HAJJ AND UMRAH GUIDE

Madinah is the lhe place to which the Prophet ~ I*: emigrated and where he
settled.
Within it is the noble Prophet's Prophefs Masjid.
It lt is among the three that one
may travel to 10 visit, vtsil, as the Prophet >E; *it said,
"One should not make a journey except to three masJids: maslids:
this, my masjid masiid
al·MasJld al· Aqsa
Although visiting the Prophet's Masjid is not among the requirements of
Hajj, and in fact has no connection whatsoever to Haij, Hajj, it is lawful and
desirable at any time throughouthe the year. When Allah has enabled a
person to come lo to the land of al-Haramain (the two sacred mosques),
mosques). it
is a recommended practice for him to go to aFMadinah
al-Madinah al-Munawwarah
to pray in the Prophet's Masjid and then offer greetings of salam to the
Messenger of Allah sI ~.
According to hadith, prayer in the prophet's Prophet's
Masjid is better than a thousand prayers anywhere else except al-Masjid
al-Haram.
for a prayer in al-Masjid al·Masjid al-Haram is worth 100 thousand prayers. -~J
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