Hajj Guide Step By Step - Rules And Advices

                                                     HAJJ GUIDE 

Muslims from across the globe dream and plan for Hajj as spiritual pilgrimage to Makkah. preparation is key. This Hajj guide helps you to get ready for the incredible journey.

Hajj is a religious obligation, but more than a mere or duty. The unforgettable journey takes 5 days to complete, not counting travel time or is day of spiritual preparation. With journeys to the holy Kaaba, pilgrims perform  a ritual that dates to pre Islamic days and was sanctified by The prophet Muhammad (SAW) . They walk where he walked ,see what he saw, and do what he did. At the end of the year sojourns, pilgrims are often spent, but feel renewed and closure to Allah. According to the prophet Muhammad (SAW), those who perform Hajj will return without sins like the day they were born.

STAGES OF HAJJ:

DAY 1 

IHRAM

• Prepare to enter a haram, spiritual stage of purity and devotion. This includes washing your body and changing into a haram clothing, preferably Miqaat station outside the holy City.
• Recite the Talbiyah in the Miqaat station to declare intention or niyyath to make The pilgrimage.

• Perform the welcome tawaf-enter Al Haram (Holy Mosque) and circle the Holy Kaaba 7 times in a counter clockwise direction.

• Perform Sa'i -what seven times between The hills of safa and Marwa beside the Kaaba. Originally observed outdoors the rite is now performed in an air conditioned tunnel

Day 2

(1st day of Hajj- 8th Dhu'l Hijjah)

• Travel to mina 5 km away ,by walking or by bus after morning prayer in Makkah.
• Spend the day in prayer.
• Spend the night in air conditioned tents.

Day 3

(2nd day of Hajj- 9th Dhu'l Hijjah)

• Travel to Arafat 20 km away.
• Stand and pray ( wuquf) in Arafat plain or jabal Al Rahma (Mount Arafat). Do not leave the boundary or the Hajj will be invalid.

• At sunset, travel to Muzdalifah to collect pebbles for the next day.
• Spend the night under the stars.

Day 4

(3rd day of Hajj- 10th Dhu'l Hijjah)

• Return to mina.
• Perform stoning of the devil (Ramy Al Jamarah) ritual by throwing pebbles at one of 3 pillars (now walls).
• Offer animal sacrifice, commonly done by buying a voucher r in Makkah. does begins Eid al-Adha the festival of sacrifice.

• Travel to Al haram to perform tawaf and Sa'i again.
• Return to mina and spend the night.

Day 5

(4th day of hajj-11 Dhu'l Hijjah)

• Repeat Ramy Al Jamarah, this time throwing pebbles at all three pillars (walls)
• Spend the night in mina.

Day 6

(5th day of Hajj-12th Dhu'l Hijjah)

• Repeat Ramy Al Jamarah.
• Return to Al haram for the farewell tawaf or tawaf al widayah.

• Spend the night in Makkah or mina.

Day 7

(Conditional day - 13th Dhu'l Hijjah)

If pilgrims are unable to leave mina on 12th Dhu'l Hijjah, they must repeat Ramy Al jamarah before returning to Makkah where they perform the farewell tawaf and drink Zam Zam water.