What are the essential pillars of Hajj without which the Hajj is not valid?
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The Shaykh : 1: What are the essential pillars of Hajj without which the Hajj is not valid?
Ihram; the ihram for Hajj is like the intention for prayer. It is the intention of prayer, which is that you say: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-hajjatin wa 'umrah." We do not want to go into the details now so as not to stray from the scope of answering the questions, but it is necessary to point out that the intention for Hajj today must begin with the intention of 'Umrah before the Hajj. So you say: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-'umrah." You do not say: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-hajjatin" or "bi-hajj," because it is necessary to precede the 'Umrah before the Hajj. This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 932Sahih (Darussalam) and he interlaced his fingers like this. This means that the 'Umrah has become an inseparable part of the Hajj. So the one who wants to perform Hajj today begins with the 'Umrah. Therefore, the first condition is the intention. But the intention for Hajj, regarding the tamattu' where we say it is necessary to begin with 'Umrah, is made while you are in Makkah. However, if you leave your country and pass through one of the known miqats, and the miqat for us, the people of the Levant, is Dhul-Hulayfah, then there you respond with the talbiyah for the 'Umrah of the Hajj. And while you are in Makkah, you respond with the talbiyah for the Hajj on the eighth day of Dhul-Hijjah, saying: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-hajjatin." At the miqat: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-'umrah." And while you are in Makkah, where you are staying: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-hajj."
Then the tawaf around the Ka'bah, then standing at 'Arafah. These pillars are necessary. In addition, staying overnight at Muzdalifah, where you pray the Fajr prayer there. This is also a pillar according to the most correct of the two opinions of the scholars. And the tawaf al-ifadah. These are the pillars of Hajj that are necessary. Everything else is fard, or if you wish, obligatory duties; the meaning is the same.
Ihram; the ihram for Hajj is like the intention for prayer. It is the intention of prayer, which is that you say: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-hajjatin wa 'umrah." We do not want to go into the details now so as not to stray from the scope of answering the questions, but it is necessary to point out that the intention for Hajj today must begin with the intention of 'Umrah before the Hajj. So you say: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-'umrah." You do not say: "Labbaik Allahumma bi-hajjatin" or "bi-hajj," because it is necessary to precede the 'Umrah before the Hajj. This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Umrah has been entered into Hajj until the Day of Resurrection.
دخلت العمرة في الحجِّ إلى يوم القيامةThen the tawaf around the Ka'bah, then standing at 'Arafah. These pillars are necessary. In addition, staying overnight at Muzdalifah, where you pray the Fajr prayer there. This is also a pillar according to the most correct of the two opinions of the scholars. And the tawaf al-ifadah. These are the pillars of Hajj that are necessary. Everything else is fard, or if you wish, obligatory duties; the meaning is the same.
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