By Ayatullah Ali Khamenei 

Types of Hajj

Hajj, performed by the mukallaf, is either for himself or on behalf of another person. The second is called Hajj al-niyabi. The first is either wajib or mustahabb. The Hajj al-wajib is either originally wajib in Islamic law, which is called 'Hajjat al-Islam', or it is accidentally wajib through a nadhr or if the Hajj had been invalidated.

For each Hajjat al-Islam and Hajj al-niyabi there are conditions, which will be mentioned in the first part within two chapters. Hajj is also divided into Hajj al-tamattu`, ifrad and qiran. The first is the duty of those whose home is located a distance of 60 farsakh (about 90 km or more) away from Mecca al-mukarramah. The second and the third are the duties of those live in Mecca or outside it within this distance.

Hajj al-tamattu` differs from the two other kinds in its manasik and practices which would be cleared up in later pages.

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