كتاب الحَجّ — تمهيد

It is an obligatory duty (farḍ) to be discharged without delay, once in a lifetime, upon every morally responsible person who is free, free of bodily defect, sighted, able to afford provisions and mount, where there is no prohibitive obstacle, and who can spare the cost of his outward and return journey over what is indispensable for his dependants until the time of his return, on condition that the road is safe.

So if that [cost] is granted to him [by another], [the duty] does not become binding [on him in that case].

And if a poor man performs ḥajj, it counts as [fulfilling] the obligation (farḍ).

A maḥram or the husband is a condition for the woman when the journey is [considered] travel; the maḥram’s maintenance is upon her; and the maḥram who is a dhimmī slave, if he is trustworthy, is like the free Muslim.

A child or an insane person is not given legal weight; and the husband may prevent her, together with the maḥram, from supererogatory [travel] and [fulfilling] a vow—not from the obligatory [ḥajj].

Its [due] time is Shawwāl, Dhū al-Qaʿdah, and the first ten [days] of Dhū al-Ḥijjah; and entering iḥrām before Shawwāl is reprehensible (makrūh).

Iḥrām is also a condition.

The pillars (arkān) of ḥajj are: standing at ʿArafāt.

And ṭawāf al-ziyārah (the visitation circumambulation).

Its obligatory acts (wājibāt): staying at Muzdalifah.

And saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah.

And stoning the jamarāt.

And shaving or shortening [the hair].

And ṭawāf al-ṣadr (the farewell circumambulation).

And the two rakʿahs of ṭawāf.

Its sunnah acts: ṭawāf al-qudūm (arrival ṭawāf).

And raml (brisk walking) therein.

And harwalah (hurrying) in saʿy between the two green markers.

And overnight stay at Minā during the days of Minā.

And ʿumrah is an emphasised sunnah.

Its pillar: ṭawāf.

Its obligatory acts: saʿy.

And shaving or shortening.

The mīqāt for iḥrām: for the Medinan—Dhū al-Ḥulayfah.

And for the Iraqi—Dhāt ʿIrq.

And for the Syrian—al-Juḥfah.

And for the Najdī—Qarn.

And for the Yemeni—Yalamlam.

And for whoever comes from other than these places—[enter iḥrām] where [their route] aligns with one of them.

Iḥrām from his homeland is better if he trusts himself to avoid its prohibitions.

It is not permissible for these [people], when they intend entry into Makkah for ḥajj or otherwise, to delay iḥrām [by entering] beyond it.

The people of these places and those nearer [than them]—their mīqāt is al-ḥill between them and the ḥaram.

The Makkan’s mīqāt for ḥajj is the ḥaram; and for ʿumrah—al-ḥill.