 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله عليه وعلا محمد وآله الطاهرين كل سنة ملايين من المسلمين يدفعون في المكة الوصولية المسلمين known as the Hajj or the pilgrimage The Hajj consists of two main components The first component is known as عمرة التمتع while the second component is called حج التمتع With regards to عمرة التمتع there are five essential actions that must be performed The first is called الإحرام which is entering the state of إحرام Before getting to the حرام or مكة a person must be in the state of إحرام Most people who fly to Hajj either land in جده or they land in مدينة For those who land in جده before entering into the حرام مكة they have to get into the state of إحرام The place at which a person enters the state of إحرام is known as the ميقات The ميقات for those who land in جده is called الجحفة While the ميقات for those who are coming from مدينة is known as مسجد الشجرة or دل حليفة Arriving to those places a person can wear his or her إحرام However, when they arrive at either مسجد الشجرة when coming from مدينة or الجحفة when coming from جده that's when a person makes the intention of entering the state of إحرام Where a person would for example loosen the إحرام a little bit put it on and a person would say I am making the نية the intention to enter the state of إحرام for عمرة التمتع and if this is your first Hajj it would be of حج التمتع for حجة الإسلام mandatory obligatory seeking the pleasure of Allah and then immediately after stating the نية a person would do the تلبيا saying And hence a person now enters the state of إحرام and he or she has become a محرم Which means there are 25 things a person can not perform among those things that a person cannot perform while in the state of إحرام يجب أن يقوم على أيضة الوصف لذا أصبحت جولي يجب أن تقوم على مقهر مستقبع أرنج التي يوجد من الملين مثل رنج العقيق يمكنها كما أنها لا يأوى من الوصف أمام الكثير من المستقبع يجب أن يتخلص أرنج أمام الكثير من التنقل من المضحة التي لا يتعليد أن نفعلها نظر في المحافظة تحديث حزيات التفاعل معما يستمرون these are among the things that are forbidden in addition to putting lotion onto the skin so people who usually put lotion unless it is for extremely exceptional medical conditions for which a person needs to refer لأي مجعوط التقليد في إضافة أنها مهمة لأحد who is in the state of Ihram not to get angry they have to remain calm it is part of the spiritual upliftment and the journey of Hajj so that is the first requirement getting into the state of Ihram now that a person is in the state of Ihram الناس will then travel either from مسجد الشجرة if they are coming from Medina or from الجحفة if they are coming from جده towards Makkah Upon arriving in Makkah then a person still needs to perform four remaining tasks the first one is the Tawaf around the Ka'ba when entering the Tawaf it has to begin with حجر الأسود and end with حجر الأسود because of the crowd it's better to enter the Tawaf before reaching الحجر الأسود and now that you are in the Tawaf you can say your knee that I am performing the Tawaf seven times around the Holy Ka'ba for عمرة التمتع of حجة التمتع for حجة الإسلام obligatory seeking the pleasure of Allah سبحانه وتعالى once a person reaches the black stone الحجر الأسود that's when the Tawaf begins and there are seven rounds around the Ka'ba a person must be in the state of Wudu to performing the Tawaf while doing the Tawaf the left hand side of the person must always be facing the Ka'ba towards the side of the Ka'ba and he or she has to face straight a person is not allowed to turn their bodies deliberately while they are doing the Tawaf yes a person can turn his neck or her neck for example if they are looking for individuals upon completing the Tawaf it is immediately to the best of one's ability required to do the third deed and that is Salatul Tawaf so once you exit the Tawaf then try to get behind Maqam Ibrahim you don't have to be immediately behind it you can be at the nearest or the closest distance behind Maqam Ibrahim as there are people who are doing Tawaf and a person does not want to stand in their way to interrupt their Tawaf so you can get behind and it does not have to be immediately directly in a straight line behind Maqam Ibrahim but rather it could be at an angle however it is behind Maqam Ibrahim عليه السلام a person would make the Nia I am praying of Salatul Tawaf for عمرة التمتع for حجة التمتع and if it is the Wajb Hajj for حجة الإسلام obligatory seeking the pleasure of Allah and the Tawaf are just like Salatul Fajr where a person besides Surat Al-Fatiha the short Surah and in the second Raka'a أقنوت and then a person would finish their Salat as they would pray normally it is after performing Salatul Tawaf that a person needs to do the remaining two requirements and that is the سعي as well as that تقصير it is important to note here if you are doing Tawaf with a friend or a family member and you happen to lose them while you are doing the Tawaf continue your Tawaf after finishing the Tawaf make sure to go and pray Salatul Tawaf and then start looking for this family member it might be wise to have an agreement with this individual to meet at a specific location in case you happen to lose this individual once you finish Salatul Tawaf then you head towards the mountain of Safa where you need to start the سعي and the سعي is 7 rounds between mountain of Safa and Marwa we are going from Safa to Marwa to the mountain of Marwa is 1 then coming from Marwa to Safa is 2 and then 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 so you will start your Tawaf in Safa you will end your Tawaf in Marwa you do not have to perform to be in the state of وضوء to perform the سعي a person then goes from the mountain of Safa and makes the نية or the intention I make the intention to do 7 rounds of سعي or to do the سعي between the mountain of Safa and Marwa for عمرة التمتع of حج التمتع is your first Hajj then حجت الإسلام obligatory seeking the nearness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and you start your journey of سعي between the mountains of Safa and Marwa if a person gets tired part time of the سعي it's permissible to take a 5 minute break on the side there just so that you can continue your سعي if the Salat happens while you are doing your سعي usually the people are going to stop and turn towards the Ka'bah to pray that is permissible you can also stop if you are in the state of وضوء still and perform your Salat as well upon finishing the سعي now you are in the mountain of Marwa and that's when you perform the last the fifth thing the fifth requirement of عمرة التمتع and that is the تقصير which is cutting off the hair at that point and say I am doing تقصير to exit the state of إحرام of عمرة التمتع of حجة التمتع and if this is your first Hajj of حجة الإسلام obligatory seeking the pleasure of Allah and you can take a pair of scissors and cut a little bit of your hair for the sisters you can put the scissors underneath your حجاب and cut a little bit of your hair as well for the sisters it is مكروه to show the color of your hair so obviously it is good to keep it in your hand and dispose of it without anyone recognizing the color of your hair for example if a person does not have hair then what should they do well they can clip off some nail at that point or they can take off hair from the beard for the man for example or clip a nail and doing these 5 things you have just completed your عمرة التمتع of حجة التمتع إن شاء الله in another episode we'll see the requirements for حجة التمتع thank you