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alhamdulillah which means peace be unto
you welcome to another episode of the
dean show helping you understand Islam
and Muslims and now that you've
understood that there is no deity worthy
of worship except the creator of the
heavens and earth it's actually in your
Bible if you're our non-muslim guest and
you are coming to us for the first time
you're a little confused about some
things it's in your Bible too if you
look in Deuteronomy 6:4 the Lord thy God
is one God in Exodus it tells you
Worship the Lord alone know the deity to
be worshiped except God alone that's the
first step onto becoming one who
surrenders and submits to God as Jesus
said not unto my will be done but your
will that's the first step the second
step we talk about now the prayer if
you're a Muslim you need to be praying
five times a day if you're looking at us
from the outside you're a Christian it's
in your Bible the same thing as all the
messengers of God prayed and Moses he
fell on his face and prayed to God it's
in numbers in Genesis it tells you
Abraham he fell on his face and prayed
to God it's in your Bible and Jesus and
he went a little further and he fell on
what on his back on his bum no on his
face and he prayed to to who to himself
no he prayed to God it's in your Bible
so we covered two things now that
there's none worthy of worship except
the crater is one not three and one four
and one six and H one and one alone
worthy of worship then you follow it up
with some actions you say you love God
you love your dog too but what about the
Creator you got to follow it up and
prove this love so you got to pray to
him remember him got a lot of things
distracting us nowadays TV the Music
Hollywood Bollywood
the prayer keeps one in check
remembering the next life now the
charity you got to give now God has
given you all this wealth you're going
to keep it and what you're going to have
to depart for it soon purify your wealth
it's another pillar of Islam all the
prophets of God did it and then what
else do we have we have the
fast it's in the Bible also Jesus in
Matthew 4:2 tells you he fast
the Disciples of God they fasted and now
we're talking about today cuz we're
bringing you up to
speed because Islam is based on Five
Pillars but today we're going to be
talking about the fifth pillar
Haj and again as I've been saying it's a
unique thing when you put all these
things together it's actually in the
Bible in Psalms
8456 it talks about the pilgrims passing
through the valley of Becca it's another
way it's saying Mecca now you're like
wow amazed if you're
sincere as I'm sure many of you are
you're probably curious why am I
mentioning the Bible and we're talking
about Islam because this is the
consistent message that's been the same
worshiping one God submitting to him
meaning doing what God want you to do so
we've made some comparisons there's some
things that look
that we don't agree with that are in the
Bible but we do believe there is the
word of God in the Bible but things have
been changed it talks about for
instance God has certain attributes he
doesn't rest he doesn't get tired he
doesn't get
sleepy you see after this show I might
be just wanting to just knock out God
don't get tired like this but in the
Bible it talks about God sleeping Psalms
the god
awoke in another verse in Psalms it
talks about then the Lord awoke it as
one of
sleep I mean now we just need you to
think a little bit turn it on don't turn
it off this is something we can't
attribute to God God doesn't sleep get
tired or rest enough of this we're going
to be bringing out our next guest who's
more qualified than myself to talk about
the fifth pillar Dr shik munji shik how
are you alhamdulillah thank you very
much thank you for being with us today
to cover this very important topic thank
you we're going to get straight down to
it Fifth pillar of Hajj we want to know
what is Hajj and why is it so important
can you please explain
this first of all I would like to thank
my beloved brother Edie for uh giving me
this opportunity to speak to all of you
and I hope uh that's God Almighty help
me to fulfill this responsibility to
clearify a lot of things about uh the
fifth pillar of Islam we called
alh uh first of all as I start with
Arabic by praising the Lord the only one
Allah and I witness there is no one
worthy to be worshiped but him and also
I be witness that Muhammad he is a
beloved and the messenger Meer of the
only one
God today as uh brother Eddie he start
his show talk about uh four pillars of
Islam as he talk about the Declaration
of Faith then he spoke about fasting and
Salah prayers and charity as all of them
uh common things we can see in in all
the faith the religion God send down to
human being in his books in the Old
Testament and all also the New
Testaments also in the Quran uh as I
quote him he said uh in in the Old
Testament spoke about Becca the valley
of Becca it's the same word in the Quran
by the way chapter three when Allah
subhana tala he mentioned that is uh the
first house Allah subh T Built for
mankind for him as a place of worship
it's the the house in Becca even we call
the town itself called Mecca so the
scholar of Islam they said the house
called called Becca and the word Becca
as Arabic word it is a place where the
people they come and they weep this is
come from Becca mean the weep and we
travel all the way leaving our families
our children we leave our business our
wealth and travel all the way to the
house the first house God uh command the
angel to build as some history in in
Islam spoke about when Adam peace be
when him and our beloved mother howah
Eve when they sent down to to the Earth
from the heaven uh after the Forgiveness
of God of course he forgave them in the
heaven after they uh ate from the tree
so they came to the ground then God sent
the angel and they build the house for
worship in in the ground and we have a
similar house in the heaven also it's
called Al as in the Hadith of the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he
said this house house in the heaven will
be visited every day by 70,000 angels
and they will never return back to the
house to show us the the creations of
God how big and how you know uh numerous
numbers of creations of God is Not only
us we are the smallest of his creation
yet we are the most honorable Creations
as God stated in Surah Al is which means
in English the journey chapter 17 when
Allah
said in verely we have honored the
children of
Adam and prefer them over the Creations
all the creations of God as a pillar of
Islam called Haj Hajj as Arabic word if
you want to translate into English means
it is a a trip but it's not any trip to
make it is a Journey but not any Journey
you make is not it is a traveling but
not any traveling you make it is a trip
to specific and holy places the Muslim
are commanded by Allah in the Holy Quran
through the prophet Abraham the one who
erected the house from the foundation in
Mecca in the valley of Mecca and he
after he built the house he ordered
Abraham peace be on him and his son
Ishmael to make the call to all mankind
mhm come and visit my house visit me in
my house though in Islam we look at all
the mosques we call them and consider
them as the house of God yet God called
us come and visit me in my main house
which is Mecca Mecca it is uh the main
and the central town of the earth we
call God's mentioned in the Quran meca
it is it's the mother of all the cities
when Allah created the earth created the
Earth First in Mecca then he from Mecca
the whole entire Earth uh born and and
and and and divid into what we see today
continents and and cities and towns and
countries so and even in in according to
science Mecca it is the center point as
the Earth is oval shape and is spinning
around itself
when you have oval shape is spinning
around itself you have to have where a
point is Center Point everything go
around it so meca it is the the real
origin point and all this longitude
lines as we consider greinwich grin it
is is Imagination line yeah but the main
line it start it comes from Mecca all
the way passing by Medina and Jerusalem
subh that is the uh it's been proved by
scientist today after they they went to
the moon and they studied the Earth all
the things so it it shows us God calling
all of us to come back to our original
mother mhm that's why you see when you
go to mea you see Muslims not only from
the arbia Muslim come from all the way
from Indonesia from Australia from Japan
China Europe you know Latin America you
know from all over and you see the the
unique and the unity of human being in
this town called MEC so it's a holy
trip the person uh uh
must there's some requires for the trip
he must have uh financially is able and
physically fit because it know it it
requires at least to spend at least 10
days there more or less uh to perform
very hard work that is you are in
certain cloth uh we're going to explain
that soon and you are in uh certain
areas where most of it mountains area
desert area is not as many people they
they living in the comfortable cities
and you know air condition and heat and
things it is completely different we we
we get out of all our belongings we have
no more no more our wealth no more banks
no more things it is nothing but you and
the one who created created us so just
to uh um summarize this part you had
mentioned it was first brought by the
you talked about the angel with Adam yes
and then for from there erected by uh
the prophet uh AB Abraham peace be upon
him and then from there it was a call to
everyone go to make the journey the
pilgrimage to the worship of one God yes
and even in some Hadith some sayings of
the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
he said it was no prophet God choose but
he was commanded and visited that house
mhm you know because in in a lot of
history of prophets are missings you
know people they might think Moses for
instance he only traveled between Egypt
and Jerusalem yeah the reality is that
Moses and his brother Aon all the other
prophets they visit the holy place in
Mecca yeah and they performed pilgrimage
that is the the official word of the
Prophet Muhammad peace be on him how
would you summarize the importance of
Haj and if somebody just in short wanted
to know we talked about the angels and
then the the prophets going on how would
you just summarize the essence and
importance of Hajj well you see uh there
is some some part from God Almighty as
reward for it of course and something
for ourselves to benefit from yeah there
is no service we do in
Islam uh but serve it it it it really
serve and benefit us because as as God
said in the in the Holy Quran he said
you know yeah oh mankind you are in in
in real needs to him but he has no needs
to all of us so when we do any service
in in Islam we understand this service
it's more beneficial to us yeah so let
us see from the point of view from God's
you know reward as a reward as there's
some Hadith I can't quote all of them
but just to give you an idea when the
prophet Muhammad peace be he said
whosoever performs ha in decent way
means you know stay away from any legal
or unlawful act and
behaviors uh not using fou language not
harming the others uh even even the
relationship with your the legal
relationship with your your spouse you
know it is you are staying away from
that during all of this uh few day
certain days and when you are we call
the Restriction ofam that you are in
certain uh mood uh at that time he said
whoever whosoever does that in excellent
way with sincerity seeking the the
pleasure of God he will return back to
his home sinless yeah as if he was
reborn again as if he was a newly born
person you know all his past will be uh
especially the we talk about the the
sins the mistake the the whatever evil
things it will be removed from his
record will be clean uh doesn't mean
that he was reborn because in Islam
whatever we did bad in the past and then
we asked Allah for forgiveness then
Allah will forgive that things but our
Good Deeds is still there and even in in
in some suras as Allah said
in those those they really repent with
sincerity Allah believe in him believe
in his word Allah not just uh wipe out
or or expiate their sins Allah will
exchange their evil into or change them
into Good Deeds so there's there's even
when we repent the the the word it is
returning the bad into good as a reward
so for pilgrimage when we go there you
know uh there is a word from God
forgiven other other reward as uh
whatever we seek in these days not just
forgiveness if any any call we make
because we are there to serve God
Almighty with sincerity and invoke him
so by invoking him there is a Hadith one
of them God Almighty himself says and
the prophet PE him he quote this word he
said Al the pilgrims are my guest my
honorable guest this ISAT word yes we're
the guest of our creator exactly and he
said I invited
them and so it is in is not it is
invitation from God Almighty so those
they the one they really visit the the
the the the holy place at the time they
are the one
honored by him appointed by him you know
like if you have a a party or something
you don't send to everybody you send to
certain people uh we are today Muslim
1.6 billion only the forun people to to
make Haj for year you know per year it's
around between 3 to six million people
you know so these small numbers they are
The Honorable guest of God they they
heard the call and Allah allows them
allow them to to come and visit uh visit
his place so they became the fortunate
and he continu said so by responding to
me and come to visit
me look what he said he said they asked
me he put the phrase in the past and I
answered them so as as a p a traveler
when I go there I know already that God
Almighty he already heard my prayer and
he answered them
so that that encourag me to look for the
best of the prayers it's not just a
prayer it's not just invocation you
raise your hand oh God you know give me
some Fortune give me some money no look
for the better than that you know it's
not just for the for immediate life for
the eternal life the next life don't you
know we don't have to waste we know
there is an answer so this is something
we we we benefit from the the the trip
as a reward for from God Almighty but
for ourselves is something very
important yeah you know think about it
you are leaving your your your home you
leaving your business you're leaving
your family you go on by yourself for
some people they go for 20 days some
people 15 10 days you know it is a time
for us to sit down with ourselves MH to
start to see what is our life all about
what is the purpose of our life how can
we change ourselves it's a chance you
know for us not to meditate like some
people they think you know go say be
quiet and Silent no no don't don't be
quiet do something it change yourself it
change yourself for better life than the
life you had before Shake tell me now we
know that Islam brings the American the
African the white the Chinese people
come to this house of God to worship one
God and it's a um beautiful thing that
when people do this and we know that
there is a great misconception some
people say you know these Muslims they
worship a black box in the desert we
know this is something totally false
true yeah now we talked about the
importance of Hajj we're going to get
into all the steps of Hajj so if we know
Hajj is coming up you don't want to sit
tight and see all the steps but we want
to go into real briefly we're going to
come up with few of the top excuses that
some of you guys are making and we hope
you're not making but somebody might say
I'll wait until I'm 40 I got some kids I
retire then I'll make the Hajj what do
we got to say about this sh oh we there
is no time for Hajj the time is the
moment again it Hajj in Islam requires
two things requires to to to be fit
physically and able
financially there is no age required
there so if you're young that's
go for it if you if you if you have the
the wealth go because that's what
exactly the prophet peace be upon him he
said he said don't delay the Haj the
moment you have the wealth the moment
you can do it today do it because you
don't know what will happen tomorrow the
wealth can be diminished the health you
some people get sick you know and I I
had a lot of experience with that I had
I remember one person he prepared
himself for Haj I'm going this year then
he said uh well I'm still young yeah
common excuse and it take it it took him
10
years even he said I will do it next
year it took him 10 years I I met a
person from uh I believe St
Louis and he told me he made the
first year the second year he came and I
said oh you did the requir you know he
said well this ha for my father I said
your father never did the ha you told me
your father was an engineer worked
between Mecca this a holy site yeah Anda
and other cities he was a civil engineer
building all these tunnels you said he
was so busy building the tunnels and
then he Di and never performed living in
Mecca work there just he can put your
clothes ofam and just perform the ACT
you know and miss it that's why we said
the honor guest you you're not just the
guest you are the the most honorable
human being God said I want you even you
come from South America and someone live
in Mecca and Allah said not you not yet
the person says now you know what I'm
waiting for God and you said Allah had
invited you 1400 years ago some people
will say I'm waiting it's not my time
yet God hasn't invited me I don't feel
it in my heart what do you say to them
she no this is you see sometimes we give
excuses like that because we have
weakness in our faith you know in God
that is the if if we really believe in
in in the God's word if we believe in in
the promise of his word and the promise
of the Prophet Muhammad peace in him
that we would never be hesitant to say
God doesn't want me how would we know we
don't know the Unseen we don't know what
will happen to us tomorrow as I give
some examples I personally met some
mecan people people born raised in Mecca
and I asked him how many times did you
perform ha none nothing whatsoever you
know it is so for the person to say ah
well I'm still young you know I don't
know what's what's going to happen to me
you know no no no the first the first
one it is must if you if you if you have
the means you must go there's no excuse
maybe for second time third time you can
delay it but the first one it is like
the prayer you cannot say well I'm not
going to pray today I I'll pray tomorrow
doesn't work doesn't work doesn't work
because you know there's there's a word
of one of the scholar in Islam called
alh he said for us to define a person a
Muslim you know we have to see with that
person the the the perform performance
of the pillars of Islam so if
he declare his faith if he prays If he
fasts if he give charity or zaka if he
travels and he's able we call him Muslim
it is pillar think about it five pillars
if you knock one of them
down that person think he is a Muslim we
have he has to to question himself if
you have a house if you build a house
and you knock one of the pillar down do
you think the house will be be still
there it's not going to be solid it's
going to not fall down we got another
one and then we're going to go on to the
fun part all this is fun learning about
your Creator and what he getting to know
what he wants you to do another common
excuse shake and uh you know we forget
that we think this is some you know
Devil with the horn and he's going to
come up and we we forget about his
tricks he don't want us to pray he don't
want us to worship God Alone he don't
want us to fast and pay charity and he
don't want you he don't want you to make
H so these things they are from Shan
possibly yeah so
now another excuse before we go on to
the details and how to make Hajj and
what to do when you're in
Hajj person says you know what I got
family issues I got
some uh things I got to take care of
with uh some uh credit card bills this
bill he's got the money I'm scared to
leave my business behind I got all these
clients he's got the money because he's
making HUD down to Florida he's making
HUD down to his hometown I don't know
where it is I don't know if he's
thinking it's HUD but you find them
every year every other year taking the
whole family of five six but when you
bring up Hajj he's just got a dozen
excuses pulling out his pocket what do
we got to say sh well again you know let
us remember the one of the advice of the
Prophet sallallah alai wasallam when he
said take advantage of your situation
today because you don't know what will
happen tomorrow again he said take
advantage of Youth your your youth time
before you get old of your of the time
you when you are wealthy before you
become poor you never we never know we
you
know
excuses again in in one Surah it's
called when Allah about the day of
judgment Allah says you know no matter
what excuses we try to present to to to
to the Lord we ourselves know ourselves
better than anyone else mhm you know so
so sometimes we we give excus but we
know this not the right excuse there is
no excuse but we again there's a
weakness we have to have you know we
have to be strong in our faith and have
we every day see every day in the
morning we say to uh when we leave our
house we learn from from the teachings
of the Prophet PE him by saying again
when you leave the house said bis in the
name of God I believe in God and I put
my trust in God so if you have family
you worry about you have to know it is
only one provider God
Almighty it's only one protector God
Almighty it is we are nothing but a
means for them to enjoy their life we
are not the one who provide for them or
provide to them or are we are not the
one to protect them how many of us
living around our families try to
protect them and all of a sudden we
ourselves get
sick and we cannot protect our own self
how we going to protect others so I
think we have to to see ourselves we
have to speak to ourselves sincere this
excuse I am I am I made it's acceptable
to myself before I stand before the God
Almighty that's very important thing and
I think once we found that we we we we
found we find the answer I think all of
us will be able to go and make this
beautiful trip which is we call the
Journey of our life that's what indeed
it is and you know what it's something
that you don't want to miss out on hjj
is something beautiful it's a a
spiritual upliftment you're coming to
the house of your lord knock off all
these excuses and make the Hajj if
you're already going now alhamdulillah
we're going to be talking about the step
steps you want to know what you got to
do you don't want to be confused we're
going to help try to explain some of the
details for those who have shunned all
the excuses away you're making the five
daily prayers you're coming back to your
lord repenting he's forgiven inshallah
everything is going smooth now you want
to make the hjj can you please
break it down what is after they have
paid the ticket they got their visa the
shots and all these other things in
order now they're on the plane yes or
even just before that what do they got
to prepare before they leave and then
when they get there steps 1 2 3 4 so
they can complete and inshallah have an
accepted Hajj uh the the the most
important thing you know let us say that
first ha is very simple every every
service we do in Islam very very simple
very easy alhamdulillah you know as as
the prophet wasam he said in the Hadith
uh the dean the faith the the the the
religion of God is very simple and easy
and Allah will never place any hardship
on us in his commands all his commands
are in our match our capacity in our you
know
uh in the way we can do we can handle
the things it's is not nothing hard at
all whatever God commanded it we have to
understand it's easy the most important
thing about ha how to prepare ourself
from here the minute you pay the money
the minute you get all your reservations
you start to think about yourself you
know I want to go to Haj not to come
back the same person I was I want to be
different person yeah I have to make a
commitment with God Almighty I have to
to check
with what I am doing wrong here how can
I change myself when I come back you
know I have to burn my mind this this
Hajj it is a journey to Allah you are
traveling to him and that that will
remind reminds all of us that is as if
we are really going to meet him which
reminds us with the day of judgment when
you go there and you see millions of
Muslims around you different culture
race languages color but all of them
look the same the way they dress the way
they they talk the way they pray the way
they they go they walk around so it it
reminds you that all of us as if we are
standing on the ground of the day res
the day of the land of Resurrection
everybody raise the hand to the heaven
yeah everybody crying everybody but
everyone weeping so all of the things
you start think about it from today you
know you start try to collect your
thoughts and your mind and your heart
how you know this is I want to be
different how can I change myself you
know how can I be this trip to be my
real spiritual trip is not just physical
trip yeah is you know that's that's part
missing in many people life you know
they go there and they come back oh I
never be I don't know nothing touches me
I am the same person some people they
come back worse than they used to be no
we want to come back bter than the way
we are yeah you know all the commands of
Allah for for service it is nothing but
to elevate us from one status to
different to better status better better
position better life so that is
something we have to bear in our mind
then now uh let me give you some
something you should have it in your
mind and start to prepare yourself uh
don't burden yourself with many items
you carry as a a traveler you know
Mecca if you don't shop in Mecca and
Medina you cannot shop in anywhere else
meca and Madina you have the whole
entire world there so don't carry many
items with you in your luggage don't
don't carry that's the one thing advice
don't carry uh much luggage huh yes take
your notes now your notebooks taking the
notes very light yeah you know because
you know whatever things you you you
need until you reach there but you know
I see some people they go with two three
three luggage heavy for what sleeping
bag what about sleeping bag you don't
need sleeping bag yeah you don't need it
you know it's everything there
everything's there you can buy it there
and the price ischi so you can buy a
sleeping back there yes you can if you
if you really need it yeah you see what
happen in our regular life here that's
many of us buying stuff there is no need
for it yeah let us if if you search in
your house you find many things you
never use yeah it's still there so don't
go and buy stuff for the men for example
you know just buy a sliber comfortable
sandal no more than that yeah you know
you don't need to if if you cannot find
it here Mecca has the best Lether you
can see yeah and you can find so pack
light and you get it there yes you can
get it there uh some people you know
they they try to get all these built
things you know yes you can you need you
need some build to to you know protect
your your wealth and whatever you carry
don't take too much money with you and
and some something very important also
when you reach there uh take off your
watch
because you're not dating nobody you're
not have job appointment or work uh
listen to the instructions of uh the
company you travel with it's very
important yeah you know don't be by
yourself try to be with the group
because this is the blessing the the
Bara as in in many words of the Prophet
PE so you listen to an instruction
you're going to face certain challenges
and certain uh trouble uh the first one
you will face the minute you uh land in
in uh airport in jeda you might spend
there 6 seven hours for no reason you
don't know what's going on be patient
you be be patient that's why I said take
off your watch don't look at the time
you ain't going nowhere just you're not
going exactly you know the the the the
the bus will take you from the airport
to another location be patient you know
then you're going to take you to another
agent you are in Mecca but you're still
there be patient but now did you you're
not inam yet are you no yes you are inam
okay so let's reverse a little bit at
what point do you get into that state
ofam okay is that what it's called I'm
just giving some yeah I'm not talking
about I'm just talking about something
in general to be aware of because it's
very very important a lot of people they
get shocked when they get there yeah
they are not familiar they are they used
to be here they go to a 1 2 3 you know
they just you know they stay in line for
5 minutes they go to the to the
immigration they stamp no in J is
different yeah so you're going to face
some challenges be patient be patient be
patient this is that's why the trip they
call the the trip of mean patience yeah
so you have you're going to learn that
believe me you're going to learn it if
you spend 20 20 days there you're going
to learn it yeah you know when when you
are in the crowd area people pushing you
don't expect someone would say excuse me
yeah because there's no time to say
excuse me so we have to be very very
careful you know when we see that uh you
want to make your your your trip
Pleasant always smile always when you
see when you face hardship or or or
difficulties smile and you know ask
Allah the prayer of
s oh Allah widen my chest make it easy
for me you know and ease my task we
don't have to fight with nobody it is
you have everybody there sometimes there
is no communication because everybody
speak different languages but you
remember they are your brothers and
sisters as Allah subh called all the
Believers as
in indeed the Believers are nothing but
Brethren so whatever you and and you
always look how can you help others how
can you cooperate with the others this
is very important some other things you
know when you are in the crowd area
don't carry much money with in your
pocket or things because as it's a
season for some people like you and me
going there to worship Allah it's also
season for some bad people there so be
careful with your money you got some
devils working to do that too huh yes
everywhere Subhan Allah everywhere so
you make sure what you have in your
pocket what you're going to spend
outside and don't go in in in the in the
Crow area without paying attention to to
yourself that's why we ask people if
they can have some built with pocket
there where they can H you know uh place
the their money remember your passport
you're not going to see it the passport
they will take it from you from jeda
airport and you're not going to see it
until the day you are departing from
jeda again back to USA so something also
you have to bur in your mind that is uh
don't fight with your travel a agent
where is my passport it has nothing to
do with it this is in the hand of the
the saudi's government so you have to be
careful with that don't worry about that
don't worry about it sometimes you know
the the the company will say we're going
to meet you downstairs at 7:00 p.m.
sharp the buses will be there so people
they they they panic and they go
downstairs and oh 7:00 and become 8 9
then they start you know become
impatient start fighting with the
company you lie to us you tell us 7:00
you you know no no no he didn't lie it
is again bear in your mind you're not
only there by yourselves you're not in
this in in a big city and everything
running smooth and easy no there are at
least 3 million people around you and
there are thousand of buses cars
everything there and sometimes the
authority they close the town itself due
to the prayers or some crowd so nobody
allowed to drive in so you have to be
patient and again Co operation this very
very important you make your trip simple
and easy and you make easy for your for
your agent the travel agent and try to
work the differences out with each other
this is will make the trip very easy and
Allah will may Allah accept that let us
talk about the
the the service itself that's that's the
question about how to perform like the
hjj the rules and regulations yes
uh the rule
uh any any any service we do in in in
Islam uh this color they classify this
the act itself into three two or three
categories yeah for pilgrimage Haj there
are three categories the first category
we call Aran which is the essential or
the pillar of Haj the second one we call
it uh waj and waj it is uh less than the
essential in degree it's called
mandatory so you still have to do them
and the third uh category you call we
call them op not not I don't want to say
option but call it recommended which is
Sunnah yeah so it's an extra or optional
things the
first uh group what we call them pillars
or
essential let us see the penalty of it
if we miss any of these pillars the
whole entire H
invalid so we waste
the that's why the pillars usually are
the the smallest amount of actions and
we have to be to to pay attention to
them not to miss one one one one of of
these the second category which is waj
or we call it mandatory if you miss any
one of them there is a ransom for it you
pay it or you do certain thing and your
Hajj is
complete the sun which is you know
recommended action or
option it is better to do this way you
know you you get the whole the full word
you you you you follow as Allah command
us to obey the prophet to follow his
footsteps but if it came uh sometimes it
was hard to perform them don't burden
yourself don't burn yourself and burn
the people around you sometimes people
they hang on on Little Things oh I if I
don't do this my H the whole entire h no
no no if you understand each category
you're not going to fight yeah but what
happen people they read one book and the
book doesn't explain to them the
difference between this acts from the
others so let us today inallah try to
understand I will say it slowly and show
it in simple way this way inallah all of
us can take note and understand the
whole thing let us speak first about the
most important things are what we call
them the pillars the essential act and
remember if we miss any of them the
whole entire Haj is invalid so there is
no ha so there are four acts we have to
remember them the first one the
intention what we call intention of how
to be in the mood of certain restriction
yeah and then we explain how to perform
that so the intention any act in Islam
as we know in order to be judged by
Allah to be accepted Allah first will
look at a Our intention that's in the
heart that is we didn't say anything yet
that is you intend to perform yeah but
now we're going to
talk another another way how and where
gotcha so so the first thing is as a
pillar as as even if you want to pray
you have have intention mhm did we did
we say it we didn't say anything about
yet yeah we didn't go in details but
your intention has to be there so the
First Act is as a pillar the intention
of
two be
in you know most of the day the nth
of third and when I said most of the day
you know you know because some people
said oh you have to be there from F
until uh Sun set that is the Sunnah the
extra thing if you can do that
alhamdulillah if you can't whatever
portion of time you can be there because
the school they went all the way until F
of the day ofid this is another thing
this is that's why we don't want to
confuse people want to say intention to
to be in on the 9th of M because the
said so the main pillar of is to be in
no no no no intention yeah okay but is
the main thing so number
three that is the circum
ulation we call it departure or some uh
in some other language called
ta but we call them in Arabic because
that's what Allah said
inran when you depart from so called so
this is
the it will be after the finish with so
the third thing and number
four between and it is the walking
between the two uh Hills in in in the
mosque called one one side called saf
and the other one called Al so these are
the four pillars of the ha missing any
one of them there's no h again quick
quickly intention
of two stay in on the 9th
of three ta the departure ta we call it
and number four walking between the two
small hills in in the mous called and I
hope it's clear inah those are the main
pillars yes yeah so can you cannot
there's no Haj without this four if you
stay is it Mina or you stay you sleep
overnight well now we're going to go to
what we call it uh waj waj okay so waj
means you know it is
mandatory and if if the person missing
of there are seven agreeable among the
scholars so we're going to talk about
what the majority of the scholars or not
the the all the scholars agreed so are
seven and there's some one extra you
know in some other school of thoughts
yeah so let us you know understand that
so these are the wag or mandatory if we
miss any one of these there's a ransom
for it what always when you go there you
hear the word them means blood mean
sacrifice you have to pay extra
sacrifice in order to compensate the
missing Act is that like a charity it is
not charity it's sacrifice you see in in
Hajj we we have to to slatter uh lamb or
sheep or seven people they have to join
uh together to to sacrifice to slatter
camel or cow so all of these uh called
sacrifice so if we miss uh actually if
we miss six out of seventh we have to
pay for extra sacrifice that goes to the
poor that meters of course this how
would be distributed there this is all
nobody some I hear some people sometimes
say well well when I go back to USA I
will slatter no no no all the
performance of of H must be there got to
be there yeah yes whatever the the
government do with the meat you know if
you know some poor people in meccah
alhamdulillah you SL there and you go by
yourself but usually we have we pay
certain uh Banks or
certain Butcher and and some people
there they are residents of of Mecca
they take care of that gotcha and uh and
even alhamdulillah with the the majority
of the scholars nowadays and the the the
Saudi government
uh does that every year they send lot of
meats after they you know clean them and
they froze them they send it to pour
Muslims all over the world that's
something you know it take it took time
from The Scholar to agree because they
said this meat supposed to be you know
deal with only in Mecca until the said
well there are today we have million of
people they slatter things so what are
we going to do we have enough meat so we
are not going to throw them in in the
desert yeah so it let us benefit from
got so as Islam always taught us to
always benefit from from anything people
they can benefit from so this this
act it will
be number
one doing
the and perform the intention at what we
called
Alik so when we going to do the
intention the words when we going to put
the cloth ofam on you know we have to be
at what we call the Station ofam there
is there is a place uh designated for
different uh different places before
Mecca so people when they travel from
different place of the earth they reach
to this distance and they have
to perform their they have to say the
word they cannot pass that place if they
pass it they have to come back to say it
and if they pass it and there's no way
to come back they have to pay for extra
sacrifice so now the the intention as as
pillar whatever you you you already
intend okay to do it but how to do it
and where to do it now this what called
as the first mandatory act at the the
distance of
ofam so we got the main pillars we got
some of the waj we're almost running out
of time we got a few more minutes if you
can break down the rest of them and then
to continue learning some of the more is
there anything that you recommend that
we go and a certain uh website or a
certain book or anything else or how
they can contact you directly sure so
the second one will be uh spending
uh on the nth of
between until F of the of the 10th in
town called alifa then uh thr the the
PES uh in Mina staying in the days the
days ofid in Mina uh then uh sacrifice
which we pay for it then you we cut our
hair or shave it and the last one that
is we do what to call the farewell ta
that's at the end the last thing ever we
do H to before we leave the whole
entire and mekah th we go straight to to
Kaa and do uh seven rounds around Ka
called These are the seven uh agreable
uh mandatory act among the scholars some
scholar they said staying in Mina on the
eth of the is mandatory as wag to many
some school of thoughts but the the
majority of this C they said it's Sunnah
that's why I said are seventh acts are
the mandatory act so if we understand
that and six of them if we missing miss
miss any of the six we have to pay for
for uh extra sacrifice but one of them
if we cannot do it which is shaving or
cutting the hair at that time I mean
sorry slatter uh do the sacrifice for
the Hajj itself uh Allah in Bak he said
that that we should fast three days in
during the the Haj time and seven days
when we go back to our home so this is
just uh so these are the 11 act we have
to understand these are the main Act
whatever we do after that are sun are
recommended an an extra act so uh in
order to understand
that
uham itself you know it means you are in
in in the restrict of not to be in in
your normal life again that's mean you
cannot uh cut your hair anymore the
minute you order uh your your intention
the minute you
say the minute you say that you after
you pray the all these Sun what we we
call it but the from that minute when
you have your garment on you cannot no
more you can't apply your perfume you
cannot apply no more you can't wear
underwear you can't wear socks you
cannot you know for men that cannot wear
hat you know it's only two uh uh long
towels which like called garment for the
women there's no restriction for their
clothes they can wear whatever they want
to wear you know the some some women
they he said no I must wear white
clothes no there is no white clothes you
can whatever you want to wear but this
is once you are that in that mood you
cannot cut your you know clip your your
your your your nails no more you can't
cut your hair no more you are in the
mood of restriction you cannot go back
to your normal life you are restricted
to all of what you used to do uh in your
normal life until you finish with the
certain performance of Haj at that time
yes you go back to your normal life and
you call do mean you are out of free of
restriction again back to normal life uh
if if let's say now someone break this
rules you know someone forgot and he
went to the barar cut his hair or
someone uh some people by accident you
know killed some animal of the mea and
it's Haram to to to kill anything things
in Mecca while inam or any even not inam
uh so if something happen like that
there is penalty for that and either you
feed six people of Mecca or you fast 3
days or you pay for extra sacrifice so
this is in general about the Haj and
because of the time I don't want to you
know uh what we're going to do because
there's some some more details we're
going to cover we're going to invite you
back we're going to have a part two
where the shake is going to go into some
more of the
details now we encourage everybody shut
off the excuses and if you got the
resources you're financially and
physically fit there's no excuses you
got to make the hjj go to the house of
Allah just do it ain't nothing to it but
to do it she I'd like to thank you very
much for being with us see you next time
Asam Alum peace be unto
you for