Islam Hajj

Question 1

hajj al tamatta

Answer 1

hajj and umrah (australians)

Question 2

process of umrah

Answer 2

enter irham (state of purity, equality, submission to allah)
ni’a (intention)
tawaaf - anticircumabulation of the ca’ba 7 times (awakens consciousness of god being centre of reality, days of creation, islan is about obedience and submission, entering movement of universe)
sa’i - move between two hills 7 times (imitates hagar looking for water, recalls belief that Allah will provide when needed)
exit ihram, enter again for hajj

Question 3

process of hajj

Answer 3

• minna (8th day duhl hajj)
• arafat “hajj is arafat” (day, preparation for judgement day, day of prayer, mountain of mercy last sermon, stand before allah, adam and eve met and received forgiveness, rebirth)
• muzdelifa spend night (collect 7 stones and pray)
• eid al adha (festival sort of thing, 10th til 12th duhl hajj) in minna, stoning (the jamarah, 7 stones “allah akbar” imitating abraham and devil, resisting satan’s temptations) sacrifice (slaughter animal, reinacting abraham, meat distributed to those in need (Pillar Zakat) shaving or cutting (releases from ihram “newly born” Quran
• minna walk to mecca, walk around tawaaf
• mecca to minna, stone all three jamarat from smallest to largest
• minna to mecca, farewell tawaaf
  END OF HAJJ

Question 4

significance to individual

Answer 4

• completing pillar of faith, obligation “pilgrimage to the house is a duty mankind owes to god”
• peace of mind
• submission to allah
• transcends self and gives purity
• imitation of prophet

Question 5

signinufacnt to community

Answer 5

• symbolises community submission in unity
• inspiration of fidelity, obedience to wider community
• community engages in preparation involvement
• bears witness to principles of multiracial harmony
• ihram reminds that we are equal
• unifying power
• special time of prayer
• festival of eid commemorated world wide (everyone together, common history)