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Bismillah-hi-Al-Rahman-Al-Raheem
Nahmaduhu Wanusale Alaa Rasulihil Kareem
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
We praise Him and solicit blessings for His noble Messenger. Hundreds
of Ulama have written a large number of books on the precepts of Hajj
in different languages at different times. Some of them are very detailed
while some are brief. The Purpose of this small treatise is only to give
an account of the necessary dictates for Hajj in easy language with easy
classification. These dictates have been derived from the same detailed
books to which necessary reference have mostly been made. In edition to
the generally referred books on 'Hadith' and 'Fiqh' , the sources of this
treatise are as follows :-
1. Manasik by Mulla 'Ali Qari.
2. Ghunyat-un-Nasik.
3. Zubdat-ul-Manasik by Hazrat Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi (along
with its annotation by Haji Sher Mohammed Mohajir Madani). Most of the
dictates have been derived from this very book. As a matter of fact the
real service in this respect has been rendred by these very 'Ulama'. My
contribution therein rests only on facilitation and classification composed
in 10 days of the month of Shawwal, 1387 A.H. This is in compliance with
the orders of some of my elders through whose blessings it is not improbable
to hope that Allah may approve my petty contribution as well.
Muhammad Shafi
(May Allah forgive him)
17th Shawwal, 1387 A.H.
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