1. Rectifying one’s Aqeedah (Remember that you should save yourself from Shirk and Bid’ah and be firm on Tawheed and on Sunnah and not leave it at any cost.) (See Surah Luqman :13)
2. Learn the Hajj Procedure.
3. Repenting from one’s sins.
4. Supplicating for acceptance.
5. If there are people’s rights, then they should be fulfilled.
6. Make a bequest to the members of the family, if needed.
7. Performing Hajj, along with religious and good people.
8. Protecting the eyes and the tongue from Haram.
9. Doing every action according to the Sunnah.1
10. Making an intention to spend as much time as possible in Worship. 2
Virtues of Hajj and Umrah :
1. Umrah is expiation for sins and the reward for an accepted Hajj is Jannah.1
2. After Jihad in the way of Allaah, the best action is an accepted Hajj.2
3. The person who does Hajj becomes clean from sins like a new born.3
4. Due to continuously doing Hajj and Umrah, it leads to eradication of poverty,
distress, and forgiveness of sins. 4
5. Hajj causes the forgiveness of previous all sins.5
6. The Dua is accepted of the pilgrim.6
7. Hajj and Umrah is equivalent to Jihad for women, weak, old and the child.7
8. Doing Umrah in Ramadan is equal in reward to doing Hajj with the Prophet.8
9. If someone dies during the period of Hajj and Umrah in the state of travel, then he
gets the full reward. 9