Greater hajj is when it is performed at a higher level and lesser hajj is when it is performed at a lower level..................!!
There is no specific age requirement for Hajj, but it is recommended that individuals should be physically and financially capable of performing the pilgrimage. Typically, adults who have reached the age of maturity (puberty) and are in good health undertake the Hajj.
"Pilgrimage" is a word that means the same as hajj, both referring to a journey or trip undertaken for religious purposes, especially to a sacred place.
when ever they like and some times on special occasions.Muslims have to do it once in their life if they have the money,but if they but if they do it whenever they like they will not be doing the proper hajj
You run between Safa and Marwa 7 times. Specifically,running from safa to marwa counts as 1, then returning to safa is number 2. Complete when number 7 is done (and you end up at Marwa at that point). Imran from Glasgow
Uncountable. Because only during Hajj season there are around 3 million Muslims from all over the world. After Hajj is over, Omra seaons on at all times and people keep visiting it everyday and night. If you go there at 3:00 am, you would still find it crowded. Water needs for this emormous amount of Guests of God are met by Holy ZAMZAM water, that's coming out of the earth and its source can not be found. Its been flowing since the time when Abraham left his wife Hagar and his son Ismael near Kaaba.
Well the main difference would be that Lourdes is a Catholic pilgrimage and Hajj is for Muslims. Hajj is also a pilgrimage that every Muslim who is physically and mentally able must take, whereas Lourdes is different it is a pilgrimage that people may take by choice. Another is that Lourdes is in France and Mecca is in Saudi Arabia.
Hajj can only be performed at Mecca during the month of Zil Hajj, between 8th and 13th. (th is the chief ritual. If somebody can't go to Mecca, Hajj is not obligatory to him
Hijrah refers to the migration of Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. It is considered a significant event in Islamic history. Hajj, on the other hand, is the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims are required to undertake at least once in their lifetime if they are physically and financially able. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
They do all Hajj rituals as men with no single difference except that they don't wear a special clothing for hajj as men but they wear the per religion licit clothing that they wear in their normal living days (with face and hands uncovered). Refer to related question below.
Shia:If you mean akbar, I can answer you that, we have at least some hadis in this regard. In a hadis witch narrated from Imam Sadigh(AS) that he said: "the greater haj is yavm Al-Nahr (ead al-azha, 10'th of zelhajja') and the miner is umra'". Man la yahzor Al-Faghih v3 p376.It has been wrongly believed that if the 9th of Zil Hajja (the Day of Arfa) falls on Friday, it is Hajj-i-Akbar. Actually, Umra is Minor Hajj. A person who performs Umra is also Haji (Pilgrim). The Hajj that is performed during 8th to 13th of ZilHajja is Hajj-i-Akbar. The Day of Arfa may fall on any day of the week.
Hajj is performed only in the month of Zil Hajjah, the last month of Islamic calendar. Many of the Muslims go to Mecca to perform Umrah, mini Hajj, in the sacred month of Ramazan. Performing Umrah in Ramazan enjoys more blessings of Almighty Allah than Umrah performed in other months.
I am going to Hajj. I will go to Hajj next year. My aunt is back from Hajj. Performing Hajj is a good deed.
Hajj is meant to be a test for self, whether it is easy or hard, this depends on the person himself; but no doubt, Hajj is some sort of Jihad, due to the great effort exerted in it. in Hajj, man discovers degree of strength of the relation between him and his Lord. So the holy Quran says: "Let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in the Hajj ..."1:197
Money lending is one of the greatest sins. Allah Almighty has declared war against the money lender (Sura Baqra). However, a money lender may go on Hajj, may be he is blessed with repentence (Tobah). But if some one performs Hajj with money earned by Haram means, it is even greater sin.
seven times.
As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. Akhbari Hajj refers to every normal Hajj. It is called Akhbari Hajj(big Hajj) to distinguish it from Umrah which is called Hajj-e-Asghar (small Hajj). However, if the day of Arafaat is a Friday, the reward for such a Hajj is 70 times more. Please visit this site for hajj & umrah bookings. muslimsholytravel.co.uk
this run is to remember the run of hajira (r) for water to drunk ismail (a), , at this time praying, praising