Hajj is a heritage of the Holy Prophet and Prophet Abraham. Like other Islamic religious acts of worship, Hajj has its own rituals and rules that need to be followed and observed. To understand these rituals and rules one should have an account of the wisdom underlying this very important act of worship in advance. This book seeks to give such an account of Hajj according to Prophetic traditions and Quranic verses. It is composed of four parts including rituals of Hajj, monuments of Hajj, pilgrimage, aspects of Hajj.

Abdollah Javadi-Amoli is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He is a conservative Iranian politician and one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the Hawza in Qom. The official website for his scientific foundation, Isra, describes him as a well-known, outstanding thinker in various fields of Islamic sciences and a distinguished figure in exegesis, jurisprudence, philosophy and mysticism. It is further states that his ideas and views have been reinforcing the Islamic Republic of Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and that "his strategic and enlightening guidance" has been "extremely constructive" during the past three decades.