Innovations Before Ihraam 1. Abstaining from travel in the month of Safar, and abstaining from beginning any action such as marriage or building in it. 2. Abstaining from travel in the second half of the month or because the moon is positioned in the constellation of the Scorpion. 3. Abstaining from cleaning the house and sweeping it because a traveller is about to leave. 4. Praying two rakahs when leaving for Hajj - reciting in the first Surat-ul-Kaafiroon and in the second Surat-ul-Ikhlaas, then after finishing saying : "O Allaah I have gone out for You and am heading towards You..." then reciting Ayat-ul-Kursi and Surat-ul-Ikhlaas, and the Last two surahs - and other things which occur in certain fiqh books. 5. Praying four rakahs before leaving. ________________________________
6. Reciting by the one intending Hajj of the end of Surah Al Imraan, Ayat ul Kursi, Surat uz-Zilzall a and Surat ul-Faatihah -when leaving the house - claiming that thus will all his problems of this world and the next solved. 7. Making Dhikr and Takbeer loudly upon the leaving or arrival of the pilgrims. 8. Giving adhaan upon departure of the pilgrims. 9. Conveying the covering for the Kabah and celebration upon clothing the Kabah. (120) 10. Some nations seeing off the pilgrims accompanied by music! ________________________________ 11. Traveling alone taking only Allaah as companion as some of the Sufis claim! 12. Traveling without provisions claiming that is tawakkul (depending upon Allaah)! 13. Traveling in order to visit the graves of the Prophets and pious people. 14. A man making agreement with a married woman who is about to make Hajj and has no mahram, that he will be for her as a mahram. (121) 15. A woman taking a non-related man as her brother so that he can be a mahram for her - and then treating him as a mahram. ________________________________ 16. A woman traveling together with a group of trustworthy women - as they claim - without a mahram - and similarly traveling along with a man who is a mahram for one them - claming that he is mahram for all of them! 17. Taking a tax from the pilgrims intending to perform the obligatory duty of Hajj. 18. The travelers praying two rakahs every time he makes a halt and saying "O Allaah make my stop a blessed stop and You are the best of hosts." 19. The travelers reciting every time he makes a stop Surat ul-Ikhlaas ten times, and Ayat ul-Kursi and the Ayah "WA MAA QADAROOLLAAHA HAQQA QADRIHI" once. 20. Eating onions from every land which he enters. ________________________________ 21. Going to a particular place intending good thereby and while not being recommended by the Shareeah, such as those places about which it is said: "In it is remnant of the Prophet", as is said about the Dome of the Rock, and Mosque of the Footprint towards Damascus, and the tombs of the Prophets and pious.(123) 22. Unsheathing of weapons upon reaching Taabook. ________________________________ Footnotes : 120. And this innovation was stopped many years ago-al-hamdulillah-however the one after it remains in its place and in Al-Baajoorees explanation of Ibn ul-Qaasim (1/41) there occurs: "And it is forbidden to go for a pleasure trip to see the carrying of the Ka'bahs covering and the coverings of the Station of Ibrahim,etc. 121. And this and the one after it are some of the most wicked innovations because of what they contain regarding use of tricks to get around the shaareeah and the risk of falling into shameful actions as is obvious. 122. see 121. 123. And it is authentically reported from Umar - may Allaah be pleased with him - that he saw some people while on the way to Hajj going to a certain place, so he said: What is this? So it was said: A place where Rasoolullah prayed. So he said: In this way where the People of the Book destroyed. They took the places connected with there Prophets as a place of prayer. Whomsoever of you reaches such a place at the time of prayer then let him pray, otherwise he should not do so. (source: qss.org) Permission is granted to circulate among private individuals and groups, to post on Internet sites and to publish in full text and subject title in not-for-profit publications. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveIslam_LiveIslam/ In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate "May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You" Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
