Chapter 1 Who Must Perform Pilgrimage (Hajj)
Performing Hajj and ^Umrah once in a lifetime is obligatory upon the Muslim who is free, accountable, and can afford to reach Makkah and return to his homeplace. This includes that one has in excess of his debts, appropriate lodging and clothing, and what he is obligated to spend on those whom he must support from his departure until his return.
Chapter 2 Integrals of Pilgrimage (Rukns of Hajj)
The integrals of Hajj are:
1. To have the intention to be in a state of pilgrimage (Ihram), i.e., to say in one's heart: "I now enter into the actions of Hajj" or the like;
2. To be at ^Arafah sometime between the start of Dhuhr on the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah and the dawn (fajr) of the following day.
3. To circumambulate the Ka^bah (tawaf);
4. To walk between the mounts of as-Safa and al-Marwah seven times from one border line to the other;
5. Cutting the hair by shaving or trimming (halq or taqsir);
6. The order in most of the integrals.
All of these are integrals of ^Umrah except to be at ^Arafah. These integrals have requisites (wajibs) and conditions that must be observed.
Among the conditions of tawaf is to circumambulate the Ka^bah seven times starting at the Black Stone and back to it while keeping one's left shoulder towards the Ka^bah without facing or turning one's back to it; to cover the unlawful nakedness (^awrah); and to be pure.
Read more: Pilgrimage (Hajj)إن الحمدَ للهِ نحمدُه ونستعينُه ونستهديهِ ونشكرُه ونعوذُ باللهِ من شرورِ أنفسِنا ومن سيئاتِ أعمالِنا من يهدِه اللهُ فلا مضلَّ له ومن يُضلِلْ فلا هاديَ له وأشهدُ أن لا إله إلا اللهُ وحده لا شريكَ له، القائل في محكم التنـزيل ﴿وأذِّنْ في الناسِ بالحجِّ يأتوكَ رجالاً وعلى كلِّ ضامِرٍ يأتينَ من كلِّ فج ٍعميقٍ﴾ سورة الحجّ /27.
وأشهدُ أن سيدَنا محمدًا عبدُه ورسولُه إمامُ الأنبياءِ والمرسلينَ صلواتُ اللهِ وسلامُه على كلِّ رسولٍ أرسلَهُ. أما بعد فيا عبادَ اللهِ أوصي نفسيَ وأوصيكم بتقوى اللهِ العليِّ العظيمِ اتقوا اللهَ حقَّ تقاتِه ولا تموتُنَّ إلا وأنتم مسلمونَ. يقولُ اللهُ تعالى: ﴿وللهِ على الناسِ حِجُّ البيتِ منِ استطاعَ إليهِ سبيلاً ومن كفَرَ فإنَّ اللهَ غنيٌّ عنِ العالمينَ﴾ سورةُ ءالِ عمران/97.
ويقولُ صلى الله عليه وسلم: "اللهمَّ اغفِرْ للحاجِّ ولمنِ استغفَرَ لهُ الحاجُّ" بدأَتْ القوافلُ تتحضَّرُ لسفَرٍ وما أعظمَه من سفرٍ، سفرِ الطاعةِ، سفرٍ وفراقٍ للأحبةِ وللوطنِ وللأولادِ والأهلِ ولكن إلى أينَ ؟ إلى بلدِ الحبيبِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، الذي هو والله أغلى من الأحبةِ والأولادِ والأهلِ وإلى البلدِ الذي وُلِدَ فيهِ الحبيبُ محمدٌ صلى الله عليه وسلم، سفرٍ إلى مكةَ والمدينةِ وإلى منًى وعرفةَ ومزدلفةَ، في هذهِ الأيامِ تثورُ في نفوسِ كثيرٍ من المسلمينَ نوازعُ الشوقِ فيتوجَّهونَ مِنْ كلِّ حدَبٍ وصوبٍ من أطرافِ المعمورةِ قاصِدينَ الديارَ المقدسةَ بلادَ الهُدى والنورِ ومَهْدَ نُزولِ الوحيِ على نبيِّنا الأمينِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، مُهلِّلِينَ ومُكبِّرينَ يُردِّدونَ خاشِعين "لبيكَ اللهمَّ لبيك، لبَّيك لا شريكَ لكَ لبيكَ إنَّ الحمدَ والنعمةَ لكَ والملك، لا شريكَ لك".
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