When you reach the Sacred House, you should make the Tawaaf of ‘Umrah, which consists of seven rounds, and know that the whole area of the Sacred Mosque is a place for Tawaaf, for the near and the remote from the Ka’bah, even if those who make Tawaaf from behind the Well of Zamzam, however, nearness is preferable should it causes no hardships or difficulties. When you complete Tawaaf, you should offer two Rak’ahs behind the Station (Maqaam) of Prophet Ibraaheem (Abraham), either near or far from it, according to your capability. You should then perform Saa’ i between Safaa and Marwah like the manner of ‘Umrah, i.e., seven rounds, beginning with Safaa and ending with Marwah. If anyone performs Sa’ i before Tawaaf, his Sa’ i will be invalid, except if he makes this forgetfully or due to ignorance.

When you complete Sa’ i, you should shorten your hair by cutting it from all sides of your heads, not from one side only as is done by some people! Women should cut tiny pieces from the end of their hair. On doing this, ‘Umrah will be completed. On the eighth day in Thul-Hijjah, you should put on Ihraam for Hajj from the place where you are, bathing yourselves and applying perfume, then wear the uniform of Ihraam. You should then intend Ihraam for Hajj and walk pronouncing Talbiah until you reach Mina, where you should offer the Thuhur, ‘Aser , Maghrib , ‘Ishaa’ and Fajr prayers, shortening the four-Rak’ah prayers but without combining them. Every prayer should be offered separately on time, just as it was done by the Prophet (peace be upon him).

On the sunrise of the ninth day of Thul-Hijjah, you should walk while pronouncing Talbiah until you reach ‘Arafah, where you should combine the Thuhur and ‘Aser  prayers, offering both at the time of the former. Then you should devote yourselves to the remembrance of Allah, supplicating Him and imploring Him while facing the Qiblah , even if the mountain is behind you, raising your hands to your Lord approaching Him with your hearts and hoping His answer to you supplication and His forgiveness to your sins. Make sure of your standing within the area of ‘Arafah, since some pilgrims stay outside its area and thus do not stand within it, despite the fact that Hajj is annulled if standing in ‘Arafah is not observed. All the area of ‘Arafah is a place for standing. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “I stood here, and all the area of ‘Arafah is a place for standing.” Thus, all the area of ‘Arafah is considered valid for standing except Baten Al-Wadi and Waadi ‘Arnah.

After sundown, you should head for Muzdalifah where you will offer the Maghrib  prayer as three Rak’ahs and the ‘Ishaa’ prayer as two Rak’ahs each only. Then you should offer Witr prayer and spend the night in Muzdalifah until you offer the Fajr prayer, then supplicate Allah, the Exalted and Glorified, seek His Forgiveness, and proclaim Allah’s greatness and oneness until daylight appears manifestly. You should then head for Mina, as this was done by the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet gave a concession to the weak people to leave Muzdalifah during the last hours of night.

When you reach Mina, you should start with throwing Jamrat Al-‘Aqabah as seven successive pebbles, each of a size little larger than a chick-pea. You may pick up the seven pebbles wherever you want. On throwing each pebble, you should pronounce Takbeer and know that the wisdom behind throwing pebbles is to establish the remembrance of Allah and His glorification; for this reason Takbeer is pronounced during the process of throwing. Don’t think that you are throwing at devils as it is commonly believed by some people, rather you throw pebbles at certain stones in certain places, solely to glorify Allah and follow the conduct of the Prophet (peace be upon him). After throwing pebbles, you should slaughter your offering if you can afford doing that, applying the same requirements of the Udhiyah (sacrificial animal slaughtered in ‘Eed Al-Adh-Haa).