Hajj is an obligation imposed by God on His servants

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, delivered a sermon to us and said: “O people, God has made Hajj obligatory upon you, so perform Hajj.” (Narrated by Muslim)

 Hajj is one of the best deeds in the sight of God Almighty

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, who said: “The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was asked: Which deeds are best? He said: Belief in God and His Messenger. It was said: Then what? He said: Jihad in the way of God. It was said: Then what? He said: An accepted Hajj.” (Agreed upon)

Hajj is one of the reasons for forgiveness of sins

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, who said: I heard the Prophet, may God bless him and

grant him peace, say: “Whoever  

performs Hajj for the sake of God and does not utter obscenities or commit sin, will return as on the day his mother bore him.” (Agreed upon)

The reward for an accepted Hajj is Paradise

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Umrah to Umrah is expiation for what comes between them, and an accepted Hajj brings no less a reward than Paradise.” (Agreed upon)

Hajj destroys what came before it

On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-Aas, may God be pleased with them both, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Do you not know that Islam destroys what came before it, that migration destroys what came before it, and that Hajj destroys what came before it?” (Narrated by Muslim)

 Continuing between Hajj and Umrah eliminates poverty and sins

On the authority of Abdullah ibn Masoud, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Perform Hajj and Umrah in succession, for they remove poverty and sins just as the bellows remove impurities from iron, gold, and silver.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban)

Umrah to Umrah is an expiation for what comes between them

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Umrah to Umrah is expiation for what comes between them.” (Agreed upon)

Stone and tree are reciting Talbiyah with the one who recites

On the authority of Sahl ibn Sa'd, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: There is no Muslim who recites the Talbiyah except that whoever is on his right or on his left, whether a stone, a tree, or a mud brick, responds to him until the earth ends here and there. (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi).

Umrah in Ramadan is equivalent to Hajj with the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to a woman from the Ansar - Ibn Abbas named her, but I forgot her name -: “What prevented you from performing Hajj with us?” She said: “We only had two camels, so her son and father performed Hajj on one camel, and he left us another camel to use to water the earth.” He said: “When Ramadan comes, perform ‘Umrah, for ‘Umrah in it is equal to Hajj.” In another narration: “For ‘Umrah in Ramadan is equal to Hajj with me.” (Agreed upon)

The corner and the station are two rubies from the rubies of Paradise

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: The Corner and the Station are two rubies from the rubies of Paradise, and if God Almighty had not obscured their light, they would have illuminated what is between the East and the West. (Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi and others)

Whoever dies performing Hajj or Umrah will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection reciting the Talbiyah

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace: A man fell from his camel, was crushed and died. He said: Wash him with water and lotus leaves, and shroud him in his two garments, but do not cover his head, for God will raise him up on the Day of Resurrection reciting the Talbiyah. (Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim).

It is a debt that must be paid by its owner

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with them both, that a woman from Juhayna came to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and said: My mother vowed to perform Hajj, but she did not perform Hajj until she died. Should I perform Hajj on her behalf? He said: Yes, perform Hajj on her behalf. Tell me, if your mother had a debt, would you pay it off on her behalf? Pay it off to God, for God is more deserving of fulfillment. (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Hajj and Umrah are women’s jihad

On the authority of Aisha, may God be pleased with her, she said: I said: O Messenger of God, is there a jihad for women? He said: Yes, there is a jihad for them in which there is no fighting: Hajj and Umrah. (Narrated by Ahmad and Ibn Majah)

It was also narrated on her authority, may God be pleased with her, that she said: O Messenger of God, we see jihad as the best deed, so should we not engage in jihad? He said: No, but the best jihad is an accepted Hajj. (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

No one neglects Hajj and Umrah when he is able to do them except someone who is deprived

On the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: God said: “If I make a servant’s body healthy and provide for him abundantly, and five years pass without him coming to Me, he is deprived.” (Narrated by Abu Ya’la and Al-Bayhaqi and mentioned by Sheikh Al-Albani in As-Silsilah As-Saheehah)

The merit/virtue of Umrah in Ramadan

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “An Umrah in Ramadan is equivalent to a Hajj with me.” (Bukhari and Muslim)