Understanding Hajj and Umrah »Mulia Nabawi

Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam that must be carried out by every Muslim who has met the requirements of ability, both in terms of material, physical, and science. This worship is an annual ritual carried out by visiting a number of sacred places in Saudi Arabia and carrying out a series of worship that has been determined by the time, namely in the month of Dzulhijjah.

Etymologically (in terms of language), the word Hajj Derived from Arabic Pilgrimage which mean Al-Qasdu (الْقَصْدُ), whose meaning is “intention” or “towards”. Meanwhile, according to the term Shari’a, Hajj means intending to visit Illegal Baitul (Kaaba) by working on a number of practices or certain rituals that have been set.

Certain places referred to in the implementation of the pilgrimage include Big, Mass (a place to do SAI between Shafa and Marwah), Arafat field (Place of wukuf), Muzdalifah (place to spend the night or mabit after wukuf), and Mina (Place to throw jumrah).

While the specific time intended in the pilgrimage are pilgrims, it starts from the month of Syawwal for the first ten days of Dzulhijjah. Meanwhile, certain practices of worship in pilgrimage including tawaf around the Kaaba, Sai between Shafa and Marwah, Wukuf in Arafat, Mabit at Muzdalifah, throwing the jumrah in Mina, and Mabit returned to Mina.

Understanding Umrah

Umrah is a worship by visiting the Kaaba to carry out a number of rituals or practices of worship that have been set, with certain conditions. This worship is paid to every Muslim who has the ability, both physically and financially.

Umrah can be done at any time throughout the year and does not have limited time as the pilgrimage. However, there are exceptions, which are not prescribed to carry out Umrah on Arafat Day (9 dzulhijjah), Eid al-Adha (10 Dzulhijjah), and Tasyrik days (11, 12, and 13 Dhulhijjah).

Rasulullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam said in the historical hadith of Muslim priests:

Umrah in the Argument Symbol

Meaning: “Umrah in the month of Ramadan is proportional to the pilgrimage.”

Hajj type

Hajj has three types of implementation, namely:

1. Hajj Ifrad (Individual) Alone

This type is implemented in a way that only intends to make a pilgrimage first without accompanying Umrah. A congregation collects ihram from miqat with the intention only to learn. After the entire pilgrimage series is completed, he will only force the ihram to perform the Umrah service separately. This pilgrimage is generally carried out by pilgrims from outside the Holy Land.

2. Haji Tamatu ‘ (Pleasure) Having fun

In this type, pilgrims prioritize the implementation of the Umrah, then continued with Hajj in the same month, but with two separate intentions and ihram. Pilgrims wear ihram for Umrah from Miqat, complete the entire Umrah ritual, then berallul (shaving or cutting hair). After that, on the 8th of Dzulhijjah (Tarwiyah Day), pilgrims returned to wearing ihram to carry out the pilgrimage. This type is commonly chosen by the majority of worshipers from abroad because the time is relatively flexible and not too tiring.

3. Qiran Hajj (Quran) Combine

Qiran Hajj is done by combining Umrah and Hajj at the same time in one intention and at one time Ihram. Since Miqat, worshipers have intended to carry out both. Pilgrims continue to wear ihram clothes from the beginning until the entire series of pilgrimage is completed. This type of pilgrimage requires more physical readiness due to the time to use long ihram and high intensity of worship.