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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Hajj - The Islamic Pilgrimage Halting Places Halting Place 1: Miqat The Miqat is the place of getting into the state of Ihram in Umrah and Tamattu’. The following five places serve as Miqat: Masjid ash-Shajarah (also known as Thu’l-Hulayfah) is the Miqat for people of Medina who intend to go to Mecca. Juhafah is the Miqat for those who head for Mecca through Damascus and Egypt. Al-Aqiq is the Miqat for those who go to Mecca from Najd and Iraq.

Yalamlam is the Miqat for those who go to Mecca from Yemen. Qarn al-Manaazil is the Miqat for people who go on Hajj through Ta’if. All those who head for God’s House have to stop in the Miqat, take off their ordinary clothes, put on Ihram, and go to the Sacred Mosque while saying, ‘Labbayk’. The Miqat is a station where a pilgrim waits for permission to enter God’s House and purification from all pollutions.

Hence, performing Ghusl (ritual washing of the body) before putting on Ihram is a praiseworthy act for a pilgrim. After performing Ghusl, men wrap themselves with two pieces of unstitched white clothes instead of elegant clothes, which make people distinct from one another. They look like dead people in shroud, detached from the world and entering the realm of submission.

Here I am.” When a pilgrim gets into the state of Ihram, he enters into a sanctuary and is entitled to a special position, which he should really appreciate. For this reason, the prophets and Imams (as) looked pale, trembled, and in some cases became unconscious in the state of Ihram and in saying Labbayk. Talbiyah (saying Labbayk) is the special words pronounced by the pilgrims of God’s House. It is a song of love chanted by the bird of Paradise in response to a heavenly and invisible call.