Hajj-e-Baytullah, Hajj-e-Baitullah, Hajj-e-Baitulla, Manasik-e-Hajj, Hajj and Umra Information Centre, Labbaik

Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik. Labbaik, La Shareek Laka, Labbaik. Innal
Hamdah, Wan Nematah, Laka wal Mulk, La Shareek Laka Labbaik.
Here I am at Thy service OLord, here I am. Here I amat Thy service and
Thou hast no partners. Thine alone is All Praise and All Bounty, and
Thine alone is The Sovereignty. Thou hast no partners, here I am.
In the name of Allah, the most compassionate, the Merciful.
And pilgrimage to the House is incumbent uponmen for the sake of
Allah,(upon) every one who is able to undertake the journey to it;
Holy Quran, (3:97)
The word Hajj means to intend, to win over someone by argument and
frequently visit someone. As a religious term it refers to the act
ofworship: circumambulating the Kaaba (Tawaf, praying and performing
the other prescribed deeds).
Hajj is the Pilgrimage to Makkah in Islam. Hajj is the fifth of the
Five Pillarsin Sunni Islam and one ofthe ten Branches of religion
(Obligations of Islam or Furo-e-Deen) in Shia Islam, which takes place
during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah. Entrance to Makkah itself
is forbidden to non-Muslims and the entire city is considered aholy
site to Islam.
Baitulla is another name for Kaaba, is a sacred house in the center of
Masjid-e-Haram in Makkah and Baitulla means House of Allah. Hence
Hajj-e-Baytullah, Hajj-e-Baitullah or Hajj-e-Baitulla means Pilgrimage
to the House of Allah.
This is the Worship (Ibadat) that becomes obligatory once in a
lifetime. Therefore, its conditions, its difficulties and its rewards
are unique.
Those who are able to fulfill this obligation are indeed privileged.
But this privilege can becomea ban instead of a boon ifit is misused.
And it is easy to misuse it. Misuse takes the form of oblivion of the
rules, carelessness in performance of the rites and ignorance of the
importance of the rites ofHajj in the living of one's life.
Therefore, the more sincere effort the Haji (Person who performs the
Hajj) puts in, the greater the reward, and this Guide is an aid to
thissincere effort according to the fatwa of Ayatulla Al-Uzma Agha
Seyyid AbulQassim Al-Musawi Al-Khui (RA).

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