What are the diff types of hajj.
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I want to know about the types of Haj viz Tammatu kiran etc and its requirement. Inshallah This year I am going for Haj.
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What are the diff
types of hajj
In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah
Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.
There is allowance in the
Shariah for a pilgrim to perform any one of the three types of Hajj:
- Hajj-e-Ifraad: ie. where a pilgrim performs
only the Hajj without the Umrah pilgrimage.
- Hajj-e-Qiran: ie. where the pilgrim performs
both the Umrah and the Hajj pilgrimage in one state of ‘ehraam’.
- Hajj-e-Tamattu: ie. where the pilgrim enters
in the state of ‘ehram’ from the ‘Meeqat’ and performs the Umrah first,
then comes out of the state of ‘ehram’, and on the 8th of
Dhul-Hajja enters into the state of ‘ehram’ for a second time to perform
the Hajj pilgrimage.
The believers living in the
vicinity of Makkah are guided to perform the ‘Hajj-e-Ifraad’; but a believer
visiting Makkah from another place is at liberty to choose whichever one of the
three forms of Hajj he/she wills to perform.
The most common and popular type
of Hajj performed by the pilgrims who come from far away lands is the
Hajj-Tamattu whereby the pilgrim takes the opportunity to perform the Umrah as
well as the Hajj during their stay in Makkah.
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Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
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