MAJOR
RITES OF THE HAJJ
Before entering Makkah,
pilgrims wear two
garments of ihram which
are not sewn. Those who
perform Hajj al-Tamatt'u,
do Umrah first and slip
into everyday clothes.
Now for the Hajj, they
put on ihram from their
residence in Makkah.
All pilgrims, in the
state of ihram, are
forbidden to cover their
heads, hunt,
argue, cut their hair or
nails, kill flies,
mosquitoes and lice, use
perfume, or engage in
sexual relations. A
woman may wear any dress
for ihram as long as it
does not show her
adornments, or cause
temptation to men. She
is forbidden to wear
gloves, apply mehndi or
to cover her face.
Within the precincts of
al-Haram, no one, in the
state of ihram or not,
is allowed to cut trees,
pluck vegetables or pick
a lost property except
for the sake of
identifying it for its
owner.
At the Sacred Mosque,
pilgrims make a greeting
tawaf (tawaf al-qudum) -
circling Ka'bah seven
times.
They then perform
the sa'eey - making
seven trips between the
hills of Safa and Marwah,
enclosed in a long
gallery. Going from Safa
to Marwa is one trip, back to
Safa is trip number two. So once
you return to Marwa for the
fourt time you have completed
Saeey.
It is the first tawaf
(going around Kaba) after entering
into Makkah and is
sunnah for those who
perform Hajj al-Ifrad or
Hajj al-Qiran. It is not
a sunnah for a pilgrim
who comes to perform
Hajj al-Tamatt'u or
Umrah, or for the
residents of the holy
city of Makkah.
On the eighth day of Zul-Hajj,
pilgrims move to Mina
for the essential final
days of the Hajj.
Next morning, they
travel to Arafat for the
pilgrimage's central
ritual: the wuquf or the
"standing". From noon
until sunset, Muslims
pray near the site of
Prophet Muhammad's peace
be upon him farewell
sermon.
At sundown, they go to
Muzdalifah for the night
and perform another
wuquf.
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