Tawaaf, Essential For Umrah And Hajj
Second obligatory act of performing Umrah is Tawaaf (circumambulation); Tawaaf is circumambulation the Holy Kaaba (seven rounds) and it is obligatory in both Hajj and Umrah. There are few acts in Tawaaf that must be done: First: "Niyyah" (intention), because Tawaaf (circumambulation) is one of worships and it is not correct without the niyyat of closeness to ALLAH Almighty. Second: Purity that means having ablution or wuzu and being pure. Whenever a person doesn’t have access to water or using water could be harmful for him or her, then this person can do Tayammum (dry ablution) even Tayammum is performed instead of Ghusl (full ablution) or ablution for namaz, and performs Tawaaf after that. Whenever a person is performing Tawaaf and his or her ablution becomes invalidated then this person renews the ablution (wuzu) and returns. Third: Taharah from impurities. The body and clothes of a pilgrim who performs Tawaaf must be pure of any impurities in Tawaaf (circumambulation).
Obligatory acts of Performing Tawaaf Following things are obligatory in performing Tawaaf: First: Tawaaf must be begun from Hajar-e-Aswad (the black stone) Second: The seventh round of Tawaaf must be finished to Hajar-e-Aswad. Third: It is obligatory to perform Tawaaf in the way that Holy Kaaba always to be at the left side of the pilgrim’s body as in it common among Muslims. Forth: Tawaaf must be performed out of the house of ALLAH Almighty the Holy Kaaba and Tawaaf inside Holy Kaaba is not permitted. Putting the hand on the wall of Holy Kaaba or on the Hajar-e-Aswad does not harm Tawaaf. Fifth: Tawaaf must be performed in the distance between the Maqam-e-Ibrahim and the house of ALLAH Almighty Kaaba, if performing Tawaaf in this defined distance is easy. Or else, it is permissible to perform Tawaaf (circumambulation) out of that zone, and performing Tawaaf in upper levels of Masjid Al-Haram is allowed in essential cases. Sixth: Sequence is one of the conditions of performing Tawaaf; it means that the Pilgrim should do tawaaf seven complete rounds around the Holy Kaaba without any pause.
Prayer of Tawaaf It is obligatory for a pilgrim to perform a 2 Rakats nafil namaz behind the Maqam-e-Ibraheem or around it. As it has been said, the place for performing the nafil namaz of Tawaaf is behind the Maqam-e-Ibraheem, but if there is too much pressure of crowd then it can be performed on the sides of Maqam-e-Ibraheem. The prayer of Tawaaf doesn’t have Azaan (Adhan) and Iqamah, and it is akin to the dawn prayer in other thing; but must not be performed in congregation. "Tawaaf" and namaz of obligatory Tawaaf" can be performed anytime in day and night. All prayers must be performed with correct pronunciation and recitation and pilgrims of the house of ALLAH Almighty must use this opportunity when they decide to perform this huge spiritual journey and recite their namaz definitely in front of knowledgeable people to remove any problem if they had, in order to perform a Hajj or Umrah free of problems. Umrahvisa.co.uk is one of the authorized Hajj and Umrah travel agent based in UK Offers a range of Cheap price Hajj Packages from UK.