The journey of our Haji 2026 jema’ah
They left as strangers and came home as Haji and Hajjah. This is their season — their words, their faces, and the road that carried them there.
The testimonial
Our Haji 2026 jema’ah, speaking about the journey after they came home.
The gathering of thanks
Held in Singapore for our Haji 2026 jema’ah after everyone had returned safely — the first time many of them saw one another again since Makkah.
From registration to coming home
Seven stages, in the order you will live them. Select any stage to read what happens.
Registration
Your place begins here. We take you through the forms, the documents and the requirements that apply to Singapore pilgrims, and your name is entered for the season once the allocation is confirmed.
Classes
Before anyone travels, our ustaz teach the rites in full — the ihram, the tawaf, the sa’i, the wukuf and what invalidates each. You will know what you are doing and why, long before you are standing there.
Departure
The group gathers at Changi and leaves together, with an officer from our Singapore office travelling alongside you. Ihram and the intention are taken at the proper point on the way.
Madinah
Days in the city of the Prophet — the prayers at Masjid Nabawi, the visit to the Raudhah, and ziarah to the places around Madinah that our ustaz will walk you through.
Arafah
The day the Hajj turns on. Wukuf at Arafah, then Muzdalifah through the night and the days at Mina for the rites that follow. This is the part everyone remembers.
Makkah
Tawaf and sa’i at Masjidil Haram, and the remaining rites completed in order. Our ustaz stay with the group throughout, and the officer is reachable at any hour.
Singapore
Home, and the title of Haji or Hajjah. Some weeks later we hold the Majlis Kesyukuran, where the whole group gathers again to give thanks together.
Why Muslims perform Hajj
Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam. It is an obligation once in a lifetime on every Muslim who is able to undertake it — able in health and in means, with the way to Makkah safe and their dependants provided for. Those who are not able are not held to it, and the obligation waits until they are.
What follows is the textual basis Muslims return to when speaking of Hajj, quoted with its references so you can read each one in full.
Pilgrimage to this House is an obligation by Allah upon whoever is able among the people.
Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger; to offer the prayers dutifully and perfectly; to pay Zakat; to perform Hajj; and to observe fast during the month of Ramadan.
Whoever performs Hajj for Allah’s pleasure and does not have sexual relations with his wife, and does not do evil or sins, then he will return as if he were born anew.
The reward of Hajj Mabrur — the one accepted by Allah — is nothing except Paradise.
References
- Qur’an 3:97 on Quran.com
- Sahih al-Bukhari 8 on Sunnah.com
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1521 on Sunnah.com
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1773 on Sunnah.com
Conditions of obligation and the details of the rites vary between schools of jurisprudence. For a ruling on your own situation, please refer to a qualified religious authority.