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HAJJ ESSENTIALS SEMINAR

Dr Zachariah Matthews Sh Mutasim Jarrah

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HAJJ ESSENTIALS SEMINAR, 2013

Hajj Essentials Seminar Dr Zachariah Matthews & Sheikh Mutasim Jarrah

Published August 2013

Sydney, Australia

Deen Academy

PO Box 82, Roselands NSW 2196

Australia

[email protected]

www.deenacademy.net.au

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Contents:

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Topic Page

Purpose of Hajj 4

Types of Hajj 14

Critical goods to take 16

Health matters 26

Jeddah 30

Madinah 31

Room rules 35

Ihraam 41

Makkah 47

Hajj pillars 60

Walking distances 81

Common mistakes 84


Surat Al-Hajj

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اعة أيها ٱلناس ٱتقوا ربڪم إن زلزلة ٱلس ـ ي

يوم ترونها تذهل ڪل مرضعة ( ١)شىء عظيم

ا أرضعت وتضع ڪل ذات حمل حملها وترى عم

كن عذاب ـ رى ول ـ رى وما هم بسك ـ ٱلناس سك

شديد (٢)ٱلل


Day of Judgement preview…

Surat Al-Hajj 22:1-2

Terrible earthquake

Mother forgets her child

Pregnant drop her load

Drunken state

Severe torment of Allah

Purpose:

Pilgrimage is preparation for the final journey!

Day of Judgment preview!

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Important Motto

“Expect the worst and you will be pleasantly surprised inshaAllah!”

Take the “Anti-Fussy Vaccine!”

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Prophet Ibrahim (as)

Committed to the truth (Q6:78-9)

Suffered great tests (fire, sacrifice)

Gifted Ismail aged 86

Haneef (true monotheist)

Islamic movement (Egypt, Palestine, etc)

Sent Lut (as) to Sodom

Sent Ishaq (as) to Palestine

Sent Ismail (as) to Makkah

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Ka`ba - الكعبة

Built by Ibrahim and Ismail (as)

Site chosen by Allah (swt)

Zamzam:

Hajar and Ismail (ran between Safa and Marwa)

Well at the feet of baby Ismail

Black Stone:

Kissing = Renewing pledge of allegiance to Allah

Maqaam Ibrahim – stone block

Hijr Ismail – marking original shape 8


An Obligation

إن أول بيت وضع للناس للذي ببكة مباركا وهدى

ومن قام إبراهيم نات م لعالمين﴿٩٦﴾ فيه آيات بي ل

ه على الناس حج البيت من دخله كان آمنا وللـ

ه غني استطاع إليه سبيل ومن كفر فإن اللـ

عن العالمين

“And Hajj to the House (Ka`bah) is a duty that mankind owes to Allah.” (Q3:96-97)

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An Obligation

“Expedite the performance of the duty of Hajj, for nobody knows what may obstruct

him/her.” [Ahmad]

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Visit HQ

من أعطاه هللا الصحة ولم يزر بيت هللا " ويقول هللا

"كل خمس سنوات فهو محروم

Hadith Qudsi: “Any of My (worshipping) servants who is healthy and by the means and does not visit My House (Ka`ba), is mahroom (deprived of great good).”

[Ibn Hibbaan & Musnad Abu Ya`laa]

‘Every five years’

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Ultimate Reward

من حج هلل فلم يرفث ولم يفسق، رجع كيوم )

من حج هذا البيت : ) أيضاوفي رواية ( ولدته أمه

...فلم يرفث، ولم يفسق، رجع كيوم

“One who performs Hajj without having marital relations or committing any sins returns from Hajj as pure as he was on the day he was born.”

[Bukhari & Muslim] 12


Who should go?

Muslim

Adult

Sane

Free

Financial ability

Physical ability

Mahram (woman)

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Types of Hajj

Tamattu (Enjoyable)

Umrah + Hajj (separated – two ihrams)

Non-residents of Makkah

Qiran (Accompanied)

Umrah + Hajj (connected – one ihram)

Non-residents of Makkah

Ifrad (Isolated)

Hajj without Umrah

Residents of Makkah (within meqaat)

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Best Provision!

علومات فمن فرض فيهن الحج فل رفث ول الحج أشهر م

وما تفعلوا من خير يعلمه فسوق ول جدال في الحج

ه وتزودوا فإن خير الزاد التقوى اللـ ولي اللباب واتقون يا أ

“And take a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best provision is taqwa (piety, righteousness, etc); so fear Me, O people of understanding!” (Q2:197)

Hajj after Ramadan (Month of Taqwa)

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Critical Goods

Expectations :- realistic

Patience :- akhlaaq

Attitude :- positive

Knowledge :- balanced

“Get your money’s worth of ibaadah

Rather than material things!”

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Expectations / التوقعات

Simple accommodation

Crowds (3 million) - crush

Traffic delays - patience

Hardship and sacrifice – walking lots

Temperature (September-October):

Madinah (10-30 degC) / Makkah (25-35 degC)

Remember Yawmul Qiyaamah!

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Expectations / التوقعات

“The jihad (physical combat in war type) of women is Hajj.” [Bukhari & Ibn Majah]

How was it 14oo years ago?

The Prophet’s time

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Reading Material

Quran (small)

Hajj book

Du’aa book

Notebook

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What to learn?

Understand the rites of Umrah and Hajj

Learn what is sanctioned by Quran and Sunnah

History (Ibrahim, Farewell Hajj, etc)

Talbiyah

Salah (travelling, janazah, etc)

Disagreements (etiquette)

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What to learn?

Du’aa (suppication) of travel

Du’aas - general

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Debts - الديون

Pay if possible

Being debt-free is not a precondition

but must have ability to repay

Make a list for relatives

Have a written Will

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What to take?

Passport photocopies

Extra passport-size photos

Emergency contact details

Suitcase ready for a beat-up

Mark suitcases clearly

Always keep your luggage tags

Money (cash, debit card)

Separate (3 portions)

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What to take

Shoe bag (take in Mosque)

Stone bag

String and pegs (for washing)

Prayer mat

Electrical goods (220v, small two-point round)

Adaptors

Plane eye covers (room sharing)

Travel insurance (Fiqh differences)

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What to take?

Towels (2-star amenities)

Small back pack for Mina-Arafat-Muzdalifah

Two prayer-type sarongs (izaars)

Sheet and cover

Sandals, thongs/crocs (wudu, shower, etc)

Big nappy safety pins (men with ihraam)

Lots of patience!

Plan to travel light! - سافر بحمل خفيف

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Health Matters

Get fit – lots of walking

Cold/flu, Hajji cough

Wudu – rinsing the nose thoroughly (istinshaaq)

Face mask

Immunity (green tea, honey, black seed)

Chew natural black seeds (“cure for every disease”)

Multivitamins

إن هذه الحبة

السوداء شفاء

من كل داء إل

قلت من السام

وما السام قال الموت

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Health Matters

Vaccination (meningitis, flu, etc)

Medication (S4 scripts/labels)

Sun protection (hat, etc) – heat stroke

Dehydration

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Transport

Plane (prayer, etc)

Bus (women at the back)

Taxis (negotiate price before, pay after)

Walking (lots!)

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Time Wasters

In-flight entertainment

TV

Shopping (excessive)

Arguing

Food extremism

Complaining and whinging

Stay focussed on why you are there!

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Jeddah

Cash in one bag of patience

Transit delay (6-18 hours) – biscuits, water

Change money (riyals) – money security

Two valid passports – illegal in Saudi

To Madinah by bus = 6-12 hours

Madinah to Makkah by bus = 6-18 hours

ID card (in-lieu of passport)

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Madinah

Haram: Masjiddun-Nabawi

Fard salah = 1000 rewards

Pray tahhiyatul masjid

Visit the graves of Rasulullah (sw), Abu Bakr and Umar (ra)

Extend greetings to them

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Madinah

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Madinah: Eg Dar Al-Iman Hotel

5 star hotel

4 per room

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Room Changes

Hajj: becomes 3-4 star

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Room Rules

Choose room leader

Smoking: Quit now!

Lights out: fixed times

Air-con: Off when sleeping is better

Suitcases: Neat and tidy

Cleanliness: At all times

Consideration:

“Love for your brother what you love for yourself”

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Room Rules

Snoring (nose straps, ear-plugs, etc)

Bathroom:

Queue

Time limits

Cleanliness

Water conservation (army shower)

Matches (odour buster)

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Madinah Site-seeing

Museum

First thing

Not far from Prophet’s Mosque

Quba Mosque

Etc

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Rawdatul-Jannah

“Between my house and my pulpit lays a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon my fountain (Al-Kauthar).” [Bukhari]

22m long and 15m wide

Try to pray in it.

Make du’a in sujood

2 raka’at will suffice

Quality time rather than length of time

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Al-Baqi` (مقبرة البقيع) Cemetery

Many family members and companions of the Prophet (s) buried here.

“Visit graves as they remind you of the Hereafter” [Muslim]

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Quba Mosque (مسجد قباء)

“One who does wudhu at home, then prays in Quba mosque is entitled to the reward of an umrah.” [Ahmad]

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Ihraam (إحرام)

In a state of ritual consecration

Preparation:

Cut nails, etc

Ghusl (sunnah)

Perfume (men; not to the garments)

At the meeqaat (boundary) or before:

Madinah to Makkah (Dhul-Hulaifah)

Salah

Niyah (spoken) + stipulation (ishtirat) 41


Ihraam

Men:

Two clean, unfitted/untailored pieces of cloth

Izaar (ازار): Waist wrap (keep up with money belt/bum bag, safety pins)

Ridaa (رداء): Top shawl (cover shoulders)

No perfume (shampoo, soap, etc)

Shoes/sandals (do not cover ankles)

No headgear, no underwear

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Ihraam

Women:

Any clothes

No perfume (shampoo, soap, etc)

Menstruating/post-natal bleeding:

Perform all rites except tawaaf

OC – medical advice

No gloves or face veils (niqaab)

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Ihraam

Talbiyah (recite often):

Labbaika Allahomma Labbaik. Labbaik La Shareeka Laka Labbaik. Innal-Hamdah, Wan-Nematah, Laka wal Mulk, La Shareeka Laka.

"Here I am at Your service O Lord, here I am. Here I am at Your service and You have no partners. Yours alone is All Praise and All Bounty, and Yours alone is The Sovereignty. You have no partners."

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Ihraam Prohibitions

No perfume/scents (unperfumed soap, etc)

No cutting hair, nails, etc.

No marriage

No marital relations

Except Hajj - after Tawaaful-Ifadah

No hunting

No disobedience to Allah (swt)

No idle talk or disputes

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Ihraam Permissions

Bathing or showering (unscented soap)

Changing clothes

Umbrella

Face mask okay

Eye shades okay

Blankets (men keep head uncovered)

Not in sleeping bag (fitted garment)

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Makkah

Hotel – settle, rest, shower, etc

Perform Umrah

Shoes (shoe bag, prayer mat, small umbrella) – no other bags allowed inside

Du’a for entering masjid

Proceed to perform Tawaaf of Umrah

Tawaaf replaces tahhiyatul masjid

Unless prevented, they pray it

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Makkah: Eg., Retaj Albayt Suites Hotel Zamzam Towers

5 Star (becomes 3-4)

8-10 per room (2 level suite)

4/5 per bathroom

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Tawaaf (طواف)

Wudu

Niyah for tawwaf (heart)

Men uncover right shoulder (sunnah)

Not for Taawafat-Tatawwu` (nafl)

Reason = Counter allegations of weakness

Hajr-al-aswad (kiss, touch, gesture to it)

Say: “bismillahi wallahu-akbar”

Tawaaf (anti-clockwise)

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Tawaaf - طواف

Touch Rukn-Al-Yamani (right hand)

Du’a = “Rabanaa aatinaa…”

Make thikr and du’aa

First 3 rounds – walk faster

Not for Tawaaf at-Tatawwu`

Reason = Counter allegations of weakness

Repeat = total 7 circuits

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Maqaam Ibrahim

Proceed towards it

Recite: “Wattakhithu …”

Cover right shoulder

Pray 2 raka’at behind it (don’t block tawaaf traffic).

Surat Al-Kaafiruun

Surat Al-Ikhlaas

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Circle the Ka’ba (Tawaf)

7 times or circles

Tawaf

Maqam Ibrahim

Multazam

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Zamzam

Proceed to drink some

“It is blessed (water), it is food for the hungry and a healing for the sick.”

[Bukhari and Muslim]

Make du`a:

وشفاء ورزقا واسعا ي أسألك علما نافعا اللهم إنداء من كل

"O Allah, I seek beneficial knowledge, wide sustenance and cure from all ailments from You".

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Sa`ee

Proceed to sa`ee (none after nafl tawaaf or tawaaful-wadaa الوداعطواف )

Wudhu – preferable

Say:

“Innas-safa wal…” (beginning only)

“Abda’u bimaa …” (beginning only)

“Alhamdulillah, walaa ilaaha…”

“Laa ilaaha illallahu wahadahu …”

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Sa`ee

From Safa to Marwah = 1 lap

Make du’aa and dhikr

Eg., “Rabbighfir warham …”

Between green lights – men walk briskly or run

Complete 7 laps (ending at Marwah)

Trim hair (umrah)

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Umrah Complete

Come out of ihraam

Spend most time in the haram (100,000 rewards for each fard salah)

If staying at Al-Aziziyah (العزيزية)

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Hajj Pillars

Ihraam (with niyyah)

Wuqoof bil Arafah (standing on Arafah)

Tawaaful-Ifaadah - اإلفاضةطواف (Tawaaf of Hajj)

Sa`ee for Hajj

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Obligatory Acts of Hajj

Ihraam at the meeqaat

Stay at Arafah until sunset

Night at Muzdalifah

Ramy (throwing pebbles) at the Jamaraat

Shave / cut the hair

Nights in Mina

Tawaaful-Wadaa ( الوداعطواف )

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Days of Hajj

Common = 5 days:

8th Dhul-Hijjah (Mina) until 12th Dhul-Hijja (Mina)

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Mina

8th Dhul-Hijja

Enter ihraam (in hotel)

Recite talbiya

Travel light (small back pack)

Makkah to Mina

Salah x 5: Dhuhr to Fajr (qasr not jam`)

Shortened not joined

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Mina

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Mina

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Mina

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Arafah

9th Dhul-Hijja

From Mina after Fajr

Listen to khutbah (after midday)

Salah = Dhuhr and Asr (qasr + jam`)

Make du`a and dhikr – blessed day!

Leave Arafat after sunset for Muzdalifah

Not part of Haram – for purification!

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Arafah

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Muzdalifah

Salah = Maghrib + Ishaa (qasr + jam`) and Fajr

Spend the night – rest until dawn

Collect pebbles (or in Mina)

Leave for Mina after Fajr

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Muzdalifah

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Muzdalifah

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Mina

10th Dhul-Hijja

Go to camp

Go to do ramy (جمرة العقبة)

1 hour walk from camp (Australia)

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Mina

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Jamaraat

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Ramy

70 pebbles in total (take extra)

10th: after sunrise – only big one

11th, 12th and 13th: after midday – all three (small to big)

7 at each

Say: “Allahu-akbar!” (Allah is the Greatest)

Hit the target

After small and middle: Face qibla, make du’a

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Hady (Sacrifice)

Slaughtered on the 10th – 13th of Dhul-Hijja

Performed in Mina

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Shave / Cut Hair

Done after slaughtering

Shaving = Prophet prayed 3 times for their forgiveness

Cutting = one time

Use the barbers

Women:

No more than a finger tip from

one place only

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Tawaaful-Ifaadah

طواف اإلفاضة

Also called Tawaaful-Ziyarah or Tawaaful-Hajj

On the 10th of Dhul-Hijja

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Sa`ee (السعي)

After Tawaaful-Ifaadah

As before

Come out of ihraam (hotel)

Say takbiraat

Return to Mina

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Mina

Spend 11th – 13th Dhul-Hijja

If leaving on the 12th leave before sunset

Salah = qasr (shortened) not joined

Ramy 11th, 12th and 13th:

After midday – all three (small to big)

Time concession = all day (death, crowd-crush)

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Walking Distances

Makkah (Haram) to Mina (jamraat):

8 km (1.5 hours)

Mina (jamaraat) to Arafat:

15 km (4 hours)

Arafat to Muzdalifah:

9 km (2.5 hours)

Muzdalifah to Mina (camp):

3 km (1 hour)

Mina (camp) to Mina (jamraat): 3 km (1 hour) 81


Walking Distances:

Tawaaf:

7 circuits = 3.5 km (1-2 hours)

Sa`ee:

7 laps = 3.5 km (1-1.5 hours)

Example:

Muzdalifah-Mina-Haram-Tawaaf-Sa’ee = 21 km

MUST get:

Good sandals and runners

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Tawaaful-Wadaa

طواف الوداع

Farewell Tawaaf

Last rite performed before leaving Makkah

No Sa`ee

Hajj is now complete

May Allah (swt) accept it!

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Common Mistakes

Passing the meqaat without ihram

Ihram with studs

Always uncovering right shoulder

Kissing Rukn-al-Yamani corner

Kissing/touching Maqaam Ibrahim

Not staying at Muzdalifah

Washing the pebbles

Shopping (distraction; weight, etc)

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Realistic Expectations!

Variations beyond the Organiser’s control

>6 hour transit at Jeddah airport

Bus trips

Hotel: 5 star becomes 2-3 star

Meal menu

Traffic delays

Weather events

Etc

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Motto

“Expect the worst and you will be pleasantly surprised inshaAllah!”

“Expect the worst and you will not be disappointed inshaAllah!”

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Further Reading

Getting the best out of Hajj

Abu Muneer Ismail

Fiqh-us-Sunnah

Sayyid Sabiq

Minhaj Al-Muslim

Abu Bakr Al-Jazairi

Islamic Jurisprudence according to the four Sunni schools (Vol. 1)

`Abd al-Rahman Al-Jaziri

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About the Authors

Dr Zachariah Matthews Principal Instructor, Deen Academy

Sheikh Mutasim Jarrah Imam, Punchbowl Mosque

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Deen Academy

“Inspiring profound understanding”

PO Box 82, Roselands NSW 2196

Australia

[email protected]

www.deenacademy.net.au

August 2013

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