Virtues and Excellence of Hajj and the Blessed Pilgrims

The most beloved and blessed Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) has said:

» Perform Hajj and you will become wealthy. [Musannaf Abd ar-Razzaq, Vol. 5, Page 11, Hadith 8819]

» Paradise is the reward for Hajj al-Mabroor. [Bayhaqi, Shu’ab al-Iman, Vol. 3, Page 479, Hadith 4119]

» He who intends to perform hajj should hasten to do so. [Sunan Daarimi, Vol. 2, Page 1121, Hadith 1825]

» Performing Rami of Jamarat will be a Nur for you on the Day of Judgement. [At-Targhib Wat-Tarhib, Vol. 2, Page 134, Hadith 3]

» There is one virtue for every hair when the head is shaved, and one sin is removed. [At-Targhib Wat-Tarhib, Vol. 2, Page 135, Hadith 3]

» The Haji is forgiven and the one for whom the Haji asks forgiveness is also forgiven. [Majma' al-Zawa'id, Vol. 3, Page 483, Hadith 5827]

» Arafah is the day when whoever keeps his ear, eye and tongue in control, will be forgiven. [Shu’ab al-Iman, Vol. 3, Page 461, Hadith 4071]

» Whilst shaving the head the hair falling on the ground will become a Nur for you on the Day of Judgement. [At-Targhib Wat-Tarhib, Vol. 2, Page 135, Hadith 3]

» The Haji will intercede for his 400 family members and will be as free from sins as he was on the day he was born. [Musand al-Bazzar, Vol. 8, Page 169, Hadith 3196]

» Keep on doing Hajj and Umrah for they eliminate poverty and sin just as the bellows eliminate impurities from iron, gold and silver. [Jami Tirmidhi, Vol. 2, Page 167, Hadith 810]

» Allah does not free His so many slaves from Hell on any other day as He does on the day of Arafah, and shows to angels that He is proud of them. [Sahih Muslim, Page 703, Hadith 1348]

» When a Muslim recites Labbayk, each and every stone, tree and clod up to the edge of the earth towards his right and left, all recite Labbayk. [Tirmidhi, Vol. 2, Page 226, Hadith 829]

» The one on whose behalf Hajj is performed will be given the reward of one Hajj but the performer of this Hajj will be given the reward of ten Hajj. [Daraqutni, Vol. 2, Page 329, Hadith 2587]

» Spending during Hajj is akin to spending in the cause of Allah, and every dirham thus spent will be rewarded seven hundred times over. [Musnad Imam Ahmad, Vol. 38, Page 106, Hadith 23000]

» Pilgrims on Hajj and Umrah are the guests of Allah. If they supplicate Him, He answers their prayers and if they ask Him for forgiveness, He forgives them. [Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 2, Page 966, Hadith 2892]

» The best day of Arafah 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. [Fath al-Bari, Vol. 9, Page 231, Hadith 4606]

» Allah Almighty praises the acts of the pilgrims standing at Arafat at sunset and tells the Angels, Look at My servants who came to Me, all disheveled and covered with dust. [Musnad Imam Ahmad, Vol. 13, Page 415, Hadith 8047]

» When the reciter of Labbayk recites it, he is given a piece of good news. It was asked, ‘Ya Rasulallah! Is he given the good news of being blessed with Paradise?’ He  replied, ‘Yes.’ [Al-Mu’jam al-Awsat, Vol. 5, Page 410, Hadith 7779]

» Satan was not seen as belittled, disgraced, humiliated and infuriated on any other day as was seen on the day of Arafah because this day Satan sees mercy being descended and major sins of people being forgiven by Allah. [Muwatta Imam Malik, Vol. 1, Page 386, Hadith 982]

» Whoever performs Hajj (pilgrimage) and does not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor commits sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, Page 133, Hadith 1521]