition.
It's a sunnah Mu'Akada. You should do it.
And that sunnah is to what?
Hydrate yourself with with Zamzam.
It's to go drink Zamzam.
Obviously, you cannot drink it from the well
anymore, but they have all these containers
and the stations where you drink tzimzim. You're
supposed to drink tzimzim until you're full, until
you can no longer drink from it. And,
zamzam
the Sahaba used to make dua, face the
Kaaba, drink it while standing and ask
Allah for the blessings of that really truly
miraculous,
water.
Ibn Umar used to say
That was his dua.
Some of the Sahaba or some of the
scholars were reported to say, oh, Allah, I'm
drinking. Because the prophet
said, Zamzam is for whatever is intended for.
So it's a healing. It's it's a shifa.
So you drink zamzam, you hydrate,
and you go to perform your.
Very important, my dear brothers and sisters. For
Tawaf to be valid, you have to be
in a state of in a state of
wudu.
You must maintain your your wudu.
If you if you lose your wudu, you
have to go and perform wudu, come back
and carry on from where you left off.
Okay.
Sai, you don't need wudu for Sai.
Then you go to sayi to perform sayi.
You go to Safa and Marwa,
and
you begin with
You begin
with Safa,
and Sahi is the
3rd and the last pillar. You're gonna see
this this image.
Look for the sign
where it says
Safa or to
Safa start.
You can perform that on the ground level,
the 2nd level, the 3rd level, the roof,
if it's ready or open. You can do
it anywhere. So you look for where Safa
and Marwa or Sai or Mas'a
is. You go there, and you basically do
7 flights.
Not 7 laps,
7 flights. So from you begin with Safa,
you make the famous dua, you recite the
ayah
and
then download or carry those booklets that have
the dua that prophet
taught us,
which
is facing the Kaaba.
You hear me
You repeat that 3 times,
and then you begin your your sight. You
basically descend from if you're on the ground
level, you descend from the Mount of Safa.
Obviously, you're not gonna see much of the
mountain
nowadays.
Right? But in the old days, there used
to be a small mountain. So you come
from a sofa, you go down towards Marwa.
From Safa to Marwa, that's 1.
Once you reach Marwa, you do the same
thing. You say you say the same dua,
you face the Qibla,
except that this time, and instead of
the Kaaba being
to your right, it's gonna be to your
left.
Right? So you face the Kaaba and you
make the same dua again, and you can
also make dua that Allah accepts from you,
and then you you head towards Safa. Once
you reach Safa, now that's the second. And
then you
go Once you reach Safa, now that's the
second.
And then you go from Safa to Marwa,
that's your 3rd. From Marwa to Safa, 4.
Safa to Marwa,
5.
Safa to Safa, 6.
Safa to Marwa, 7, you're done. So you
begin. Your start point will be this,
Safa.
Your end point is going to be Marwa.
Sometimes people get confused.
If you find yourself heading towards Marwa, that
is an odd
number
of if it's not your first, then it's
your 3rd. If it's not your 3rd, then
it's what? Your
5th. If it's not your 5th, then you
know for sure it's the last one. It's
the 7th.
If you're heading from Safa to Marwa sorry.
From Marwa to Safa, that means it's an
even number. It's either your second, your 4th,
or your 6th.
However, if you get confused,
you can always what? Make sure to be
on the well, you're not sure whether this
is your 4th or your 6th.
Then he counted as your 4th and you
you carry on with that. Between
Safa and Marwa, there's this
zone known as Al Alamein or the green
zone. It has green lights
like this.
You see? This zone.
Or here. If you're there,
this is what it's gonna look like.
Right? It's soon enough for the men to
run
in this zone.
So it's closer to Safa.
Once you come out of Safa, you know,
it's few meters, you know, maybe 20, 30,
40 meters,
that zone begins. And the story behind it
is that that's where the Quraysh
would, you know,
would stand to look at the Sahaba and
the prophet
see how Muhammad is going to perform. Is
he going to perform Umrah,
according to the
way of Quraish or is he gonna change
things? But while they were there, they were
mocking the Sahaba.
They were saying, oh, they're weak. And remember
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the Meccans
were at war, so the prophet
wanted the Sahaba to show them
their fitness level and their physical strength. And
when once the prophet does something, then it
becomes what?
A sunnah. And the prophet maintained it.
So it was maintained after that. Though even
after the the conquest of Mecca, they were
no longer Quran, you know, Kufar there.
No one was watching them. Everyone did it.
They continue to do it,
and it became a sunnah ever since
to commemorate
that.
Once you reach
Marwa
for
how many times?
7. No. How many times do you reach
Marwa?
6.
No. 3.
How many times do you reach 4? Yeah.
7
no. Four times.
Four times.
1, 2, 3, 4. Once you reach Marwa
for the 4th time,
you're
done. Yeah. Upon finishing
upon finishing, the sunnah is that for the
men or the women,
for
sorry. The men and the women are different
here.
The sunnah is to trim your hair
for the women, not the sunnah. The obligation
is to trim your hair and to trim
about an inch across.
Obviously, some people think that they have to
do it right there. They take scissors with
them. No. Please don't do that. And make
sure that you don't leave any of your
hair around.
Make sure that even in your hotel that
you don't put it in the garbage can.
Make sure that you flush it down the
toilet. So go back to your hotel room,
trim your hair. You can do it yourself.
Someone else can do it for you. With
that, your Umrah is done. The first portion
of your Hajj is done, and
you're you're free
to,
you know, enjoy your days in Mecca. For
the men what's that?
No. There's no
after after Only after.
For the men,
the sunnah
is to shave,
and it's permissible also to trim your hair.
Now since you're going to be performing umrah
and then hajj, what should you do? You
can practice both sunnahs.
Shorten your hair for for Hajj for Umrah
and shave after Hajj or you can shave
twice. No problem. But the prophet
made dua for for those who shave their
hair 3 times and for those who trim
their hair one time. Right? With shaving or
trimming your hair
evenly from all over, your umrah will be
done. May Allah accept it. And the first
portion of your tamato haj is done. Inshallah,
we'll pray Isha, and after Isha, we'll just
do a quick presentation,
a quick overview
over Hajjb illallahihta'ala.
For those of you who are going,
this year, the most important part is just
to remember what we said about the Umrah
and about, you know, making sure that you
take your Haram with you and that you're
ready. Because 99
okay. 90
there you know,
it's pretty much, a standard that when you
go with any group that they're going to
do after Umrah or before Hajj, they're going
to do what?
No. They're going to do a Hajj presentation
while you're there.
That's number 1. Number 2, with Hajj, it's
pretty much a standard. You just gonna follow
everyone. Umrah is something that individuals or groups
do on their own.
But when it comes to Hajj, everyone is
doing Hajj together,
So you're not gonna get lost. So if
you just simply follow your group leader, you'll
be fine.
Is that clear? So So we're just gonna
do a quick overview of what Hajj is
after salatul Isha. InshaAllah Ta'ala. And if you
have any questions, please feel free to ask.
I know it has been a long night,
so InshaAllah Ta'ala, we'll wrap up the Hajj
presentation.
InshaAllah,
I just want to,
remind everyone
that next week we have an amazing
unique opportunity here for us in Memphis.
We have, the fiqh, the Amjad fiqh day
and his eminence,
the honorable,
sheikh and scholar. And if there is really
genuinely any person that deserves these titles, it's
none other than,
doctor Salah Asawi. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
bless him.
He will be Insha'Allah Ta'ala here.
And he will be accompanied by,
the
respected great scholar, Doctor. Hazem Al Hajj, who's
also
neurologist. And there will be,
the 4th speaker will be Doctor. Ahmed Khater,
may Allah bless him.
Issues related to, you know, medicine and,
something that we can all benefit from especially,
medical practitioners.
So please join us, sign up for it,
and join us next week, inshallah.
Obviously, we can all learn something from it,
because it's related to fiqh issues
that have to do with medical treatment and
what have you.
Insha'Allah, we'll wrap up the Hajj presentation for
those who are here.
Hajj,
this is just going to be a quick
overview Insha'Allah.
Once a person who intends to do Hajj
and
finished with their umrah, as we explained before
the salah,
is done with that,
now
you are in a state,
you're no longer in a state of a
haram.
And you can
pretty much enjoy whatever you
would normally enjoy, eat, drink,
all the halal things,
no restrictions. Take advantage of being in Mecca
or in Medina depending on your schedule.
But when the 8th day of the Hijjah
comes, known also as Yomu Tarwayyah,
that's a day
those who
intend to do Hajj need to get back
into the state of Ihara. And you no
longer have to go anywhere. You don't have
to go to 10
And you no longer have to go anywhere.
You don't you don't have to go to
Tena'im. You don't have to go to the
Miqat. You don't have to go anywhere. In
your hotel room,
you put on your hiram
preferably after a salah.
Before you put on your hiram, you do
the same things that you did before you
put on your Haram for Umrah, same exact
things.
Right? And then once you put on your
Haram,
you make your niya
or your talvia
With the exception of the fact this time
you're doing it for not umra, you're doing
it for Hajj. So instead of saying labaykalahumma
umra, you say labaykalahumma
Hajjal.
And you just say, Labayk Allahumma Labayk. And
you do ishiraf as well. And if your
hajj is dedicated to someone else, you're making
Hajj on behalf of someone else, this is
also not that that is the time when
you mention that person. So you say, Labbeik
Allahumma Hajj and Abi
on behalf of my father, or you you
name the person on behalf of so and
so.
Now
we forgot to mention, if you're doing Hajj
for or umrah for someone else, the condition
is that you must have fulfilled your own
obligation first. So if you've never done Hajj
before, you cannot do Hajj on behalf of
someone else.
If you've never done Umrah before, your first
umrah has to be dedicated for you and
then you can do umrah on behalf of
someone else.
So your first umrah or your first Hajj
cannot be dedicated to anyone other than yourself.
And the evidence for it
is one companion, the prophet heard him saying,
Labayk Allahumma'aishaburumma.
He said, who's shaburumma? He said, my brother.
He died before performing
Hajj. He said, did you make Hajj? He
said, no. I've never done Hajj. He said,
Hajjanevsik.
First perform your own Hajj, next time you
perform Hajj on
on behalf of your brother. Okay.
Once you basically do the talbiya and you
get into the state of Ihram,
the sunnah is to move to Mina.
Again, that all that depends on nusuk.
It depends on your Hajj group or your
Hajj program.
So
so do you have to get back into
the State of Haram on 8th? No. Your
program, your specific program may necessitate may tell
you, Listen. Don't get into the state of
e Haram until 9th
when we and we're gonna go straight from
Makkah to
to Arafah. That's what happened with us last
week. So it's not an obligation. We're talking
about the sunnah. The sunnah means that if
you can do it then, alhamdulillah, it's great.
If if not, you don't have to.
The sunnah is to get back into the
state of Ihram on 8th and go to
Mina and spend the night there. Do you
have to do that? No. It's not an
obligation.
You gonna be missing out on anything? No.
Not not necessarily. If your package or if
your schedule says, No, stay there, and on
9th we're gonna go to Arafa, be it.
In that case, don't get into the state
of Ihram until 9th.
So you can get into the state of
Ihram on 8th and go to Mina and
spend the night there Or get into the
state of Haram
on 9th
and go straight to
to Arafah.
Now,
you know, day number 9. Day number 9
is when the hujjahs go to Arafah and
they spend the entire day in Arafah. The
sunnah is to arrive Arafah before Dhuhr.
So if you are in Makkah, you pray
Fajr and then you go to Arafah. If
you're in Mina, you pray Fajr and Mina
and then you proceed to Arafah. And you
arrive there before Dhuhr.
And you engage in dhikr. And the dhikr
of the day of Arafah is la ilaha
illallahuwahdahuwah
sharika lahaaluwahaluwalaqulashayinqadir.
It's a day for dua especially after
Asr.
Once you reach
in Sayid of E Haram, you reach Arafah
on 9th,
you pray Dhuhr.
When when the time for duhr comes in,
you pray duhr and you combine 'asr with
it.
And this is something that is agreed upon
between all the madhhab. As a matter of
fact this is the only
day when in the Hanafi School of Fiqh
you are obligated, you're supposed to combine
and shorten your prayers. So you pray Dhuhr
and then you pray Asr
at the time of Dhuhr. And then after
you do that and after you rest,
now it's time to do your dua. This
is the main day of Hajj. Al Hajj
U'rafah is the second pillar of Hajj. It's
the primary day. This is the day
you I mean everyone, you know, would be
waiting for.
It's the greatest day of the year for
the Hujjaz and for the non Hajjis. For
the non Hijaz obviously,
since we have many of you here, it's
sunnah to fast that day. For those who
are performing Hajj, you're not supposed to fast
the day of Arafah. And you engage in
dua and you beg Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
the closer you get to Maghrib, the more
intense your dua ought to be. And by
Maghrib,
they've Arafah comes to an end.
And the Hujaj, the sunnah is for them
after sunset
is to proceed to Musdelifa.
And you delay Maghrib
and you pray it at the time of
Isha upon reaching Muzdalifa. Muzdalifa is a plain
open basically field.
And you pray Maghrib
and you pray Isha. You shorten and combine
Isha with Maghrib. And then you rest or
you sleep until Fajr.
And that with that, day 9 is over.
On
the next day will be the morning or
the Fajr of 10th day. And that is
known as Yawmul Hajj Al Akwar. It's Yawmul
Eid, Yawmul Nahr. It's the greatest day of
Hajj because it has most of the rituals
of Hajj.
The sunnah is to pray Fajr.
And also if you can, you're not obligated.
If you can pick some of your, you
know, pebbles
for that day from there, you may as
you might as well do that as well.
Insha'Allah, ta'ala. The sunnah is to pray Fajr
in
in Muzdalifa. The fajr of the day of
Eid, the day of nahar,
the day of Eid Al Athha.
Now for those who may be in the
company of elderly people or people who are
weak,
Most Hajj groups basically take the Ruksa. The
prophet gave permission for people to proceed before,
before Fajr.
So women He gave permission for women, elderly
people or anyone who is weak or sick
after midnight,
after 1 or around
1 or 2
AM,
you are you have the option to actually
not stay the rest of the night in
Mazarifa and you can proceed back to Mina
to throw your Jamarat.
If you don't belong to that category or
if you can handle staying until Fajr and
especially if this is your first Hajj, I
highly recommend that you experience Fajr in Musdalifa.
And you
according to the sunnah, you stay there until
Fajr and you pray Fajr in Muzdalifa
as the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam did.
And after Fajr you sit in your place
and you make dua until it's time for
you to get up and
most likely take the train or whatever transportation
your Hajj group,
or service provider
has prepared for you towards
Mina.
So you pray Fajr in Muzdalifa
and then you proceed to
to Mina, back.
And the basically,
the destination is not your tent,
in most cases. The destination this time is
Jamarat,
where you're going to throw 1 Jamarat, which
is the main or the major one or
Jamarat Al Aqaba.
And you throw Once you arrive there, you're
going to throw your 7 pebbles each time
saying, Allahu Akbar.
And once you're done, you throw 1 at
a time. You make sure that your the
rock hits the monument,
the wall, and that it falls into that
basically,
pool.
And whether you do it on the ground
level, second level, it doesn't matter where you
do it. Once you're done with that, you
can get back to your tent or wherever
you can get a haircut or shave your
hair. And with that,
you are
done with
what will allow you to get out of
the state of Ihram.
But you're not now fully out of the
state of Ihram, you're partially out of the
state of Ihram. It's called the tahalul al
asghr.
You still have some other rituals that you
have to perform that day in order for
you to be completely
and fully out of the state of Ihram.
But
you can do tahalul asr, the minor tahalul
or,
you can partially come out of the state
of Haram. What does that mean? That means
now you can change your Haram garments.
You can put perfume.
You can put your soap
or
your sweatpants or your whatever. You can change.
And you can do anything. You
can
trim your nails, I mean cut your nails,
do whatever. The only thing you cannot do
is have intimacy with your spouse. You cannot
do that.
That requires
a full tahalul
coming out of your state of Haram completely.
And that cannot be achieved unless you perform
the other two
pillars which is Tawaf and Tsai.
And that is the day to do it.
Do you have to do it on 10th?
No. If you're tired, if you're fatigued, can
you delay them? Yes, you can.
For the women, if they are not in
a state where they can perform a tawaf,
then they cannot do tawaf. That means they
will have to delay that tawaf
for for a later time.
The sunnah is to do it on that
day.
So this the following step which would be
to do tawaf in Mecca and then follow
the tawaf with what? Say. And in Tawaf,
you're going to do the same exact thing
you did with Tawaf
of Umrah. Except that you're not going to
have Ihram cloth, you're going to be in
your regular clothing.
So So you don't do a taba, you
don't do any of these things. But you
follow
the the same exact
procedure, the same exact process.
You know, 7 times around the Kaaba, you
pray Turaka, you drink zamzam, and then you
go to do Sai. And once you do
your Sai, you're actually you have finished your
Hajj.
Pretty much you have done with you've done
all the pillars of Hajj, and now you
are fully out of the state of ihram.
Once you're done with your sign, then the
sunnah is to come back to Mina and
spend the night there. That's going to be
the eve of 11th.
Now the 10th is over. It's a day
of Eid. You celebrate. And then the days
some of the best days of the year
begin for the Hujjaj. And these are known
as the days of Mina
or aya mutashriq.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says aya
mummina. The days of Mina are days of
festivities, eating and drinking with ikrilillahi ta'ala. This
is the day where people interact with each
other, socialize, celebrate,
sing the praise of Allah feast.
Have as much mead as they can, and
just have fun and get to know each
other. And this is also the time where
Allah says,
This is now the time where you can
also engage in business
and dealing connect with people and all of
that, right? Except that we still have to
remember Allah and talk about Allah as much
as we can.
In the old days, in the days of
Jahiliyyah,
this was the time when poets
and speakers will be debating and will have
all kinds of, you know,
matches and all kinds of competitions
and celebrate
the legacy
or, you know, of their tribes and speak
highly of their tribes and praise them. Allah
Azigail says, Instead praise Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Have fun, get to know each other, do
business, no problem, but remember Allah
So these are days of remembrance as well.
The next day is the 11th. On 11th
day,
you
pray all the prayers and mina
on time,
except that you
throw the Jamarat now. The only thing the
activities on 11th, 12th 13th are identical.
We're basically the Sunnah again. The Sunnah is
to throw your Jamarat after Lohr, after Zawal.
That's the sunnah.
Now because of the crowding issue,
the scholars say that you can throw jamarat
at any time.
If you can do it after the Zawwal,
then it's the best thing to do, especially
if it's your first time. So after Dhuhr,
whether you pray Dhuhr
and you go or
you go throw the gemaraat and you come
back and you pray luhur,
you are obligated
to throw the 3 gemaraat
starting with which one?
Which one? Which one do you start with?
The small.
It's known as small. They're all the same
size. Don't expect different sizes. They're all the
same size but it's known as the first
or the small. A surah and then allustah
the middle and then the al aqaba
or the the major the the big one
which is the one that you withdraw on
10th, on the day of Eid. You do
7, 7, 7. In between
the first and the second, the prophet made
a lengthy du'a facing the qibla.
And in between the second and the third
he made a lengthy du'a facing the qibla.
And then after the third one there's a
debate, did he make dua or did he
proceed?
You make dua and then you go, insha'Allah.
With that you're done and and then the
rest of the day you stay in Mina.
Can you leave Mina? Yes you can.
The most important thing is if you don't
have any excuse or any reason, you spend
the night in Mina. So even if you
go to Mecca, let's say you didn't get
to make Tawaf or Sa'id the day before.
Can you do it on 11th? Yes.
Now you may have noticed that I did
not mention. I did not say anything about
what?
Hadi
or Rudhiya, slaughtering the animal. Because nowadays
you can't even do it yourself.
You have to designate someone else. So basically
on 10th,
on the day of reading, you should assume
by noon, they said by 'asr time,
all the hadith is done.
So you shouldn't worry about it. So you
should just assume that it was done on
your behalf.
And you don't have to do it yourself
or witness it yourself in order for you
to.
The obligation or the responsibility falls upon those
who are facilitating this for you.
You spend the night of 11th in Mina.
And then the next day on 12th, you
do the same exact thing that you did
on 11th.
Except that on 12th, you have the option
to leave Mina.
And your Hajj will be done.
And that is called
Tajjul. Or depending on your package
and what your service provider allows you to
do, you can stay
12th in Mina
and then finish on 13th.
I have tried it a couple of times
and it's a different feeling.
Because if you do it, if you and
some of your buddies do it I remember
one time I did it with a couple
of my, you know,
a couple of people from my group. The
rest of my group left. Everyone left except
me. And these two individuals, one of whom
was a trauma surgeon. So So I was
like, Okay. At least we have someone for
emergencies.
We were the only one in the camp,
and it was amazing. It was an amazing
feeling because it was just very quiet.
And Allah
gives
the the hajib both options.
Is equally fine. What did the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam do?
He stayed all 3 days, sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
And once you leave Mina The only thing
is that if you're going to leave on
12th, make sure that you leave Mina.
You leave Mina and you go to Mecca
before sunset,
before the night falls.
And once you go once you're done with
that, you're actually your Hajj is complete. It's
all over. The only thing that is left
for you is to perform Tawaf Al Wada'
before you leave Mecca.
So Tawaf Al Wada' is a farewell tawaf.
It's an obligation. You must do it. The
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said that
before the hajib basically goes home,
then they must perform tawaf al wada. Now
let's say for some reason you're going to
be around for a while, you're going to
go to Jeddah, visit family, or you're going
to go shopping. You're still in that region.
You can come back and perform Tawafl Woda
later. Tawafl Woda is supposed to be the
last thing that you do before you leave
the country or if you're going to go
to Medina.
And then from Madinah you're going to leave
the country, then tawaf al wada' is something
that you're supposed to do before you leave.
Now for the sisters or for the brothers
who for some reason could not do Tawaf
Al Hajj or Tawaf Al Ifadah,
the second tawaf.
You can delay it and make it the
last thing that you perform.
And you do it. And your intention would
be that this is your tawafil Hajj, your
tawafil ifaba, the ruken, as well as tawafil
wadah.
So tawafil wadah is something that can be
combined with another tawaf.
So if you had a reason for not
performing tawaf,
you were sick, you were not able to,
or
you know, for some of the sisters, you
know, you weren't able to perform Tawafil Wada,
you are not ready, Tawafil Ifadah, you are
not ready for it. You can do your
Sai'i and delay Tawafil Ifadah
until the very last day. And before you
leave you combine your tawafilifada
or tawafil hajj
with tawaf alwudah.
The only thing is you just have to
keep in mind that you are not out
of the state of ihram fully until you
perform Tawafal,
ifaba and sai of the hajj.
Is that clear? I hope you're not confused.
With that your hajj is done. May Allah
accept it. Again as I said,
Hajj is something that you have to go
through in order for you to really
retain all this information. I know there's an
overload of information.
But if anyone has any question, especially those
who are performing Hajj, please feel free
to ask, inshaAllah. I see one of my
Hajj buddies from last year, mashaAllah.
You know?
Who by the way, mashaAllah, after getting that
Hajj haircut, was amazing. He looked so
There was so much nur, mashallah. Remember that
Muhammad?
Mashallah.
Yes.
Yeah, the final
tawaf, whether By the way, JazakAllah here, that's
a good question. Tawaf.
Whether it's the first tawaf?
Tawaf Al Ifadah I mean Tawaf Al Qudum,
or Tawaf Al Ziyarah,
or Tawaf Al Umrah,
or Tawaf Al Ifadah,
or Tawaf Al Wajah,
or Nefil Tawaf.
It has to be 7 circles,
2 raka'ahs behind Maqam Ibrahim.
This is this is this is done. This
is a package. This is how it's done.
Always like this and with wudu.
The only difference is that that first tawaf
you do it in haram
and you do some of the sunnahs we
talked about like exposing your shoulder. The rest
of the tawaf, the nafil and all of
that, you're
not supposed to do that.
Nowadays they do not allow you to do
nafil, you know, extra to off. You have
to be in a Haram
in order for them to give you access
to
the Kaaba.
Except on the 10th day, on 10th or
11th. These are the only days where they
allow you to
to actually
go into the Haram to perform tawaf. Otherwise
during the umrah period, they don't allow you
to do tawaf,
like extra nafil tawaf inside.
If you want to do it, then you'll
have to go on the roof or the
second
floor. Did I answer your question, Malik?
Any other questions? Any questions for the sisters?
Tawaf Noda is not obligated for Umrah. It's
it's recommended. So scholars say if you go
for Umrah if you're going for Umrah, not
Hajj,
right?
You should
do a tawaf before you leave, but it's
not wajib. For Hajj, it is wajib which
means that if you cannot do it, there
is like there are
consequences. You know, there's them. Yeah. You're supposed
to do it. It's wajib. Okay.
Any questions? Yes.
Well, it gets a little complicated. It depends.
Yeah. But then 10 day fasting, it's not
it's not an option.
Yeah. It's it's it's a different set of
violations.
Yeah.
Yes.
The
duas for Hajj? Sure. We we
are you with our group or are you
go? Okay.
Just message me inshallah and I will send
you the PDF file that has all the
duas. Yeah. Inshallah.
Any other questions?
Sisters, questions? Anyone?
You're getting texts
from upstairs?
Any duas?
Okay.
All right. So you have my contact.
Yes, go ahead.
Okay.
Once you're done with Umrah
and you are in that waiting period, you're
waiting for Hajj no. You you wear normal
clothes. You don't have to wear a haram.
Can you wear haraam? Yeah, of course. But
you don't have to.
That's what tamatr is all about, inshaAllah.
If you're missing your phone, it's probably here.
Laiib.
I will leave you with one thing, Insha'Allah,
ta'ala.
The most important thing for those who are
intending to do Hajj, the most important thing
is to remember
that Hajj
Hajj there's intentionality.
There has to be like, your intention has
to be really clear, present. And you have
to always
remind yourself
of what you're there for.
I urge you, those who are performing Hajj,
remember,
you're not there to fix the Umma.
You're not there to reform
anyone.
You're not there to help the Saudis organize
the Hajj the Hajj,
you know. You're not there to,
to do any of these things. You're there
to actually, you're responding to the call of
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. You're there
to reconcile with Allah, make tawba, be accepted
by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And if that means that
that experience
is going to require a great level of
endurance, be it. Because Hajj is an opportunity
that will define you and refine you. Make
you a better person but it will also
show what you're made of.
If that means that you have to humble
yourself, be it. Because that's the whole,
you know, point of us all wearing the
same uniform.
If that means that you have to be
accommodating and you let other people, then be
it. Hajj is one of the most powerful
experiences,
especially for those who are going with their
spouses.
You know, welcome to the greatest opportunity for
you to
create
a great memory and strengthen your bond like
nothing before. However, it can also be very
trying.
So you have to have plenty of sabr.
Remind yourself,
you're there for Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. You're
there to humble yourself before Allah and be
accepted by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Increase your
level
of endurance, your level of patience, your perseverance,
your taqwa,
and and work on that. Prepare yourself. I'll
tell you one thing.
There's a huge difference between those people who
go there and mentally and emotionally and spiritually
prepare themselves and those who don't.
Those who don't, they will be shocked. They
will be overwhelmed.
And
they may end up messing it up.
So
just be ready.
Don't also
be too anxious or nervous.
It's
it's it's it's an easy process.
Just, keep
Allah in your mind, in your heart, in
your thoughts, and ask Allah
to ease it. For you, I ask Allah
to ease it.
We ask Allah, Azzawajal, to ease this process
and accept it and bless it. And may
Allah, Azzawajal, grant to all of us a
safe return.
Insha'Allah, May Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, allow us
to come back better than we are now.
InshaAllah, come back fully reformed and forgiven.
And,
I look forward to seeing you all there
inshaAllah. Assalamu
Alaikum.
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