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1.
Abstaining from travel in the month of Safar, and abstaining from
beginning any action such as marriage or building in it.
2.
Abstaining from travel in the second half of the month or because
the moon is positioned in the constellation of the Scorpion.
3.
Abstaining from cleaning the house and sweeping it because a
traveler is about to leave.
4.
Praying two Ra`kahs when leaving for Hajj - reciting in the first
Surat-ul-Kafirun and in the second Surat-ul-Ikhlas, then after
finishing saying : "O Allah I have gone out for You and am
heading towards You..." then reciting Ayat-ul-Kursi and
Surat-ul-Ikhlas, and the Last two Surahs - and other things which
occur in certain Fiqh books.
5.
Praying four Ra`kahs before leaving.
6.
Reciting by the one intending Hajj of the end of Surah Al Imran,
Ayat ul Kursi, Surat uz-Zilzal a and Surat ul-Fatihah -when leaving
the house - claiming that thus will all his problems of this world
and the next solved.
7.
Making Dhikr and Takbir loudly upon the leaving or arrival of the
pilgrims.
8.
Giving Adhan upon departure of the pilgrims.
9.
Some nations seeing off the pilgrims accompanied by music!
10.
Traveling alone 'taking only Allah as companion' as some of the
Sufis claim!
11.
Traveling without provisions claiming that is Tawakkul (depending
upon Allah)!
12.
Traveling in order to visit the graves of the Prophets and pious
people.
13.
A man making agreement with a married woman who is about to make
Hajj and has no mahram, that he will be for her as a mahram.
14.
A woman taking a non-related man as her brother so that he can be a
mahram for her - and then treating him as a mahram.
15.
A woman traveling together with a group of trustworthy women - as
they claim - without a mahram - and similarly traveling along with
a man who is a mahram for one them - claming that he is mahram for
all of them!
16.
Taking a tax from the pilgrims intending to perform the obligatory
duty of Hajj.
17.
The traveler's praying two Ra`kahs every time he makes a halt and
saying "O Allah make my stop a blessed stop and You are the
best of hosts."
18.
The traveler's reciting every time he makes a stop Surat ul-Ikhlas
ten times, and Ayat ul-Kursi and the Ayah "WA MA QADAROOLLAHA
HAQQA QADRIHI" once.
19.
Eating onions from every land which he enters.
20.
Going to a particular place intending good thereby and while not
being recommended by the Shari`ah, such as those places about which
it is said: "In it is remnant of the Prophet", as is said
about the Dome of the Rock, and Mosque of the Footprint towards
Damascus, and the tombs of the Prophets and pious.
21.
Unsheathing of weapons upon reaching Tabuk.
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