Hajj and Umrah

“Make the hajj and the ‘umra follow one another closely, for they remove poverty and sins as a blacksmith’s bellows remove impurities from iron.

"Alternate between Hajj and Umrah; for those two remove poverty and sins just as the bellows removes filth from iron.

"Islam is based on five (pillars): testifying that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him )  is His slave and Messenger; performing of Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat); the payment of Zakat; performing Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House [of Allah (Ka'bah)]; and Saum (fasting) during the month of Ramadan."

"O Allah's Messenger! We consider Jihad as the best deed." The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "The best Jihad (for women) is Hajj Mabrur. "

"(The performance of) 'Umrah is an expiation for the sins committed between it and the previous 'Umrah; and the reward of Hajj Mabrur (i.e., one accepted) is nothing but Jannah."

"Whoever performs Hajj (pilgrimage) and does not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor commits sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him."

"Whoever performs Hajj (pilgrimage) and does not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor commits sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him."

The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) was asked what action was most excellent and replied that it was faith in Allah and His messenger. He was asked what came next and replied that it was jihad in Allah`s path. He was asked what came next and replied that it was a pilgrimage which was accepted.

“No Muslim raises his voice in the talbiya without all on his right and left’, stones, or trees, or clods, doing the same till the earth is traversed on both sides,”

"O Abu abdur-Rahman, why do I only see you touching these two corners?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying: 'Touching them erases sins.'"

“There is no day when Allah sets free more servants from hell than the day of ‘Arafa. He draws near, then praises them (Literally, ‘boasts of them.’) to the angels saying, ‘What do these want ?”’(The reference is probably to their undertaking the vicissitudes of the Pilgrimage)

“The one who fights in the cause of Allah, and the pilgrim performing Hajj and ‘Umrah are a delegation to Allah. He invited them, so they responded to Him, and they asked Him and He gives to them.” Another narration reads" the pilgrim performing Hajj and ‘Umrah are a delegation to Allah, if they supplicated him, he will respond to them and if they sought his forgiveness he will forgive them" 

The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: " Whoever set out to perform Hajj but died he will receive the reward of performing Hajj to the last day. Whoever set out to perform Umrah but died he will receive the reward of performing Umrah to the last day. Whoever set out to fight for the sake of Allah but died he will receive the reward of fighting for the sake of Allah to the last day"

that a person fell down from his camel (in a state of Ihram) and his neck was broken and he died. Thereupon Allah's Apostle. ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: Bathe him with water mixed with the leaves of the lote tree and shroud him in his two (pieces of) cloth (Ihbram), and do not cover his head for Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection Pronouncing Talbiya.

“One prayer in my mosque is better than one thousand prayers elsewhere, except the Sacred Mosque, and one prayer in the Sacred Mosque is better than one hundred thousand prayers elsewhere.”

standing at al-Hazwara (Taj al-'Arus gives two statements about this place, one saying it was a place at the gate of the wheat sellers, the other saying it was the market of Mecca which was later incorporated in the mosque when it was enlarged) and saying, “I swear by Allah that you are the best part of the earth of Allah and the part dearest to Him. Had I not been expelled from you I would not have gone out.”

“What a fine town you are, and how dear you are to me! Were it not that my people expelled me from you, I would live nowhere else.”

“There is no hijra, but only jihad and intention ; and when you are called to battle, go forth.’’ He also said on the day of the conquest of Mecca, “Allah made this town sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth, so it is sacred by the sacredness conferred on it by Allah till the day of resurrection. Fighting in it has not been lawful to anyone before me and it has been made lawful for me only during one hour on one day, so it is sacred by the sacredness conferred on it by Allah till the day of resurrection. Its thorns are not to be cut, its game is not to be molested, things dropped are to be picked up only by one who publicly announces it, and its fresh herbage is not to be cut.” Ibn ‘Abbas made the suggestion, “Except the rush, the Messenger of Allah, for it is useful for their blacksmiths and for their houses.” He then said, “Except the rush.” (Bukhari and Muslim.) A version by Abu Huraira has, “Its trees are not to be lopped, and only one who announces it may pick up anything which falls in it.”

" if it were not for the impurities of the Jahelya ( pre-Islamic period ) no handicapped would touch it but he would be cured. There is nothing on the earth from paradise but this stone".

" this stone will have a tongue and two lips, it will testify on the day of judgment to anyone who truly touched it".

“The Corner and the Station are two of the sapphires of paradise whose light Allah has obliterated. If He had not done so, they would have illuminated everything between the East and West."

"O Abu abdur-Rahman, why do I only see you touching these two corners?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying: 'Touching them erases sins.'"

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) say: ‘The water of Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for.’”

" The best water on the face of the earth is the water of Zamzam. It is a blessing, and it is food that satisfies and a cure for the sick."

“Let him who can die in Medina, for I shall intercede for those who die in it."

"Whoever performs Hajj (pilgrimage) and does not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor commits sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him."

“Stretch out your right hand and let me swear allegiance to you.” He stretched out his right hand, but I clenched my hand and he said, “What is the matter with you, ‘Amr?” I replied, “I want to make a condition.” He asked, “What condition do you make?” I replied, “That I should receive forgiveness.” He said, “Do you not know, 'Amr, that Islam demolishes what preceded it, that the Hijra demolishes what preceded it, and the Pilgrimage demolishes what preceded it?”

"spending for the sake of performing Hajj is seven hundred superior to spending for the sake of jihad"

“Make the hajj and the ‘umra follow one another closely, for they remove poverty and sins as a blacksmith’s bellows remove impurities from iron.

"(The performance of) 'Umrah is an expiation for the sins committed between it and the previous 'Umrah; and the reward of Hajj Mabrur (i.e., one accepted) is nothing but Jannah."

“No Muslim raises his voice in the talbiya without all on his right and left’, stones, or trees, or clods, doing the same till the earth is traversed on both sides,”

“The one who fights in the cause of Allah, and the pilgrim performing Hajj and ‘Umrah are a delegation to Allah. He invited them, so they responded to Him, and they ask Him and He gives to them.” Another narration reads" the pilgrim performing Hajj and ‘Umrah are a delegation to Allah, if they supplicated him, he will respond to them and if they sought his forgiveness he will forgive them"   

Bathe him with water mixed with the leaves of the lote tree and shroud him in his two (pieces of) cloth (Ihbram), and do not cover his head for Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection Pronouncing Talbiya.

“One prayer in my mosque is better than one thousand prayers elsewhere, except the Sacred Mosque, and one prayer in the Sacred Mosque is better than one hundred thousand prayers elsewhere.”

standing at al-Hazwara (Taj al-'Arus gives two statements about this place, one saying it was a place at the gate of the wheat sellers, the other saying it was the market of Mecca which was later incorporated in the mosque when it was enlarged) and saying, “I swear by Allah that you are the best part of the earth of Allah and the part dearest to Him. Had I not been expelled from you I would not have gone out.”

“What a fine town you are, and how dear you are to me! Were it not that my people expelled me from you, I would live nowhere else.”

“There is no hijra, but only jihad and intention ; and when you are called to battle, go forth.’’ He also said on the day of the conquest of Mecca, “Allah made this town sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth, so it is sacred by the sacredness conferred on it by Allah till the day of resurrection. Fighting in it has not been lawful to anyone before me and it has been made lawful for me only during one hour on one day, so it is sacred by the sacredness conferred on it by Allah till the day of resurrection. Its thorns are not to be cut, its game is not to be molested, things dropped are to be picked up only by one who publicly announces it, and its fresh herbage is not to be cut.” Ibn ‘Abbas made the suggestion, “Except the rush, the Messenger of Allah, for it is useful for their blacksmiths and for their houses.” He then said, “Except the rush.” (Bukhari and Muslim.) A version by Abu Huraira has, “Its trees are not to be lopped, and only one who announces it may pick up anything which falls in it.”

“The Corner and the Station are two of the sapphires of paradise whose light Allah has obliterated. If He had not done so, they would have illuminated everything between the East and West."

" if it were not for the impurities of the Jahelya ( pre-Islamic period ) no handicapped would touch it but he would be cured. There is nothing on the earth from paradise but this stone".

" this stone will have a tongue and two lips, it will testify on the day of judgment to anyone who truly touched it".

"O Abu abdur-Rahman, why do I only see you touching these two corners?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying: 'Touching them erases sins.'"

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) say: ‘The water of Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for.’”

" The best water on the face of the earth is the water of Zamzam. It is a blessing, and it is food that satisfies and a cure for the sick."

“Let him who can die in Medina, for I shall intercede for those who die in it."

"Whoever performs Hajj (pilgrimage) and does not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor commits sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him."

"Whoever performs Hajj (pilgrimage) and does not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor commits sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him."

“Stretch out your right hand and let me swear allegiance to you.” He stretched out his right hand, but I clenched my hand and he said, “What is the matter with you, ‘Amr?” I replied, “I want to make a condition.” He asked, “What condition do you make?” I replied, “That I should receive forgiveness.” He said, “Do you not know, 'Amr, that Islam demolishes what preceded it, that the Hijra demolishes what preceded it, and the Pilgrimage demolishes what preceded it?”

"spending for the sake of performing Hajj is seven hundred superior to spending for the sake of jihad"