Tawaaf of Quadoom (arrival)


Innovations of Visiting Bait-ul-Maqadis


167. Visiting Bait ul-Maqdis along with Hajj and their saying: May Allah make your Hajj holy.

168. Making Tawaaf of the Dome of the Rock like Tawaaf of the Ka'bah.

169. Venerating the Rock with any form of veneration - like touching it or kissing it, or leading sheep to it to slaughter them there - and visiting it on the night of `Arafah, and building upon it, etc.

170. Their claim that there is in the rock the Prophet's fooprint, and the trace of his `imaamah (turban) and some of them think that it is the footprint of the Lord.

171. Visiting the place which they claim is the cradle of Isa - peace be upon him.

172. They claim that the Siraat (Bridge) and the Scales (meezan) are there, and that the wall that will be placed between the people of Pradise and the people of the Fire is the wall built to the east of the mosque.

173. Venerating the rock where al-Buraaq is alleged to have been tethered or its place.

174. Praying by the grave of Ibrahim - peace be upon him.

175. Gathering in Masjid ul Aqsa at the time of Hajj to sing and play the 'Daff' (an instrument made of a small circle of wood with a skin stretched over one side).

and this is all that I have been able to gather from innovations of Hajj and visiting. I ask Allaah the Blessed and Most High to make it an aid to the Muslims in giving preference to and following the example of the best of the Messengers and accepting his guidance.