Preface

Introduction

Ahadith, The Traditions

1.  Importance of Hajj

2.  The Hajj and Focusing on Allah

3. The Talbiyyah and the Sacrifice

4. The Major Hajj (Hajj al-Akbar) and the Minor Hajj (Hajj al-Asghar)

5.  The Benefits of the Hajj

6. Dying While on the Way to Hajj

7. The Sanctity of the Guests of Allah

8. Preparing for the Ihram

9. Looking at the Ka’bah

10. Intention for the Hajj

11. Fasting on the Day of Tashriq in Mina

12.  Hajj or Jihad?

13.  Reward for the Tawaf

14. Hajj and the Renewal of the Pledge

15. The Success and Perpetuity of Islam

16. Philosophy Behind the Name “Al-Ka’bah”

17. Three Sacred Things

18. Donations to Maintain the Ka’bah

19. The Safety of the Sanctuary (Haram)

20. The Four Chosen Cities

21. Performing the Hajj with Haraam Wealth

22. Etiquette of the Hajj

23. Exemptions for Women in the Hajj Rites

24. Distribution of Mercy in the Vicinity of the Ka’bah

25. Hijr (Wall) of Isma’il

26. Three Hundred and Sixty Tawaf of the Ka’bah

27. Rubbing the Corner of the Hajrul Aswad

28. Salat inside Masjidul Haraam

29. Water of Zamzam

30. Supplication in ‘Arafat

31. Importance of ‘Arafat

32. Rewards for Stoning the Shaitan

33. Philosophy Behind Stoning the Shaitan

34. The Sacrifice of an Animal in Hajj

35. Burying the Shaved Hair in Mina

36. Ziyarat of the Messenger of Allah (ص)

37. Bidding Farewell to the Ka’bah

38. Importance of the Ziyarat of the Ahlul Bayt after Hajj

39 . Welcoming People who Return from Hajj

40.  Walimah,  Feeding Others After Returning From the Hajj

Detailed commentary on 40 selected traditions narrated through the
Prophet [s] and his Ahl al-Bayt [a] on the topic of Hajj.


Forty Ahadith on Hajj

33. Philosophy Behind Stoning the Shaitan
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عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسى (ع) قَالَ: سَئَلْتُهُ
عَنْ رَمِي الْجِمَارِ لِمَ جُعِلَ؟ قَالَ: لأََنَّ إِبْلِيسَ اللَّعِينَ
كَانَ يترآءى لإِبْرَاهِيمَ (ع) فِي مَوْضِعِ الْجِمَارِ. فَرَجَمَهُ
إِبْرَاهِيمُ (ع) فَجَرَتْ السُنَّةُ بِذٌلِكَ.
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 It has been narrated from ‘Ali Ibn Ja’far from his brother Musa [Ibn
Ja’far al-Kadhim] (peace be upon him) that he said, “I asked (my
brother) in regards to the philosophy of the stoning of the pillar and
why this was enacted.”  He replied to me, “Because Iblis, the despised,
appeared to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) in the place where the pillar is
and Ibrahim (peace be upon him) threw stones at him and thus, this act
became a Sunnah (practice) in the Hajj.”  
    
 Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 273  
    
  


