Tashil al-Manasik
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Tashil al-Manasik (Facilitating the Rites of Pilgrimage) is an Islamic legal manual on the rulings and rites of the Hajj pilgrimage by the scholar Abd al-Karim bin Sunitan al-Omari .
Composition and Purpose
The author completed the treatise at the beginning of Dhu al-Qi'dah 1421 AH (February 2001 CE) in Medina, writing under the kunya Abu Wa'il . In the introduction, al-Omari notes that earlier and contemporary scholars have extensively authored dedicated treatises on the rites of pilgrimage (kutub al-manasik) to elucidate legal rulings with scriptural proofs from the Quran and the Sunnah . He composed Tashil al-Manasik as an abridged guide aimed at presenting the legal rulings of Hajj in a simplified and accessible manner, selecting material from both classical and contemporary manuals of pilgrimage law .
Structure and Content
The book is structured into a preliminary section (tamhid), ten thematic chapters (mabahith), and a concluding section (khatimah) :
- Prelude (Tamhid): The virtues of the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah .
- Chapter 1: The obligation of Hajj and the warning against negligence in performing it .
- Chapter 2: The merits and rewards of the pilgrimage .
- Chapter 3: Important notices and proper etiquette for the pilgrim .
- Chapter 4: The temporal and spatial stations of pilgrimage (al-mawaqit) .
- Chapter 5: The state of Ihram, its prohibitions, and the acts of Umrah .
- Chapter 6: The sequential acts of Hajj .
- Chapter 7: The Day of Arafat .
- Chapter 8: The rituals of the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr) .
- Chapter 9: The Days of Tashriq .
- Chapter 10: The conclusion and completion of Hajj rites .
- Conclusion (Khatimah): Visiting the city of Medina .
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