Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A Guidebook for Women on Rites of Hajj [Sistani]

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Presentation
• Preface
• Unique characteristics of the Ka’ba
• Our journey is to offer our pledge to these Infallibles
• The Challenge
• Meeting with Allah (swt)
• Stones
• Note
• Personality of Woman and Hajj
• Hijr al-Ismael: The Hijr of Prophet Ishmael (AS) & Lady Hager
• 2. Sa’ee: Between Safa & Marwa, and Lady Hager
• 3. Arafat: Recognition and Lady Eve
• 4. First Congregational Prayers: Salaatul Jama’at the Holy Mosque and Lady Khadijah
• 5. Giving Birth to Imam Ali (as): Inside the Holy Kaba and Lady Fatima Bint al-Asad
• Conditions for Pilgrimage
• Rules for Pilgrimage
• Conditions
• Questions and Answers
• Conclusion
• Hajj by Appointing a Deputy (Niyaabat)
• Conditions for an Agent of a Hajj by Proxy
• Conditions for the One for Whom Hajj by Proxy may be carried out
• Conclusion
• Question and Answers
• Umra al-Mufrada
• Miqat for Umra al-Mufrada
• Rules for Umra al-Mufrada
• Conclusion
• Repetition of Umra al-Mufrada
• Questions and Answers
• Types of Pilgrimage
• Hajj-ut-Tamatu
• Philosophy of Umra-ut-Tamatu
• Philosophy behind Miqat
• Miqat
• Rituals of Umra-ut-Tamatu
• Questions and Answers
• Philosophy of Ihram
• Philosophy of the Color "White"
• Questions and Answers
• Obligatory Acts for Ihram
• Recommended Acts for Ihram
• Undesirable Acts During Ihram
• Philosphy of Circumambulation (Tawaf)
• Oneness of Allah (swt) {Tawhid}
• Unity
• Act of Angels
• Rules of Circumambulation
• Rules for a Menstrual Lady during Circumambulation
• Questions and Answers
• Rules for a Lady Having Istehadha
• Conclusion
• Body and Clothes should be Free of all Impurities
• Body Covering
• Obligations in Cirumambulation
• Prayers for Circumambulation
• Sa'ee
• Taqseer (Cutting of Hair)
• Change of Hajj al-Tamatu to Hajj al-Ifraad
• Hajj al-Tammatu
• Ihram for Pilgrimage
• Philosophy Behind Stay in Arafat Plain
• Conditions for Stay in Arafat
• Philosophy of Stay at Mash’ar
• Conditions for Stay at Mash'aril-Haram
• Obligatory Acts in Mina
• Philosophy Behind Rami al-Jamrat
• Prophet Abraham (as) and Satan
• Lady Hager and Satan
• Stoning Jamratil-Aqabtah (Big Satan)
• Conditions for Pebbles
• Sacrifice of an Animal
• Taqseer (Cutting of Hair)
• Rites to be Performed in Makkah
• Philosophy behind Circumambulation of Nisa
• Circumambulation of Nisa (Woman)
• Questions and Answers
• Conditions for Spending Nights in Mina
• Rami (stoning) of Jamarat (symbols of satan)
• Philosophy Behind Prohibitions In Ihram
• Prohibitions during Ihram
• Common Prohibitions between Men and Women
• Kissing a Woman
• Touching a Woman
• Looking with Desire
• Nikah (Marriage Contract)
• Use of Perfume
• Applying Antimony (Surma)
• Looking in the Mirror
• Outrage (Fusouq)
• Quarrel
• Killing of Insects found on the Body
• Self-Beautification
• Questions and Answers
• Applying Oil
• Removal of Body Hair
• Removal of Blood from the Body
• Cutting Nails
• Extraction of Teeth
• Possession of Weapons
• Prohibitions Specific to Ladies
• Wearing of Jewelry for Beautification
• Covering One's Face
• Questions and Answers
• Prohibitions Specific to Men
• Miscellaneous Issues
• Glossary