Sayyid Hassan Al-Qazwini

"Prayer, Wudhu, and Ayat" - Learn how to do every step of ablution (wudhu) and prayer exactly how it should be done. Without doing this properly, the hajj will not be correct. Also, how to perform the manditory Prayer of Signs (salat al-ayat) upon the occurance of eclipses and earthquakes.

"Omra and Women Issues" - What are the rulings about doing an extra Omra while you are in Mecca? Also, how should women adjust their hajj rituals if their monthly cycle occurs during the hajj?

"Completing the Hajj" - First, we recap all hajj rituals. Then we talk about the second and third days of hajj. In these days, there are stoning of the devil and the stay in Mina. Finally, you complete the hajj with the tawaf and sa'ee, and finally the tawaf al-nisaa *important*. There is a brief hajj video at the end of the lecture.

"Day of Eid and Mina" - Starting from the day of Eid, you will continue with stoning of the devils (pillars), the sacrifice, and shaving of the head. Then you will start the stay in Mina for a period of time.

"Arafat, Muzdalifa, and Stoning" - After completing the Omrat Al-Tamattu', you now start the journey through the rituals for Hajj Al-Tamattu'. After putting on the ihram once again, you start on the mountain side of Arafat for the first day, spend the first night in Muzdalifa, and then the second morning move towards Mina for stoning the devil for the first time.

"Tawaf and Sa'ee" - Now you start with Haj Al-Tamattu' by doing Tawaf and Sa'ee inside the Holy Mosqu (Masjid Al-Haram) in Mecca. There are very important rules about how these acts are done. If not done correctly, your Hajj might be invalid. 

"Rules of the ihram" - After putting on the irham 25 things become forbidden for you. He also introduces the Holy Mosque in Mecca (Masjid Al-Haram) *important*

"Beginning the Hajj" - After visiting Madina, the Hajj begins with the wearing of the Ihram (Hajj uniform) and travelling to Mecca to being the Hajj. This sessions talks about how the ihram should be worn, what is forbidden while wearing the ihram, and making the proper intention for starting the Hajj *very important*.

"Prophet's Mosque in Madina" - While in Madina, you will visit the second holiest site in Islam, the Grave of the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) in the Prophet's Mosque. Right next to that, you will also visit the graveyard of Baqee', where we have four of our holy Imams burried along with the wives and companions of the Prophet.

"Conditions and Journey" - What are the conditions that makes a the Hajj Pilgrimage manditory on a Muslim? (1) Age of puberty  (2) Sanity  (3) Freedom from slavery  (4) The Capability. Then the Sayyid begins on the introduciton of the actual form of the Hajj rituals, starting with info about the journey.