Hajj in Quran
“Our Lord! And make us submissive unto You and of our offspring a nation
submissive unto You, and show us our Manasik (all the ceremonies of pilgrimage -
Hajj and Umrah, etc.), and accept our repentance. Truly, You are the One Who
accepts repentance, the Most Merciful.” (Quran: 2/128)
Verily! As-Safa and Al-Marwah (two mountains in Makkah) are of the Symbols of
Allah. So it is not a sin on him who performs Hajj or Umrah (pilgrimage) of the
House (the Kabah at Makkah) to perform the going (Tawaf) between them (As-Safa
and Al-Marwah). And whoever does good voluntarily, then verily, Allah is
All-Recognizer, All-Knower. (Quran: 2/158)
And perform properly (i.e. all the ceremonies according to the ways of Prophet
Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)), the Hajj and Umrah (i.e. the pilgrimage to Makkah) for
Allah. (Quran: 2/196)
The Hajj (pilgrimage) is (in) the well-known (lunar year) months (i.e. the 10th
month, the 11th month and the first ten days of the 12th month of the Islamic
calendar, i.e. two months and ten days). So, whosoever intends to perform Hajj
therein (by assuming Ihram), then he should not have sexual relations (with his
wife), nor commit sin, nor dispute unjustly during the Hajj. And whatever good
you do, (be sure) Allah knows it. And take a provision (with you) for the
journey, but the best provision is At-Taqwa (piety, righteousness, etc.). So
fear Me, O men of understanding! (Quran: 2/197)
There is no sin on you if you seek the Bounty of your Lord (during pilgrimage by
trading, etc.). Then when you leave Arafat, remember Allah (by glorifying His
Praises, i.e. prayers and invocations, etc.) at the Mashar-il-Haram. And
remember Him (by invoking Allah for all good, etc.) as He has guided you, and
verily, you were, before, of those who were astray. (Quran: 2/198)
And Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) to the House (Kabah) is a duty that mankind owes
to Allah, those who can afford the expenses (for ones conveyance, provision and
residence); and whoever disbelieves (i.e. denies Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah),
then he is a disbeliever of Allah), then Allah stands not in need of any of the
Alameen (mankind and Jinns). (Quran: 3/97)
O you who believe! Kill not game while you are in a state of Ihram for Hajj or
Umrah (pilgrimage), and whosoever of you kills it intentionally, the penalty is
an offering, brought to the Kabah, of an eatable animal (i.e. sheep, goat, cow,
etc.) equivalent to the one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you;
or, for expiation, he should feed poor persons, or its equivalent in fasting,
that he may taste the heaviness (punishment) of his deed. Allah has forgiven
what is past, but whosoever commits it again, Allah will take retribution from
him. And Allah is All-Mighty, All-Able of Retribution. (Quran: 5/95)
Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) water game and its use for food - for the
benefit of yourselves and those who travel, but forbidden is (the pursuit of)
land game as long as you are in a state of Ihram (for Hajj or Umrah). And fear
Allah to Whom you shall be gathered back. (Quran: 5/96)
Allah has made the Kabah, the Sacred House, an asylum of security and Hajj and
Umrah (pilgrimage) for mankind, and also the Sacred Month and the animals of
offerings and the garlanded (people or animals, etc. marked with the garlands on
their necks made from the outer part of the stem of the Makkah trees for their
security), that you may know that Allah has knowledge of all that is in the
heavens and all that is in the earth, and that Allah is the All-Knower of each
and everything. (Quran: 5/97)
And proclaim to mankind the Hajj (pilgrimage). They will come to you on foot and
on every lean camel; they will come from every deep and distant (wide) mountain
highway (to perform Hajj). (Quran: 22/27)
Allah Azza wa Jall mentioned the sacrifice together with the first and foremost
worship in Islam: prayer. This is a clear indication of its great importance.
Thus, He ordered His Messenger (p.b.u.h.) to slaughter sacrifices by saying:
<<…Pray unto your Lord and slaughter (your sacrifice)…" (Quran: 109/2)
Hajj in Sunnah
Narrated Ibn Umar: Allah's Apostle said: “Islam is based on (the following) five
(principles): 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah
and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle. 2. To offer the (compulsory congregational)
prayers dutifully and perfectly. 3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity). 4.
To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca) 5. To observe fast during the month
of Ramadan.” (Bukhari: Book 2, Hadith 7)
“Sound Hajj has no reward except Paradise” (Bukhari & Muslim)
Narrated Ibn Umar: A man asked the Prophet: "What (kinds of clothes) should a
Muhrim (a Muslim intending to perform Umrah or Hajj) wear? He replied, ‘He
should not wear a shirt, a turban, trousers, a head cloak or garment scented
with saffron or Wars (kinds of perfumes). And if he has n slippers, then he can
use Khuffs (leather socks) but the socks should be cut short so as to make the
ankles bare.’” (Bukhari: Hadith 615, Vol. 2). (Bukhari: Book 3, Hadith 136)
Allah's Messenger (p.b.u.h.) said, "He who is not prevented from performing the
pilgrimage by an obvious necessity, a tyrannical ruler, or a disease which
confines him at home, and dies without having performed the pilgrimage, may die
if he wishes as a Jew, or if he wishes as a Christian." (Tirmidhi: 2535,
Narrated Abu Umamah) (Darimi transmitted it)
"The best days in the world are the Ten days." (The First Ten Days of
Dhul-Hijjah) (Ibn Hibban, al-Bazzaar, authenticated in Sahih Jaami us-Sagheer
1133)
"There are no days during which good deeds are more beloved by Allah than these
(ten) days." (Bukhari, Tirmidhee and others)
"The day of al-Fitr (i.e. Eid ul-Fitr), the day of an-Nahr, and the days of
Tashriq are Eid days for us Muslims. They are days of eating and drinking."
(Ahmad, Nasa’i, Sahih ul-Jaami 8192)
Amr Ibn Al-Aas narrates, “When Islam entered my heart, I went to the Messenger
of Allah and said: ‘Give me your hand so that I may pledge allegiance to you.’
The Prophet spread his hand, but I withdrew mine. He said, ‘What is wrong Amr?’
I said, ‘I want to make a condition.’ ‘And what is that?’ he said. I said, ‘That
Allah will forgive me.’ Then the Messenger of Allah said, ‘Did you not know that
Islam wipes out what came before it, and that Hijrah wipes out what came before
it and that Hajj wipes out what came before it!’” (Muslim: 121)
Abu Hurairah narrates: “I heard the Prophet say, ‘Whoever performs Hajj and does
not commit any Rafath (obscenity) or Fusooq (transgression), he returns (free
from sin) as the day his mother bore him’”. (Bukhari)
Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (p.b.u.h.), “We find
that Jihad is the best deed, shouldn’t we (women) do jihad?” The Prophet
replied, ‘Rather the best Jihad is a Hajj Mabroor!’ Aisha later said, ‘I’ll
never cease performing Hajj after I heard that from Rasul Allah’”. (Bukhari and
Muslim)
The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said, “There is no day on which Allah frees more of His
slaves from Fire than the Day of Arafat, and He verily draws near, then boasts
of them before the angles, saying: ‘What do they seek?’” (Sahih Muslim)
And in another Hadith: “Verily Allah boasts of the people of Arafat before the
people of Heaven (angels) saying: ‘Look to my servants who have come to Me
disheveled and dusty.’”
Standing at Arafat is one of the greatest pillars of Hajj as stated by the
prophet (p.b.u.h.), He said, "Hajj is Arafat." (Ahmad)
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I heard the Prophet
(p.b.u.h.) say: ‘Whoever does Hajj for the sake of Allah and does not have
sexual relations (with his wife), commit sin, or dispute unjustly (during the
Hajj), will come back like the day his mother gave birth to him.’” (Bukhaari:
1449, Muslim: 1350)
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
said: “Umrah is an expiation for the time between it and the previous Umrah, and
an accepted Hajj has no less a reward than Paradise.” (Bukhaari: 1683, Muslim
1349)
Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood said: “the Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h) said: ‘Keep on
doing Hajj and Umrah, for they eliminate poverty and sin just as the bellows
eliminate impurities from iron and gold and silver.’” (Tirmidhi: 810, Nasa’i:
2631)
Ibn Umar reported that the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said: “The one who fights for the
sake of Allah and the pilgrim who goes for Hajj or Umrah are all guests of
Allah. He called them and they responded; they ask of Him and He will give
them.” (Ibn Majah: 2893)
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