FIRST REMINDER. Yaumul Ahad, 16th day of Zul-Qa'âdah (Sunday, 29th July). HOW TO PERFORM HAJJ (PILGRIMAGE TO MACCA). BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem. One of the Learned Imams of IslamQA UK, wrote a long article about Hajj with little editing to my taste as follows; Hajj is one of the best acts of worship. It is one of the pillars of Islam with which ALLAAH sent Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and without which a person’s religious commitment is incomplete.  Worship cannot bring a person closer to ALLAAH and cannot be accepted unless it meets two conditions:  1. Sincerity towards ALLAAH alone, i.e., it is done to seek the Countenance of ALLAAH and the Hereafter, and is not done to show off, to enhance one’s reputation or for worldly gain as many does nowadays unfortunately.  2. Following the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of ALLAAH be upon him) can only be achieving by knowing his Sunnah.  Hence the one who wants to worship ALLAAH by doing any act of worship such as Hajj or anything else has to learn the teachings of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concerning it, so that his actions will be in accordance with the Sunnah or as the Prophet did it.  In the coming Reminders, we will aim to learn the description and different types of Hajj as narrated in the Sunnah. Whoever is participating this year in particular must ensure they study the proper or sunnah way of performing the HAJJ. Hajj is very expensive nowadays as such don't waste your money if you are not willing to know exactly why you are participating and how to perform it. To be continued in Shaa ALLAH. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge. Aameen.