away [i have performed my own hajj a few year ago].
please instruct me how best to do this accordingto the sunnah. in
perticular what differences are there between this type of hajjand one
which you do for yourself.
Praise be to Allaah.
There follows a summaryof what the pilgrim should do according to the
saheeh Sunnah:
1 – The pilgrim should enter ihraam on the eighth day of Dhu'l-Hijjah
from Makkah or its environs within the sanctuary. When entering ihraam
for Hajj he should do what he did when entering ihraam for 'Umrah:
ghusl(full ablution), putting on perfume and praying.He should form
the intention of entering ihraam for Hajj and recite the Talbiyah. The
Talbiyah for Hajj is the same as the Talbiyah for 'Umrah, except that
one should say here "Labbayka hajjan (Here Iam for Hajj)" instead of
"Labbayka 'umratan (Here I am for 'Umrah)." If he fears that some
obstacle may prevent him from completing Hajj, he should stipulate a
condition and say: "If something prevents me (from completing Hajj) I
will exit ihraam at the point where I am prevented (from continuing)."
If he is not afraid of any obstacle then he does not need to stipulate
any condition.
2 – Then he should go to Mina and stay there overnight, and offer
fiveprayers there: Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, 'Isha' and Fajr.
3 – When the sun rises on the ninth day he should proceed to 'Arafah
and pray Zuhr and 'Asr together there, shortened, at the time ofZuhr.
Then he should strive in du'aa', dhikr and prayers for forgiveness
until the sunsets.
4 – When the sun sets, heshould proceed to Muzdalifah and pray Maghrib
and 'Isha' there when he arrives. Then he should stay there overnight
until he prays Fajr, and remember Him and call upon Him until just
before sunrise.
5 – Then he should moveon to Mina to stone Jamrat al-'Aqabah whichis
the last pillar that is closest to Makkah, throwing seven pebbles one
after another, each one approximately the size of a date stone, saying
takbeer ("Allaahu akbar") with each throw.
6 – Then he should slaughter the hadiy (sacrificial animal), namely a
sheep or one-seventh of a camel or one-seventh of a cow.
7 – Then he should shavehis head if he is male; women should cut their
hair but not shave it, taking off the length of a fingertip from all
parts of their hair.
8 – Then he should go to Makkah and perform thetawaaf of Hajj.
9 – Then he should go back to Mina and stay there for those nights,
namely the nights of the eleventh and twelfth of Dhu'l-Hijjah, and
stone the three Jamaraat (stone pillars) after the sun has passed its
zenith,throwing seven pebbles,one after another, at each, starting
with the smallest pillar – which is the one that is furthest away from
Makkah, thenthe middle pillar. He should recite du'aa' afterboth, then
he should stone Jamrat al-'Aqabah, after which there is no du'aa'.
10 – When he has finished stoning the pillars on the twelfth of
Dhu'l-Hijjah, if he wisheshe may hasten and leaveMina, and if he
wishes he may delay (his departure) and stay there on the night of
thethirteenth and stone the three Jamaraat after the sun passes its
zenith. It isbetter to delay and stay longer, but it is not obligatory
unless the sunsets on the twelfth and one is still in Mina, in which
case it becomes obligatory to stay until one stones the three jamaraat
after the sun passes its zenith. But if the sun sets on the twelfth
day and a personis still in Mina but not by choice, such as if he had
packed his bags and got into the bus or truck, butwas delayed because
of overcrowding and traffic jams, then he does not have to stay,
because his staying until after sunset was involuntary.
11 – Once those days are over and the pilgrim wants to leave, he must
not leave until he has performed the farewell tawaaf, going around the
Ka'bah seven times. Women who are menstruating or bleeding following
childbirth d o not have to do this farewell tawaaf.
12 – If the pilgrim is performing a voluntary Hajj on behalf of
another person, whether a relative or otherwise, then he has to have
done Hajj for himself before that. There is no difference in the way
he performs Hajj apart from the intention, i.e., he should form the
intention of performing this Hajj on behalf of that person, mentioning
him by name in the Talbiyah and saying, "Labbayk 'an[fulaan] (Here I
am on behalf of [So and so])." Then when he says du'aa' during the
rituals he should pray for himself and for the person on whose behalf
he is performing Hajj.
Secondly:
With regard to the types of Hajj, there are three: tamattu', qiraan and ifraad.
Tamattu' is when the pilgrim enters ihraam for 'Umrah during the
months of Hajj (which are Shawwaal, Dhu'l-Qa'dah and the first ten
days of Dhu'l-Hijjah) and performs 'Umrah and exits ihraam, then he
enters ihraam again for Hajj from Makkah or its environs on the day of
al-Tarwiyah (the eighth day of Dhu'l-Hijjah) in the same year as his
'Umrah.
Qiraan is when the pilgrim enters ihraam for 'Umrah and Hajj together,
and does not exit ihraam until the dayof Sacrifice, or he enters
ihraam for 'Umrah then includes Hajj with it before he starts his
tawaaf.
Ifraad is when the pilgrim enters ihraam for Hajj from the meeqaat or
from Makkah if he resides there or in a place that iscloser than the
meeqaat,and remains in ihraam until the Day of Sacrifice if he has a
hadiy with him. If he does not have a hadiy with him, it is prescribed
for him to cancel his Hajj and make it 'Umrah, so he should perform
tawaaf and saa'i, then cut his hair and exit ihraam, as the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told those who entered
ihraam for Hajj but did not have a hadiy with them to do. This applies
to the pilgrim doing qiraan, if he does not have a hadiywith him; it
is prescribedfor him to cancel his qiraan and make it 'Umrah, for the
reason mentioned.
The best kind of Hajj is tamattu' for the one who has not brought a
hadiy with him, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) told his companions to do that and insisted that they should
do that.
We advise you to learn more about the rulings on Hajj and 'Umrah by
referring to Manaasik al-Hajj wa'l-'Umrah by Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
(may Allaah have mercy on him), which you can obtain through the
Shaykh's website on the internet.
And Allaah knows best.
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