Introduction
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and ask His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from the consequences of our deeds. Whomever Allah guides, none can mislead, and whomever He allows to stray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.

To proceed: A desire to make knowledge easier for the general public has led me to simplify the rites of Hajj by distilling them from my book Ḥajjat an-Nabī ﷺ (The Prophet’s Pilgrimage) as narrated by Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him), following the approach I used in my booklet A Summary of the Prophet’s Prayer. I have, however, added important supplements to cover points of the rites that are not mentioned in Ḥajjat an-Nabī or in its commentary. I have taken special care to document these additions—as well as the other benefits included—according to the method adopted in all my works: stating the grade of each hadith and its source, but in concise form and, in most cases, with cross-references to my other books, whether published or not.

As for the material that already appears in Ḥajjat an-Nabī, I have not re-documented it, being content that it is readily available to honorable readers; anyone who wishes to verify any of it can easily refer to the original. Whenever I cite that book, I shall simply mention “the original.” For added benefit, I have reproduced—though in abridged form—the appendix that deals with innovations related to Hajj and visitation.

I have entitled this work The Rites of Hajj and ‘Umrah in the Book, the Sunnah, and the Reports of the Early Generations.