Tag Archives: Hajj Pilgrimage

This study inventories and analyzes Mālikī legal opinions (fatwās) discouraging or prohibiting the pilgrimage to Mecca (the ḥajj) for Muslims in the Islamic West (al-Andalus, North Africa, and West Africa) from the...

This book discusses the importance of Hajj, one of the obligatory pillars in Islam. The secrets, conditions of necessity, different types of Hajj as well as ...

9th day of Zilhajjah is called The Day of Arafah while the night between Zilhajjah 8 and 9 is called Night of Arafah. There have been reported different acts to be performed on these occasions...

No doubt, one of the best instances for “to see their benefits” {Quran: 22:27} is this annual meeting of all the communities of the Islamic Ummah around God’s house. This is the key to the Islamic Union, and the symbol of Islam’s formation of...

What I wanted most out of this spiritual journey is to find a deeper relationship with my Creator, to get to the place where I have the confidence of my conviction that God is all I...

The Media Department at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine has launched a mobile application to help the pilgrims of the House of Allah to perform the rituals of Hajj...

True Islam is that of Imam Hussayn’s (A.S), and that's why visiting lmam Hussayn (A.S.) with full awareness of him is far superior for followers of the...

The Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) is divided into several sections: 'Ibadat (rituals) that include: ritual purity (taharah), prayers (salat), fasting (sawm), alms (zakat), one-fifth (khums) and pilgrimage (hajj)...

Hajj is the most complete worship and the most comprehensive act of submission before the Lord of the Worlds. Hajj is hope for humanity wounded by materialism and robbed by...

According to Imam Khomeini, one of the major duties of Muslims is to find out what the reality of Hajj Pilgrimage is and why they must expend a part of their material and...