The Right Way to Perform Hajj and Umrah By Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir ad-Dīn al-Albānī

 Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir ad-Dīn al-Albānī Said:

I was motivated by the desire to make knowledge easily accessible to the public to simplify the rituals of Ḥajj based on my original book: “The Ḥajj of the Prophet as narrated by Jabir.” Following the same approach, I adopted in my epistle: “Description of the Prophet’s Prayer Abridged.” However, I have here included many important additions providing a supplementary elaboration of the rituals that were not provided in the book: “The Ḥajj of the Prophet” referred to above.

 Moreover, I paid special attention to referencing these additions and other citations I have provided herein, consistent with the same approach I used in my other books. Furthermore, I briefly classified the Ḥadīths and traced them back to their sources, often referring to my other – published or unpublished – books.

 As for the Ḥadīths, I cited in the book: “The Ḥajj of the Prophet,” I had not referenced them, supposing that it is easy for [my dear] readers to investigate the authenticity of any of them; however, I always refer to this book here as ‘The Original’. Targeting a more inclusive reading experience, I quoted from the ‘original’ book, in brief, Bid`ahs (innovations in religion) related to Ḥajj and visiting Madinah.