بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

الْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ التَّوْحِيدِ لِعِبَادِهِ حِرْزاً وَحِصْناً وَجَعَلَ الْبَيْتَ الْعَتِيقَ مَثَابَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَأَمْناً

Praise be to Allah, who made the word of monotheism a protection and a fortress for His servants, and made the Ancient House (the Kaaba) a destination for people and a sanctuary.

وَأَكْرَمَهُ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ تَشْرِيفاً وَتَحْصِيناً وَمَنّاً وَجَعَلَ زِيَارَتَهُ وَالطَّوَافَ بِهِ حِجَاباً بَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ وَبَيْنَ الْعَذَابِ وَمِجَنّاً

And He honored it by attributing it to Himself as a mark of nobility, preservation, and grace, and made visiting it and circumambulating it a barrier between the servant and the punishment, and a shield.

وَالصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ وَسَيِّدِ الْأُمَّةِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ قَادَةِ

And blessings upon Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy and the master of the nation, and upon his family and his companions, the leaders

الْحَقِّ وَسَادَةِ الْخَلْقِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً كَثِيراً

of truth and the masters of creation, and may He grant them abundant peace.

أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الْحَجَّ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَرْكَانِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَبَانِيهِ

To proceed, Hajj is among the pillars of Islam and its foundations,

عِبَادَةُ الْعُمُرِ وَخِتَامُ الْأَمْرِ وَتَمَامُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَكَمَالُ الدِّينِ فِيهِ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ (الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ

the worship of a lifetime, the conclusion of the matter, the perfection of Islam, and the completion of the religion. In it, Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, revealed: "Today I have perfected

لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِيناً) وَفِيهِ قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

for you your religion, and have completed My favor upon you, and have approved Islam as religion for you." And regarding it, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ فَلْيَمُتْ إِنْ شَاءَ يَهُودِيّاً وَإِنْ شَاءَ نَصْرَانِيّاً فَأَعْظِمْ بِعِبَادَةٍ يَعْدَمُ الدِّينُ بِفَقْدِهَا

"Whoever dies without having performed Hajj, then let him die, if he wishes, as a Jew or, if he wishes, as a Christian." How great is a worship that, by its absence, the religion loses

الْكَمَالَ وَيُسَاوِي تَارِكُهَا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى فِي الضَّلَالِ وَأَجْدَرُ بِهَا أَنْ تُصْرَفَ الْعِنَايَةُ إِلَى شَرْحِهَا وَتَفْصِيلِ

its perfection, and its abandoner equals the Jews and Christians in misguidance. It is more worthy that attention be directed to explaining it and detailing