15/06/2024
Day 03 of Hajj - 10th Dhul-Hijjah (Eid-ul-Adhaa)
Hujjaj (Pilgrims) will do the following:
1. After reading Fajr prayers, a little before sunrise, they leave Muzdalifah to reach Minaa.
2. On reaching Minaa, following three actions are done in sequence:
I. Rami (pelting stones) at Jamarat-ul-Aqabah / Jamarat-ul-Kubra (biggest pillar symbolizing Shaytan) only. 7 stones are pelted by each Haaji.
II. Qurbani / Hadi offered within the boundaries of Haram. This Qurbani is a part of Hajj only (as per Hanafi Fiqh). The Qurbani for Eid ul Adha is a separate one.
III. Halaq (shaving head) or Taqseer (cutting almost one-inch of hair of at least one-fourth of head). Women will only do Taqseer.
On completion of above three steps at Minaa, Hujjaj are out of the state of Ihraam. They don't have to follow Ihraam restrictions anymore. They can return back to hotels to be fresh and take some rest.
3. Hujjaj will go to Masjid-ul-Haraam at Makkah to perform the second Rukn (pillar/compulsory action) of Hajj i.e. Tawaaf al-Ziyaarah, also known as, Tawaaf Ifaadah. Hajj remains incomplete without it. The time for Tawaaf Ifaadah is from Sunrise of 10th Dhul-Hijjah till Sunset of 12th Dhul-Hijjah.
4. Hujjaj will return to Minaa to spend the following night and 11th-12th Dhul-Hijjah.
[P.S. Hujjaj don't read Eid-ul-Adha prayer.]
May Allah T'aala Accept efforts and prayers of all the Hujjaj and may Allah the Most Merciful Give us Tawfeeq to do Hajj next year with ease. Aameen!
- Muhammad Rauf Khan