HANDBOOK FOR
Ḥajj
and
ʿUmrah
Sarwar Alam Raz
THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION
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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL
Contents
Dedication
A Personal Note
CHAPTER 1: How to Use This Handbook
CHAPTER 2: Glossary
CHAPTER 3: Before You Leave
Preparations for Ḥajj
Things to Take With You
CHAPTER 4: When You Get to Saudi Arabia
General
At Mīqāt
Obligations and Prohibitions of Iḥrām
Dam
Jeddah and on to Makkah
Travel Within Saudi Arabia
The DO’s and DON’Ts of Ḥajj
Prices in Saudi Arabia
CHAPTER 5: Ḥajj and ʿUmrah
General
Ṭawāf
Saʿī
ʿUmrah
Ḥajj
CHAPTER 6: Prayers and Supplications
Talbiyah
Niyyah for ʿUmrah
Ḥajj
Ṭawāf
Saʿī;
Prayer at Zam-Zam
Minā
ʿArafāt
Muzdalifah
Maqām Ibrāhīm
Multazam
Prayers of Ṭawāf
Prayer After Ṭawāf al-Wadāʿ
CHAPTER 7: A Visit to Madinah
General
Al-Masjid al-Nabawī
Ziyārāt
Flow Diagram for ʿUmrah and Ḥajj
Bibliography
To My Children
SABA RAZI-SYED and SALMAN SARWAR RAZI
Abū Hurairah
When a man is dead, no further reward is recorded for his deeds except for ṣadaqah (charity) which continues after him, knowledge (left by him) from which benefit continues to be reaped, and the prayers of his good progeny for their dead father.
A Personal Note
This handbook was born out of the experiences of the writer and his fellow pilgrims before and during the Ḥajj of 1997. While preparing for this momentous journey, the writer read a large number of books on the subject and also spoke to many friends who had already been to Ḥajj. The lack of ready and straightforward answers to simple questions, as well as the paucity of a book which presented the totality of the Ḥajj process in a concise and easy-to-understand manner, was rather obvious. Although there was no lack of guidebooks for Ḥajj, their treatment of Ḥajj left much to be desired.
The usual format of almost all books on Ḥajj consists of a collection of Qur’ānic verses, aḥādīth, traditions, historical background of places and events, and recommended prayers. This collection of information is interspersed with repetitious details of the rites of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah. It usually requires several careful readings and a long, painstaking search for one to extract from these descriptions the useful details of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah. One cannot simply pick up one of these texts and hope to perform Ḥajj with confidence and peace of mind.
Whereas most books have adequate information on Ḥajj and ʿUmrah, none contain any significant information on how one can best prepare for the journey and what one can expect during one’s stay in Saudi Arabia. It is strongly felt by the writer that a book of practical use and application will provide a much