Your Personal Guide To UMRA, HAJJ, and ZIYARAT

154 Pages·1998·1.13 MB·English

by  Mahmud J. Habib

Hajj Assistance Committee
North America
Your Personal Guide
To
UMRA, HAJJ, and ZIYARAT
By
ALHAJ MAHMUD & ZEHRA HABIB
10520 Yonge Street, Unit 35B, Suite # 209
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4C 3C7
Telephone: [phone] – Fax [phone]
E-MAIL:
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CONTENTS
NO. TITLE PAGE
01. Introduction 03
02. Recommended books 04
03. Hotels 05
04. Embassies 08
05. Flights for Umra & Hajj 09
06. Transportation 11
07. Umra Visa 11
08. Health Guide 12
09. Other useful information 13
10. Map of Meeqat 16
11. List of Items for Umra 17
12. Masjid-e-Nabawee 19
13. Pillars in Masjid-e-Nabawee 20
14. Jannat-ul-Baquee 22
15. Outside Ziyarat in Medina 24
16. Sketch of Masjid-e-Nabawee 27
17. Sketch of Jannat-ul-Baquee 28
18. Umrah-e-Mufradah 30
19. 25 Things become Haraam after Niyyat of Ihram 32
20. Conditions of Tawaaf 38
21. Ritual of Umrah-e-Mufradah 41
22. Ziyarat in Makkah 47
23. Hajje-tul Islam 51
24. Hajj Visa requirements 53
25. List of items for Hajj 54
26. Umrah-e-Tamattu’ 56
27. Check list of items for Arafah & Munna 58
28. Hajj-e-Tamattu’ 59
29. Mustahab acts at Arafah and Muzdhalifah 65
30. Condition of Qurbani at Munna 66
31. Condition of Hitting Shaitaan at Munna 67
32. Sketch map showing round trip Makkah/Arafa 68
33. Ziyarat of Medina in English 69
34. Dua for entering Masjid-Ul-Haraam 80
35. A’amaal-e-Arafah 91
36. Salaat-e-Shab 95
37. Ziyarat in Shaam 98
38. Ziyarat in Iran 107
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CONTENTS
NO. TITLE PAGE
39. Masum-e-Qum 109
40. Masjid-e-Jumkaran 110
41. Bibi Shahrbanoo A.S. 113
42. Mashad 113
43. Amman 117
44 Bait-ul-Muqaddas 120
45. Iraq 121
46. List of Items for Iraq 121
47. Ziyarat - Najaf and the surrounding area 123
48. Ziyarat - Hilla and the surrounding area 127
49. Ziyarat - Kerbala and surrounding area 128
50. Ziyarat - Madayan and surrounding area 133
51. Masjid-e-Kufa 134
52. Masjid-e-Sahla 138
53. Masjid-e-Kufa - sketch 139
54. Masjid-e-Sahala - sketch 140
55. Ziyarat - Samarrah - surrounding area 142
56. Baghdad 145
57. Shopping 150
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Introduction
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
By the grace of the Almighty Allah (SWT), we indeed have been blessed with the honour of compiling this booklet for the benefit of those going to
Umrah, Hajj and/or Ziyarat of the Fourteen Masoomeen A.S.
Our first calling for Hajj was in 1983 and since then, we have been invited back for Hajj and Hajj Umrah over 17 times over the past sixteen (16)
years. We have also had the pleasure of serving thousands of Momineen and Mominaat, including residents of Canada United States, Jamaica,
Britain, Australia, Sweden and Germany.
This booklet was designed to provide you with some insight and clarification as you embark on your spiritual journey.
We sincerely hope this booklet proves to be useful and we ask that you pass it on to others who, Inshallah, will be fortunate enough to go also.
We are planning, Inshallah, to reproduce the booklet periodically so you are requested to advise us of any errors and omissions.
All rights reserved. This book is free for distribution subject to the condition that no part thereof shall by way of trade or otherwise be
reproduced, resold or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than what is published in, without the prior written
permission of the HAJJ ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE NORTH AMERICA.
Please remember us in your prayers.
Wa’Salaam
Mahmud & Zehra Habib
Organizer
Toronto, Canada - March, 1998/Dhul-qa’dah 1418
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
• HAJJ
By Dr. Ali Shariati
• HAJJ MANASEK
According to the Fatwa of:
Ayatoullah al-Odhma – Syed Ali Hossaini Seestani
Translated by Hajj Mortaza Lakaha
Reviewed by: Ayatoullah Dr. Seyed Fadhel Milani
• ADABUL HARAMAIN
By Sayyid Jawad Husseiny Shaharudy
• RAHNUMA-E-HUJJAJ
According to the Fatwa of:
Marhoom Ayatoullah Abul Qasim El-Khouei
Compiled by Hujjatul Islam Wal-Moslemeen
Alhaj Seyed Ali Abid Rizvi
• PILGRIMS’ GUIDE: SELECTED SUPPLICATIONS
Translated by Dr. Liyakatali Takim
• MAFIT-UL-JINAAN
• TOFATUL-ZAIREEN
• ZIYARAT – of the 14 Masoomeen
Compiled and written
By Hadi Husayn Sayyid
Printed by Peermohamed Ibrahim Trust, Karachi.
All above books are available from:
Mehrab Publishers & Distributors (Canada)
17 Kevi Crescent, Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 3C8
Telephone # [phone]
Fax number [phone]
E-mail:
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HOTELS
IN SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, SYRIA, IRAN & IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA – JEDDAH
Albilad Hotel Movenpick, a five Star Hotel on the Cornish Drive, excellent dining room with open buffet Fax # [phone].
Sheraton Hotel, a five Star Hotel on the Cornish Drive, excellent dining room with open buffet
Fax # [phone]
Helnan Red Sea Palace Hotel, a five 5 Star Hotel at the City Centre (Balad), excellent dining room with open buffet Fax # [phone]-
642-2395.
MEDINA MUNAWARA
Sheraton Hotel, a five star Hotel - 7 km from the Holy Haram – excellent dinning room with open buffet, shuttle service and a rest
house near available for the use by Hujjaj near the Holy Haram, Fax # [phone].
Medina Oberoi, a five star hotel - two minute walk to Masjid-e-Nabawee, Medina - Fax #[phone].
Green Palace Hotel - a four star hotel - four minute walk to the Holy Haram - Fax # [phone]
Al Attas Hotel – a three star hotel – a minute walk to the Holy Haram Fax # [phone].
Madinah Reem Hotel - a four star hotel - 3 minute to the Holy Haram - The Masjid-e-Nabi as well as Jannatul-Baquee can easily be
viewed Fax # [phone]
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MAKKAH
Hilton Towers - a five star hotel; a minute walk to the Holy Haram, Fax # [phone].
Kindah Palace - a five star hotel, two minute walk to the Holy Haram, Fax [phone].
Ajyad Makkah Hotel - a five star hotel, six minutes walk to the Holy Haram. Shuttle bus service available – excellent dining room
buffet style. Fax # [phone].
SYRIA
DAMASCUS
Ebla Cham Palace - a five star de-luxe hotel with excellent dining room with open buffet. It is about 15 minutes drive to Bibi Zainab
AS’s Rauza.
Fax # [phone].
OTHER FIVE STARS HOTELS
Semiramis - Meridien - Sheraton
Cham Palace
JORDAN
AMMAN
Five star hotels
Intercontinental - Forte Grand - Marriot
Rooms are with attached English Style bathrooms.
AL-QUDS
JERUSALEM – WEST BANK
The Seven Arches – a four star hotel.
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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
TEHERAN
Azadi International Hotel - a five star hotel - rooms with attached English style bathrooms. Excellent dining room with open buffet, Fax
# 011-98-21-2073038.
Homa Hotel - a five star hotel - Rooms with attached English style bathrooms. Excellent dining room with open buffet. Fax # 011-98-
21-8773021.
MASHAD
Laleh Hotel - a five star hotel - acceptable dining room with open buffet. Telephone #[phone], 9 lines. Few rooms with
attached English style toilets.
Homa Hotel, a five star hotel - Rooms with attached English Style bathrooms. Excellent dinning room with open buffet.
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
BAGDAAD
Al-Rashid Hotel - a five star hotel - Rooms with attached English Style bathrooms. Acceptable dining room with limited menu.
Sheraton Hotel - four star hotel - Rooms with attached English Style bathrooms. Acceptable dining room with limited menu.
KERBALA
Makki’s Rest House - to be considered as two Star guesthouse across Hazrat Abbas A.S. Rauza; few rooms with attached English
Style bathrooms.
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Hotel Zainabiya - a two star hotel few kilometers away from the Holy Haram. You need a bus to visit the Holy Haram.
There are many new hotels in Kerbala but their standards are low and to be standard considered as two star hotel. Most of them do not
have English Style Bathrooms.
NAJAF
The only popular hotel is Zam Zam Hotel, again to be considered as a 2 star hotel. Only a few rooms have attached English Style
bathrooms.
EMBASSIES FOR VISAS
SAUDI ARABIA
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj & Umra Visa.
In Canada
The Consular Section, 99 Bank Street, Suite # 260, Ottawa, Ont. K1P 6B9, telephone # [phone] Fax # [phone]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj & Umra Visa.
In the United States
New York, The Consular Section
866 United Nations Plaza, Room # 480, New York, NY 10017, Telephone # [phone].
Washington. The Consular Section
601 Newhamshire Avenue North W., Washington DC 20037, Telephone # [phone].
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Houston. The Consular Section
5718 Westheimer, Suite # 1500, Houston, TX 77057, Telephone # [phone].
Los Angeles. The Consular Section
10900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite # 830, Los Angeles, CA 90024, Telephone # [phone].
JORDAN
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
In Canada
100 Bronson Avenue, Suite # 701, Ottawa KAR 6G8
Telephone # [phone]
SYRIA
The Embassy of The Syrian Arab Republic
In Canada
111 St. Urban, Suite # R06, Montreal, Quebec, H2Z 1Y6
Telephone # [phone] – Fax [phone]
In the United States
The Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic
2215 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DCV 20008
IRAN
The Embassy of The Islamic Republic of Iran
In Canada
245 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2K2
Telephone # [phone]
IRAQ
The Republic of Iraq
In Canada
215 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0Z8
Telephone # [phone]
FLIGHTS FOR UMRA & HAJJ.
JEDDAH
The King Abdul Aziz International airport has three