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Order your Companions to raise their voices with the Talbeeyah (proclamation for Hajj or Umrah), since it is from the signs of Hajj.' No. 1500 - On the authority of Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq who said that the Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallamwas asked: 'What is the best Hajj?' He answered 'The one where you raise your voice reciting the Talbeeyah and you slaughter an animal.' No. 1621 - On the authority of Abu Huraira in a narration ascribed to the Prophet: -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam: 'A person does not ever make Talbeeyah except that he is given glad tidings, nor does a person ever say Takbeer except that he is given glad tidings.' It was asked: 'With Paradise?' He answered: 'Yes.' Mina No. 804 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas: the Messenger - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam used to visit the House (Ka'bah) every night from the nights of Mina.' S a l a f i P u b l i c a t i o n s . c o m Page 8 Tawwaaf No. 2725 - On the authority of Abdullaah bin Umar who said I heard the Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallamsaying: 'Whoever makes seven circuits of Tawwaaf around the House (Ka'bah) and prays two Rakats, it is the same as freeing a slave.' Salutation of the House - for the person not in Ihramis Two Rakah The hadith has no chain - La Asl laha No.1012 'Salutation of the House is done with Tawwaaf.' The hadith has no chain - La Asl laha Silsilah-Daeefah Shaykh Albaani said: 'I say: I do not know, neither from the sayings or actions of the Sunnah, that which attests the meaning of this hadith other than the general evidences which mention praying before sitting in the Masjid which then include the Masjid al-Haraam. The assertion that salutation of the Masjid al-Haraam is the Tawwaaf opposes the general evidence previously mentioned. So, this salutation cannot be accepted until it can be affirmed and how inconceivable is that? Especially as – due to experience - it is not possible for the person entering the Masjid al-Haraam during the days of the sacred seasons to perform the Tawwaaf every time he enters it, so praise be to Allaah Who has made the matter easy. <> Indeed what must be brought to attention here regarding this verdict is that it is for the person who is not a Muhrim. As for the person who is in Ihram then the rightful Sunnah is that he begins with the Tawwaaf and then the two Rakah after it.' The Hajj Pilgrimage is Only Made to the House of Allaah Da'eefah No. 265 MawdooFabricated 'O Abu Huraira! Teach the people the Quran and learn it, because if you died upon that, the Angels would visit your grave just as they visit the Ancient House (Ka'bah). Teach the people my Sunnah, even if they dislike it. If you would like not to stop on the bridge on the Day of Judgement, even for the blink of an eye until you enter Paradise, then do not innovate with your opinion.' MawdooFabricated S a l a f i P u b l i c a t i o n s . c o m Page 9 Silsilah-Daeefah Shaykh Albaani said: 'Ibn al-Jawzi mentions this narration in his book 'al-mawdu'aat' (The Fabricated Ahadeeth) (1/264) and he said: 'Not authentic and Abu Hammam (one of the narrators) is Muhammad bin Mujeeb. Yahya said: 'He is a liar.' Abu Haatim said: 'He is lost in hadith (i.e. rejected).' As-Sooyuti brings a similar narration but mentions the wording: 'If death comes to you and you are in this state then the Angels perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to your grave just as the believers perform Hajj to the House of Allaah, the Haraam.' As-Sooyuti remained silent about this; but I have a more severe hatred for this wording than the first - due to what it mentions about performing Hajj to a grave - as it is an innovated statement which has no origin in the Shariah'. Also, performing Hajj to a visited thing other than the House of Allaah, the Haraam, is not mentioned in the Shariah'. As for performing Hajj (Pilgrimage) to graves, then that is done by Ahl-ul-Bida' (the people of Bida') who aggrandize graves to extreme by journeying to them, spending nights there, performing Tawwaaf around them, making Dua', begging and imploring of the graves and other similar things which are all symbols of the Hajj. Some of them even authored a book entitled 'The Rites of Making Hajj to Shrines and Graves' as a refutation of what Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah mentioned in his books!! This is major misguidance and no Muslim who has smelt the fragrance of pure tawhid will doubt that this is the thing most disliked by the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-. So how can it be conceived possible that the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallammade this statement: 'the Angels would visit your grave just as they visit the Ancient House (Ka'bah).' O Allaah!