This book details the jurisprudence related to Hajj as per the rulings of Ayatullah al-Uzma, Sayyid Ali Khamenei. Topics such as conditions that make Hajj obligatory, rites of Hajj and Umrah, their respective requirements and...
Read More »Key Characteristics of the Hajj Pilgrimage from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
The Hajj pilgrimage is in reality a massive immigration. It is a divine journey towards Allah and the best opportunity for self-purification and engaging in the greater Jihād and...
Read More »1.4 million Muslims Arrive in Saudi Arabia for Hajj Pilgrimage
More than 1.4 million Muslims have arrived so far in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage slated to begin next week, with this year’s rituals featuring the return of tens of thousands of...
Read More »Book: The Hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire
The book focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its global religious appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim world in the age of...
Read More »United Against Zionist Regime on Hajj: Ayatollah Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei says Muslims should use the Hajj rituals this year to take a united stance against Israeli efforts to control the...
Read More »Historical and Religious Aspects of Hajj
The holy pilgrimage to Makkah, known as the Hajj, is one of the most outstanding manifestations of monotheism and universal brotherhood. All Muslims from all ages, classes and race gather in the same place to profess their belief and commitment to religious truths. This is not a mere acceptance professed by...
Read More »Ruling of Tawaf according to Ayatollah Sistani’ Islamic Law
In Umrat-ut-Tamatu, the second obligation is tawaf.If a pilgrim deliberately abandons it, his Hajj, shall be null and void, irrespective of whether or not he was aware of the rule governing the matter.Delaying its performance could be materialized in a way that it would no...
Read More »Book: Hajj according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This book volume 4 of 8, written by Muhammad Javad Moqniyyah, presents the similarities and differences in the issues regarding Hajj, the...
Read More »Are Shiites substituting hajj for Arbaeen?
Shiite jurists and scholars are of the conviction that the hajj cannot be performed anywhere else but in Mecca. Arbaeen, described as the world’s largest annual pilgrimage, is a ritual that occurs 40 days after the day the third Shiite Imam Hussain bin Ali (A.S.)was slain by forces loyal to …
Read More »The Message of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi on Mina Stampede Anniversary
This disaster was a shame and disgrace upon all international human rights organizations, because none of them had any suitable reaction towards...
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