Authored by: Imran Ayub Lahori❖ Innovations in the Journey and Iḥrām
➊ Verbally articulating the niyyah (intention).
➋ Preventing young girls from performing Ḥajj.
➌ Traveling without provisions under the guise of "reliance on Allah."
➍ Women traveling without a maḥram, even with female relatives.
➎ Traveling alone claiming to love Allah (a Sufi practice).
➏ Saying Allāhu Akbar or Lā ilāha illā Allāh in place of talbiyah.
➐ Observing silence during Ḥajj without speaking at all.
➑ Wearing iḥrām before reaching the mīqāt.
❖ Innovations in Ṭawāf
➊ Saying: "Īmānan bika wa taṣdīqan bikitābik" during ṭawāf.
➋ Starting taḥiyyat al-masjid before Ṭawāf al-Qudūm.
➌ Raising hands like takbīr al-iḥrām when kissing the Black Stone.
➍ Saying: "Nawaytu bi-ṭawāfī hādhā as-sabūʿ..." with each round.
➎ Saying: "Allāhumma īmānan bika..." when kissing the Black Stone.
➏ Folding arms as in ṣalāh during ṭawāf.
➐ Performing ghusl or doing ṭawāf in the rain believing past sins are forgiven.
➑ Kissing or touching both Shāmī corners.
➒ Kissing the Rukn Yamanī.
➓ Believing one can pass in front of others praying in Masjid al-Ḥarām during ṭawāf.
⓫ Reciting Qur’an strictly during ṭawāf as a ritual.
⓬ Writing names on the pillars of the Kaʿbah.
⓭ Touching the walls of the Kaʿbah or Maqām Ibrāhīm for tabarruk.
⓮ Repeating: "Rabbi’ghfir warḥam wa-tajāwaz ‘ammā ta‘lam..." in the last four rounds.
❖ Innovations Regarding Zamzam
➊ Bathing with Zamzam water.
➋ Believing that Zamzam and Hellfire cannot exist together in one’s stomach.
➌ Pouring leftover Zamzam back into the well while making supplications like:
"Allāhumma innī as’aluka rizqan wāsi‘an..."
❖ Innovations in Saʿī
➊ Repeating saʿī unnecessarily.
➋ Skipping saʿī after Ṭawāf al-Ifāḍah in Ḥajj al-Tamattuʿ.
➌ Missing congregational prayer due to being busy in saʿī.
➍ Repeating the du‘ā "Rabbi’ghfir warḥam..." three times at each point.
➎ Performing 14 rounds — starting and ending at Ṣafā.
➏ Offering two rak‘āt after completing saʿī.
❖ Innovations at ʿArafah
➊ Considering Jabal ʿArafah the only place of standing.
➋ Departing from Minā at night to arrive early.
➌ Walking quickly on return from ʿArafah to Muzdalifah.
➍ Believing Allah descends on a mount or a burāq, shaking hands with riders and embracing walkers.
➎ Giving two sermons in the style of Jumuʿah at ʿArafah.
➏ Offering supererogatory prayers between Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr at ʿArafah.
➐ Believing that standing at ʿArafah on Friday equals 72 ḥajj.
➑ Standing at any location other than ʿArafah on the 9th.
❖ Innovations at Muzdalifah
➊ Delaying Maghrib unnecessarily after arrival.
➋ Reciting specific fabricated du‘ā upon arrival:
"Allāhumma bihaqq al-Mashʿar al-ḥarām..."
➌ Offering nawāfil between Maghrib and ʿIshā’.
❖ Innovations in Exiting Iḥrām
➊ Shaving only a quarter of the head.
➋ Saying: "Alḥamdulillāh ‘alā mā hadānā..." when shaving the head.
➌ Staying awake the entire night deliberately.
❖ Innovations in Rami (Stoning)
➊ Performing ghusl before throwing stones.
➋ Making ṭawāf around nearby masājid near the Jamarāt.
➌ Washing stones before throwing.
➍ Saying Subḥān Allāh instead of Allāhu Akbar when throwing.
➎ Throwing other items like shoes instead of stones.
❖ Miscellaneous Innovation
◈ Exiting Masjid al-Ḥarām backward after Ṭawāf al-Wadāʿ, believing it to be virtuous.
References: Manāsik al-Ḥajj wa al-ʿUmrah by al-Albānī; Muʿjam al-Bidaʿ by Rā’id b. Ṣabrī
Conclusion:
✔ All these practices are not from the Sunnah and must be avoided.
✔ Ḥajj and ʿUmrah must be performed in strict adherence to the Qur’an and authentic Sunnah.
✔ Innovations (بدعات) not only deviate from prophetic guidance but may invalidate reward.
