Useful material to carry

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For performing hajj you are going to KSA for about 

20-45 days. So you need many useful things to carry with you. It is mustahab to carry surma pot, looking glass, comb,needle & thread , scissor, razor, blade, meswak & stick. You have also to take some KSA real or US$. Considering weather of KSA take necessary clothes, two pair ihram clothe, mat for salah, the holly Quran with tafsir, hajj related books, knife, soap, pen & paper, note book, glass, plate, necessary medicine, umbrella, com-pas, mouth musk etc. If you have laptop, tablet pc or ebook reader you can download tafsir-e mareful quran in English  to read in Al-Masjid Al-Haram .You can also download bangla & Urdu tafser-e mareful quran. You may have experience about useful things which may be more useful, share your experience here.

# I carried sewing needle & cotton thread with me, about 4 hajjis used these for button fixing,dress sewing who did not carry it.

# I carried 20 mini pac shampoo but I did not get chance to use it because most of the time I was bald headed due to perform umrah.

# After 1/2 days at Makkah my leg heel creaked because of low humidity, only treatment was using Vaseline but most of the hajjis in my group did not carry Vaseline but suffered with heel cracking & bought it from Makkah.

# I did not carry musk but I saw it was very useful to protect from dust during walk to & from Al-Masjid Al-Haram & also during tawaf. You may attacked by coughing for dust.

Performing umrah

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Umrah

Meaning of umrah is to visit something. It is called small hajj. Except 9 – 13th Jilhaj of Arabic calendar any one can perform umrah at any day of of the year. Any person who is going to Makkah for performing umrah must wear ihram at Miqat or before crossing Miqat near to his way to Makkah.

Miqat

For all Muslim who are coming to Makkah in intention to perform hajj or umrah five places are decided as Miqat by Rasulullah sallallahu alihe osallam. Miqat is the place where hajjis change their dress & wear ihram. At all Miqat there are mosque , all hajjis perform salah after wearing ihram at that mosque. Hajjis who are coming to Makkah by air or by sea they must wear ihram before passing Miqat. Normally it is declared by pilot or captain to wear ihram before passing Miqat. Some hajjis wear ihram before on board to plane or ship, this is better. Share your experience here about this issue.

ihram

ihram is Arabic word, it's meaning is forbid something which are halal when you are with out ihram. but when you are in ihram & you wear ihram cloth then these things are forbidden. Normally ihram is two pieces of white stitch less clothes worn by hajjis. Many things are forbidden during ihram. So many hajjis may have experience doing forbidden things wrongly or unwillingly. Share your experience for pilgrims.

Hair cut

For umrah hajjis it is necessary (wajib ) to shave head or to short hair by cutting it all over the head after completion of Sa'i. For hajjis it is necessary (wajib ) to shave head or to short hair by cutting it all over the hesd after stone through on jamaratul akaba & after performing kurbani. For female hajjis it is necessary (wajib ) to cut hair about one inch at the end of the hair. Share your experience with this issue.