SECOND REMINDER. Yaum Ar-Raaba'a, 19th day of Zul-Qa'âdah (Wednesday, 1st August). SOME RULES FOR THOSE PERFORMING HAJJ. BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first Reminder; The following rules of Hajj apply only to men:  Men should not cover their heads with something that stays on the head. Shading their heads with umbrellas, car roofs and tents, and carrying mats etc. (on one’s head, when moving them from one place to another), is acceptable. They should not wear shirts, turbans, burnouses, pants or leather slippers, unless someone cannot find an izar (waist wrapper), in which case he may wear pants; and if he cannot find sandals he may wear shoes. It is permissible for men to wear sandals, rings, eyeglasses and hearing aids, and to wear wristwatches, or to put watches on strings around their necks, and to wear money belts. It is permissible for them to wash with unperfumed soaps, and to scratch their heads and bodies, and if any hairs fall unintentionally as a result, there is no sin on them.  The Source for these Hajj reminders since Sunday can be found in A Book entitled Manaasik al-Hajj wa’l-‘Umrah by al-Albaani [available in English as The Rites of Hajj and ‘Umrah, published by International Islamic Publishing House, Riyadh]; Sifat al-Hajj wa’l-‘Umrah and al-Manhaj li Mureed al-‘Umrah wa’l-Hajj by Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on them all). May ALLAH have mercy on us all and purify the intentions of all the hujjaaj. Aameen.