Category: Hajj

Advice for Visitors to Makkah and Madinah

Advice from Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) to visitors to the Two Holy Sanctuaries.

Allah says: If someone venerates the sacred things of Allah, this is truly a sign of piety in the heart (22:32). The five most sacred things are the Prophet ﷺ, the Ka’bah, the Qur’an, the five prayers and Ramadan. The Prophet is the most sacred of these things. Thus nothing is more pleasing to Allah than for us to go to him, since he is the most beloved of Allah’s creation to Him. However great the Ka’bah or the Throne is in Allah’s sight, nothing can compare to the greatness of the Prophet ﷺ. Continue reading Advice for Visitors to Makkah and Madinah

Imam al-Haddad’s Counsels on Hajj and Umrah

Counsels on Travelling

You must hold fast to all the acts of devotion which you perform regularly when you are not travelling. Do not make light of leaving any of them. You should make up any acts of devotion that you are unable to perform due to travelling when you are able to do so if they are of the sort that can be made up. If it is not possible to make them up, then remember that Allah has made things easy for people travelling. The hadith states: “If a believer travels or becomes sick, Allah orders His angels to record for him the same actions that he would perform when he was not travelling and was in good health.”1 This is a blessing, a mercy and a source of ease from Allah. All praise be to Allah – He is so merciful and kind to His slaves! Continue reading Imam al-Haddad’s Counsels on Hajj and Umrah

On Delaying Hajj

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him).

What is the ruling on spending money on other things if someone has enough money to perform Hajj?

It is permissible to spend money on anything that is permissible. However, if someone has the financial means to perform Hajj in a given year but does not do so, then this person is negligent, even though many of the scholars say that if someone anticipates being able to perform Hajj in future years, the obligation is not immediate. There is no harm in spending money on those in dire need or spending it on travelling to seek obligatory knowledge (instead of spending it on performing Hajj).

Supplications in the Rawdah or in Front of the Ka’bah

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What should we recite in the Rawdah or in front of the Ka’bah?

There are booklets compiled on supplications to be read at these times, such as al-Ḥiyāḍ al-Muṭṭahharah li Zā’ir al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and Zād al-Nāsik (both by Habib `Umar). [Zad al-Nasik may be downloaded from Habib `Umar’s website.

The recently published book, Ḍajīj al-Muliḥḥīn, also contains many supplications.

However, if Allah inspires you to make a certain supplication then this should be given priority.