Sura al-Hajj

Sura al-Hajj (audio)

Sūra al-Ḥajj (Arabic: سورة الحَجّ) is the twenty second sura of the Qur'an. It is a Madani sura located in juz' seventeen. This sura is named "Hajj" due to mentioning some rulings and issues about hajj in verses twenty five to thirty seven and also the announcement of the public order for hajj. This sura includes some rules of jurisprudence about hajj such as its obligation, rules of sacrifice, the permissibility of eating animals' meat, the obligation of tawaf of the Ka'ba in hajj, etc. It is transmitted that for the recitation of this sura, rewards are given the same as the rewards of a person who performs hajj and Umra.

This Surah hajj is recited by Abdul Basit, Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi, Abu Bakr al-Shatri and Saad al-Ghamdi, in their beautiful voices.