| Arafah |
| This is a vast plain about 15 km to the east of Mecca. Its bounds starts from the place where the limits of the haram end. Arrival in the Plains of Arafah on 9th of Zil Hajj and halting there for some time is the foremost Hajj rite without which Hajj cannot be valid |
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| Bait-ullah |
| The house of Allah, the Holy Kaba, which was built by Prophets Abraham and Ishmael by Allah’s command |
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| Batn’urnah |
| This is also called the valley of Urna, situated in the plain of Arafah. Here the Holy Prophet delivered his farewell sermon on the occasion of the farewell hajj. |
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| Hady |
| Sacrificial offering taken along or sent by the pilgrim to Mecca |
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| Hajr Aswad |
| The scared black stone fixed about breast high in the eastern corner of the Kaba by Prophet Abraham |
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| Haram |
| This is the scared territory around the Kaba and the city of Mecca. Muslims are duty bound to keep the Haram Sacred and not to indulge in anything forbidden within its bounds |
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| Hatim |
| It is a semi-circular, north western, half built portion which was originally included in the Kaba in the time of the Prophet Abraham, but was not included when the Quraish re-built the Kaba after it was destroyed by fire. During tawaf Pilgrims have to pass around Hatim, as well keeping it inside as a scared part of Kaba. |
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| Holy Prophet’s Mosque |
| This is the great Mosque that was built at Medina after the Holy Prophet and companions migrated there. The Holy Prophet has called it “My Mosque” which he led prayers for years and he said : “One should undertake a journey only to visit three Mosques Masjid-Al-Haram at Mecca, Masjid al Aqsa at Jerusalem, and My Mosque in Medina”. |
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| Ifrad |
| Hajj without Umrah, the pilgrim performing Hajj Ifrad is termed mufrid |
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| Ihram |
| Pilgrims role consisting of two seamless, white sheets, one is wrapped around the loins and the other is thrown across the body |
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| Istilam |
| Kissing, touching, or just facing the Black Stone at the commencement of each circuit of Tawaf and at the conclusions of it |
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| Jabl’ Arafah |
| This is the hill in the Plains of Arafah |
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| Jabl Quzah |
| Is a hill near Mash’ar al-Haram in Muzdalifah |
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| Jabal Rahmah |
| Is a Sacred hill in the middle of the Plains of Arafah |
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| Jamrahs |
| Are the three stones pillars at which pebbles are cast at, situated at some distance in Mina. They are called: Jamra Al-Ula, Jamra Al-Wusta, and Jamrah Al-Aqabah |
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| Jufah |
| Is the miqat or boundary line |
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| Khaif Mosque |
| Is situated in Mina, where pilgrims offer their Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Esha prayers before leaving for Arafah on the 9th of Zil hajj |
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| Maqam Ibrahim |
| Situated at the north east of the Kaba, a little away from its door, stands a structure which contains a Sacred stone bearing the impression of the footmarks of Prophet Ibrahim. This is one of the great signs of Allah 2:125
The pilgrim after completing two circuits of tawaf, offer two rakat prayers near it |
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| Mash’ar Al-Haram |
| Is an elevated place in the plain of Muzdalifah, which is enclosed in a boundary, The Holy Prophet is said to have ascended this mount and glorified Allah and prayed. |
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| Mina |
| Is a plain within the bounds of the Haram of Mecca. Pilgrims pass the night between 8th and the 9th of Zil Hajj here and then proceed to Arafah after sunrise on the 9th of Zil Hajj |
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| Muhassar |
| Is a valley between Muzdlaifah and Mina where Abraha and his hosts who came to destroy the Kaba, they themselves were destroyed by birds who threw small pebbles at them from their beaks and claws. |
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| Multazam |
| Is a part if the Kaba wall about six feet in length, between the door and the Black Stone. Pilgrims are enjoined to hold and cling to it, pressing their chests and cheeks against it, and pray humbly for the acceptance of their prayers |
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| Muzdalifah |
| Is a place midway between the route from Mina to Arafah, and is called Jamme because the pilgrims gather here on the 9th Zil Hajj on their return from Arafah. It is obligatory to halt here between the break of dawn and sunrise |
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| Namirah Mosque |
| Is situated right on the meeting place of the boundaries of Haram and Arafah. On the occasion of the farewell hajj, the Holy Prophet ordered his tent to be pitched at Namirah, where now stands the Namirah Mosque |
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| Qiran |
| A superior kind of Hajj in which the pilgrim called Qarin enters Ihram with the intention of performing both Umrah and Hajj once after the other, in the same state of Ihram. |
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| Ramal |
| Moving around the Kaba at a swift pace in the first three circuits of tawaf |
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| Rami |
| An obligatory Hajj rite of casting pebbles at the three Jamrahs |
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| Rukn Yamani |
| Is the sacred corner of the Kaba, towards the direction of Yaman. |
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| Saee |
| Is the struggle between Safa and Marwa, which must be done after a tawaf |
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| Safa |
| Is a hill to the south east of the Kaba, which is now leveled down and remains only a symbol, opposite to it, to the north east of the Kaba is the hill of Marwa. |
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| Shawt |
| The completion of one tawaf. Starts at the Sacred Black Stone and ends there |
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| Halaq |
| Shaving the head after completion of the Hajj rites |
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| Talbiyya |
| To pronounce the prescribed words frequently and repeatedly from the time the pilgrim enters Ihram until the casting of the pebbles at Jamrah.
Labbbaik Allahuma Labbaik
Labbaik La Shareeka Laka Labbaik
Innal Hamda Wan-ni Mata Laka wal Mulk
La Shareeka Laq |
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| Tamattu |
| A kind of Hajj in which the pilgrim called Mutamatti, performs Umrah and Hajj in a separate Ihram |
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| Tanim |
| Is a place in Hill (outside the Haram of Mecca but within the bounds of Miqats) situated at a convenient distance |
