Meaning of Hajj
- From: "Faris Jawad" <ana_faris_bila_jawad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:52:19 -0500
Meaning of Hajj
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His
Messenger.
Hajj one of the five pillars of Islam.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Islam is built upon
five pillars: testifying that there is no true god except Allah and that
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, performing Prayer, paying the z akah,
making the pilgrimage to the Sacred House (Hajj), and fasting the month of
Ramadan" (Al-Bukhari). Also, we would like to commend your pursuit of
Islamic counseling.
Hajj means traveling for the purpose of visiting the Ka`bah in Makkah, the
direction which Muslims turn to in Prayer, in order to perform the rituals
that are based on the actions and words reported in tradition of the
Prophet's Hajj, such as Tawaf (walking around the Ka`bah seven times), Sa`i
(running between the hills of As-Safa and Marwa seven times), standing at
the mountain of `Arafah, and throwing pebbles at the Jamarat in Mina.
Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic
Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:
The linguistic meaning of the word Hajj in Arabic is to set out with the
intention of devotion or reward to a sacred place.
As an Islamic term, it denotes setting out for purpose of pilgrimage to the
Sacred House in Makkah in order to perform the specific rites such as Tawaf
and Sa`i and standing at the plains of `Arafah, among other rituals.
In other words, Hajj in Islam is the fifth pillar of Islam; it involves
undertaking the journey to the Sacred House of Worship in Makkah in order to
perform the prescribed rites.
Allah Almighty knows best.
For further guidance please refer to the following link:
Hajj (a special page)
http://islamonline.net/english/hajj/1426/index.shtml
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