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...
Read More »Reclaiming the Hajj: Time for True Muslim Management
the time has come to reclaim the Hajj by placing the pilgrimage and the sacred sites under the supervision and control of a consortium of Muslim leaders...
Read More »Muslim Pilgrims Perform Jamarat on Last day of Hajj Rituals
Muslim pilgrims from around the world perform Jamarat or ‘Stoning of the Devil’ in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca...
Read More »Muslim Should Reconsider Management of Hajj
Ayatollah Khameneie Hajj Message 2016, Hajj hijacked by oppressors, Muslims should reconsider management of Hajj. In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful And all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and Allah’s greetings be upon our Master, Muhammad, and upon his immaculate household and chosen …
Read More »Hajj and Muslim Unity
A cursory glance at the state of the Muslims today shows us that we are desperately in need of unity on...
Read More »Sheikh Hammoud Slams Saudi Mishandling of Hajj
A prominent Lebanese cleric has denounced Saudi Arabia’s mishandling of the Hajj pilgrimage..
Read More »Hajj Should Be Run by Muslim World Scholars
Shia Cleric said that holy shrines in Mecca and Medina should be run by a council of Muslim world scholars.
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