This is how to perform hajj: 1. The pilgrim should enter ihram on the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah; 2. Then he should go to Mina and stay there overnight; 3. When the sun rises on the ninth day he should proceed to `Arafah; 4. When the sun sets, he should proceed to Muzdalifah; 5. Then he should move on to Mina to stone Jamrat al-‘Aqabah; 6. Then he should slaughter the hadiy; 7. Then he should shave his head if he is male; women should cut their hair but not shave it; 8. Then he should go to Makkah and perform the tawaf of Hajj; 9. Then he should go back to Mina and stone the three Jamarat (stone pillars); 10. When he has finished stoning the pillars on the twelfth of Dhu’l-Hijjah, if he wishes he may hasten and leave Mina; 11. Once those days are over and the pilgrim wants to leave, he must not leave until he has performed the farewell tawaf, going around the Ka`bah seven times.

What is meant by “Hajj is ‘Arafah” is that in Hajj it is essential to stand in ‘Arafah. Whoever does not stand in ‘Arafah has missed out on Hajj.