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Many Muslims travel annually to perform one of the great obligations in Islam, that is Pilgrimage [الحج].

▪️It is a personal obligation upon every Muslim to perform pilgrimage if one is free, pubescent, sane, and able to do so.

▪️And for one’s Pilgrimage to be accepted and rewarded, one must perform it the way Allah ordered by fulfilling the integrals and conditions and avoiding its invalidators.

👉 So one must learn these matters before performing Pilgrimage so that one does not fall in what is unlawful or invalid and miss out on rewards.
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There are six (6) integrals which one must perform for the Pilgrimage to be valid.

1⃣ The first of these integrals is [الإحرام] that is for one to say in his heart for example “I intend to perform حج (pilgrimage) and I make إحرام for the sake of Allah.” This intention is not valid unless it was during the months of حج (pilgrimage) as Allah said
{الحجُّ أشهرٌ معلومات}
These months are Shawwal, Dhul-Qa^dah, and the first ten nights of Dhil-Hijjah.

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2⃣ The second integral is for one to be in the area of ^Arafah [ عرفة] for at least a moment between Dhuhr [ظهر] time of the ninth of Dhil-Hijjah and the dawn time of the tenth of Dhil-Hijjah.
It is valid for one to be there even if one was asleep or passing through it without staying there.

3⃣ The third integral is to make [طواف] that is to circulate around the Ka^bah [الكعبة] seven times starting from the black stone with the left shoulder towards the Ka^bah الكعبة.
One must do so having purification and covering the unlawful nakedness. This is so because the
circumambulation [طواف] is like the prayer as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم mentioned, however it is permissible to talk while in circumambulation طواف.

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4) The fourth integral is to make (Sa^i)سعي between mount الصفا and mount المروة seven times starting with الصفا.
This Sa^i [سعي] has to be after one has performed a circumambulation [طواف] – (it could be even after the recommended arrival circumambulation طواف), and it has to be in the path that was specified by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم .

📌 Note:
By consensus it is not valid for one to make Sa^i السعي in the new addition which is outside the original specified pathway. So for Sa^i [السعي] to be valid, it needs to be in the old pathway whether in the upper floors or the lower ones.

5) The fifth integral is to shave the head or cut the hair.
Shaving the head is better for men; however women are not allowed to shave the head rather they cut their hair. This shaving or cutting is not allowed before the second half of the night preceding the day of ^Eid.

6) And the sixth integral is to maintain order in most of the integrals – because the intention [إحرام] has to be done first, and the circumambulation [طواف] as well as the cutting or shaving has to be after being at ^Arafah.