Hajj: An Experience & A Guide

Dr Manzur AshrafOctober 2015

Sisters should be encouraged to push the process…

Aa’ishah who said: “O Messenger of Allaah, do women have to engage in jihad? He said: “Jihad in which there is no fighting: Hajj and ‘Umrah.” And because women are not able to fight because they are (physically) weak.

From al-Mughni, 9/163. Ahmad (25361) and Ibn Maajah (2901); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan Ibn Maajah.

Preparation

• Read/hear books/lectures, Talk to expert or Hajis who performed Hajj before (Few months before..)

• Bangla book: Hajj & Umrah• Ismail Davis: Making the best out of Hajj (I

attended his long day-workshop)• Khutbatul Haram (bangla): Syed Abul Ala

My aim was …

• O Allah, Make the Hajj the Best event of my Life

• Best exam / best success day in career / marriage day / whatever

My preparation (1)

• Acquire Knowledge• Correlation/difference of Hajj to exam (if you

have a best event in life) [my thought]• Distance / hardship (job, kids, money,..)

Dua Preparation

• Make a book • Ask DUAs from friends Be sincere on it • Overseas Call to blood-relatives write duas

(Magic auto Dua) [general thing pl give specific dua, cry, ]

Blessings: 2 day course regarding Dhikr (1-2 month before)

Collect, ponder …

Duas from Hadith

Duas of scholars in all ages (300 page book)

Completed immediately before Arafa day

My ERRORS!!!!

Contents of the DUA book• Duas from Quraan• Duas of Morning & Evening + Rasul (Sm)’s duas• Duas of the scholars• My Duas (1-3 gives the ideas), My collected DUA

lists from relatives and friends• Hell & Heaven (really know the contents, ask duas

to get away or to get in)• My Poisonous behaviors (ask pardon, future

determination)

Day of DUA

Be Happy (& only for Allah), Content throughout the Journey

• Reflect on Mujdalifah [70 stones – collect from your bed side, SLEEP]

• Mina (complete journey – all days (more piety)) trap of Haram’s prayer [You are here for Hajj]

• Patience / maintain Time given from Govt (Jamaraat timings) – avoid crowd

• Don’t loose energy before Hajj• Quality over quantity (tawaf, touch marks, prayer,

tricks, readings)

Mina Camp

• Prophet Sallallahu Alaihissalam went to every tents of Mina during every Hajj of His 10 years of Makkah's life and called people towards Islam.

• (Ref: History of Medinah, Shafiur rahman mibarokpuri, Darussalam publications)

• I love you Mina!

Cat @ Haram

Tahajjud Azaan @4 am

View from hotel

• Way to the most beloved land - The city of the Prophet AL MADINAH

• "YA ALLAH, please grant me the same or more love towards Madinah than Makkah." (Bukhari 1889)

Gate 21

Library @ Masjide Nababi

Preventing Bidaya

Baki Al Gar Kaad

Masjide Quba

Khandak

Masjide Kiblatain (Aqsa direction)

Uhud

Tajweed classes to improve reading quraan for Hajiis @Madinah

• The main motive of Hajj is to attain 'Change' in life.

• And the 'Change' is reflected by really giving values to the essence of Jannat and fearing Jahannam above all worldly things.

Jahilia cemetery (south-west of Haram)

Story of Jaid Ibn Aamr ibn Nufayel (bukhari 3826,3428, 3828)

Cemetery @night (from haram)