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Offences and their Expiations 233
HAJJ AKBAR
Question: How is it to call the Hajj performed on Friday as Hajj
Akbar
Answer: There is no harm in it. Allah has said in verse number
3 of Suraĥ At-Taubaĥ part 10:
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And there is proclamation from Allah and His Messenger to all people
on the day of Great Pilgrimage.
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 10, Sūraĥ At-Taubaĥ, verse 3)
Commenting on the foregoing verse, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Sayyid
Muhammad Na’īmuddīn Murādābādī ۡ
has stated: Hajj
was declared to be Hajj Akbar because ‘Umraĥ used to be called Hajj
Aṣghar in those days. According to another exegesis, that Hajj was
referred to Hajj Akbar because the Holy Prophet ٖ
performed Hajj that year. As that Hajj took place on a Friday, the
Muslims call the Hajj taking place on Friday Hajj Akbar as it reminds
them of Hajj Wadā’. (Tafsīr Khazāin-ul-‘Irfān, pp. 354)
The Beloved and Blessed Prophet ٖ
has stated: The
best day of ‘Arafaĥ from among the days is the one that falls on a
Friday and the Hajj of this day is preferable to seventy such Hajj that
do not take place on Friday. (Fatḥ-ul-Bārī, vol. 9, pp. 231, Taḥt Al-Ḥadīš 4606)
Guidance for those working in Arab
Question 1: If the inhabitants of Makka-tul-Mukarramaĥ or those
working over there go to ‘Ṭāif’, is it necessary for them to put on the
Iḥrām for Hajj or ‘Umraĥ on return