Madina also spelled as Medina is the city where Prophet Muhammad.sal spent the last years of his life and where he died and was buried. The distance between Makkah and Madina is 490 km and it takes 5 hours to reach Madina from Makkah. Madina is noted for its dates orchards and fertility. The mosque […]
Hajj e Badal is the hajj done on the behalf of other people who are physically not fit enough to embark on hajj or those who have already passed away. Those who are going to perform the Hajj e Badal is called Mahmoor and on whose behalf he is doing Hajj is called Aamir. There […]
Hajj is all concerned with doing ten rituals over a period of six days in four places. Those four places involved in Hajj are Mecca, Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah. Mina is located east of Makkah about 5 km away from it. To the east of Mina is located Muzdalifah closely. Arafat is located approximately 14 […]
Performing Tawaf coupled with Sayee or Sayi separately or as a part of Hajj is called Umrah. Wearing Ihram is a must for Umrah. Ihram must be worn at Miqat or the boundary line which is different for people coming from different parts of the world. Those who want to perform Umrah could be differentiated […]
Going round Al-Kaaba seven times in a defined manner ending with prayer is called Tawaf. The first Tawaf one does on arrival at Masjid Al Haram is called Tawaf Qudum. The first round of Tawaf starts at Hajrul Aswath in the corner near the golden door of Kaaba. The green light glows straight to it […]
The moment we intend to perform Hajj or Umrah, certain things that were halal or could be done during our normal life become haram or should not be done and this state is called Ihram. There are some terms and conditions of Ihram. Men should wear only white dress without any stitches. Usually they are […]
Hajj could be performed in three ways and they are named as Hajj e Ifrad or isolated Hajj, Hajj e Qiran or accompanied Hajj and Hajj e Tamattu or enjoyable Hajj. There are no differences in Hajj but only the differences in performing it. All the three ways are accepted by the Lord. Hajj e […]
The intention of doing Hajj should be virtuous with only aim to fulfill the duties of Allah and not of any trade or touristic intentions. Only then the Hajj will be an accepted Hajj. To make our Hajj an accepted one we have to get ready for Hajj following some instructions. First thing is Taqwa, […]
The question how to do Hajj could not be answered in a single line because it starts from our desire to perform Hajj until we land back to our mother land. First of all, any Muslim should have the desire to perform Hajj. If he has ardent desires then his wish will be fulfilled by […]
There are many legends behind the rituals performed during Hajj. In short, the Hajis are reliving the live of Propet Ibrahim.alai and Allah has made it this way to reward all his sacrifices and pious nature. Ibrahim was not blessed with a child until he was 90 years old. Finally at his age of 90 […]