Some Orders For Hajj And Umrah

 

Some Commandments for Hajj and Umrah (L-242)

وَالعُمرَةَ لِلَّهِ ۚ فَإِن أُحصِرتُم فَمَا استَيسَرَ مِنَ الهَديِ ۖ 196b.

196b.  Wal-‘Umrata Lillaah. Fa-‘in  ‘uhsir-tum  famas-taysara  minal-hady.

196b.  and the Umrah for God. But if you are prevented, then whatever is feasible of offerings.

 ‘Al-‘umrata – (Umrah), it is called as a little Pilgrimage also. The Instructions for performing Umrah are just like the actual Pilgrimage which is performed yearly (Hajj). However, there is no restriction of duration of Pilgrimage for performing Umrah. It can be performed any time. Secondly, its rituals and traditions are less than the yearly Hajj (Pilgrimage) too.

Lillaah – (for God) perform the Pilgrimage (Hajj) and Umrah (Visit) for the sake of God, keep your intention pure and take care honestly for those customs and orders which have been prescribed by God, be saved from the matters; which are prohibited, otherwise the sake of God will remain no more.

In fact, the entire deeds and intentions must be for the pleasure of God, but it has been emphasized here particularly that the journey involved with the Pilgrimage and the Visit (Hajj and Umrah), in which; a lot of good and bad objects, Cruises and Entertainment can join easily. So, it is necessary that your first object must not be any other except to please God. The journey and entertainment will be availed automatically. The trade and business is permitted; you can reap advantage of it. But you can neither make the trade – a purpose of Pilgrimage (Hajj) and nor can deal with dishonestly and theft, these are not allowed.    

‘Uh-sir-tum – (if you are prevented), this word has been derived from ‘Ihsaar, literal meanings of which are to be surrounded or encaged. Whether this surrounding would be due to any reason, here it means ‘the individual who intends to perform Pilgrimage but can’t reach the destination because of either any illness or enemy would have blocked his way or any seasonal or other stoppage would have intervened.

 Hady – (sacrifice), the literal meanings are ‘the offering’ which would be sent for BaytUllaah, here its aim is the cattle which are required to be sacrificed during the Pilgrimage (Hajj).

In this verse, God has commanded to the Muslims that there should be only one object to be intended i.e. the worship by means of the Pilgrimage and Visit (Hajj and Umrah), that is for pleasure and consent of God. Neither any kind of play nor show and pomp must be the intention from this journey, nor travel and entertainment. But the Rules, which God has explained, those should be acted upon. God has kept some exemption too in this order for the excusable people. May be that an individual wears ‘Ihram (makes a vow of Pilgrimage) for Hajj and Umrah but unfortunately, he would either suffer from sickness in the way or there happens any other difficulty or problem. For example; either he doesn’t find the way or doesn’t have sufficient provision for his journey etc. In all such conditions, he has been commanded that he should send the animal to sacrifice to BaytUllaah by means of someone else according to his submission. https://youtu.be/cpIBrCyoKIE