This is a simple guide to the Muslim Hajj

2. Day 1, 8th of Dhul
Hijjah
1. Make Ghusl
2. Enter into Ihram for Hajj
3. Perform 2 Rakah Nafil salah for Ihram
4. Make Niyaah for Hajj, read ‘Talbiah’
and keep reading as much as possible
5. You must reach Mina before Zuhr
6. Stay in Mina, perform Zuhr, Asr,
Maghrib and Isha salah in Mina
7. You may shorten prayers but do not
combine them
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3. Day 2, 9th Dhul
Hijjah
1. Perform Fajr salah in Mina
2. After sunrise proceed to Arafat
3. Keep reading ‘Talbiah’
4. Stay in Arafat until sunset
5. Perform salah of Zuhr and Asr on its time
6. You may shorten these prayers but not
combine them
7. Leave Arafat, for Muzdalifah, after sunset
without performing Maghrib salah
8. Pray Maghrib and Isha combined in
Muzdalifah
9. Spend the night in Muzdalifah
10. Pick up 70 pea sized stones at Muzdalifah
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4. Day 3, 10th Dhul
Hijjah
1. Perform Fajr at Muzdalifah
2. Try to leave for Mina just before
sunrise
3. Stone the Large pillar (of Shaytan) with
seven stones, stop saying ‘Talbiah’
4. Slaughter sacrificial animal (Qurbani)
5. shave or cut hair
6. Remove Ihram and wear normal clothes
7. Go to Makkah-al-Mukkarramah
8. Perform Tawaaf and Sa’yee
9. Return to Mina and spend the night
there
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5. Day 4, 11th Dhul
Hijjah
1. Stay at Mina
2. Stone all three pillars (of Shaytan)
with 7 stones each, preferably
between Zuhr and Maghrib, starting
with the smallest and finishing with
the largest.
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6. Day 5, 12th Dhul
Hijjah
1. Repeat the same procedure for
stoning the pillars (of shaytan)
2. If you wish to leave for Makkah,
you must do so before the sun sets
3. If staying in Mina, repeat the same
procedure for stoning the pillars (of
shaytan) on the 13th of Dhul Hijjah
and then return to Makkah
4. Hajj is now complete
NOTE : Perform Tawaaf-al-Widdah
before leaving for home
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7. Talbiah
Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik
Labbaik La Shareeka Laka Labbaik
Innal Hamda Wan-Naimata Laka Wal
Mulk
La Sharika Lak
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