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Beyond Rituals: The Ultimate Goals and Intents of Hajj – III
Submitting to Allah: Going all the Way A Muslim is, by definition, one that honors the Religion of Allah and places it before anything else. He or she never allows contradicting human's views to take precedence over Allah's Commands. A Muslim sees the Sharee'ah (Islamic Law) as infallible; accepts and submits to all of its dictations even when it is.. More -
Beyond Rituals: The Ultimate Goals and Intents of Hajj – II
Emigrating to Allah One may look at Hajj as a physical-spiritual journey to Allah, because in essence, a pilgrim parts with his loved ones, wealth and work and heads to the Sacred Places hoping for Allah's reward and forgiveness. Hajj is also a way of commitment in which one demonstrates his/her determination to freeing one's self from wrong and bad,.. More -
Beyond Rituals: The Ultimate Goals and Intents of Hajj – I
Allah Almighty Says in the Noble Quran (what means): {And proclaim to the people Hajj [the pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass. That they may witness benefits for themselves and mention the Name of Allah on known days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. So.. More -
Hajj: Ancient Journey in Modern Times
As the fifth pillar of Islam, Hajj is a must for those faithful who are physically and financially able to make the journey. Over the years, the numerical rise of the pilgrims has been phenomenal. From the hundred thousand plus who performed Hajj with the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, in 10 A. H., we have some 2.5 million doing so today every.. More -
Reminiscing Hajj
Just a single thought about the Hajj causes me to lower my head and tears fill my eyes. I try to talk about it, but my throat chokes-up and I feel my heart soften inside my chest. I have been blessed to attend the Hajj three times now in my lifetime, but I still desire a fourth. My memories take me back there again. Allahu Akbar! I can still hear the.. More -
Hajj: A Message to Mankind
This is the season of the greatest of spiritual journeys, held dear in the heart of every Muslim. For five thousand years and more, Hajj has lived on as the grand meeting of man's most intense and sustained remembrance of his Lord. For more than 1400 years, since the last days of the Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, each year it has.. More -
Softness of the Heart
The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, had a very soft heart. He treated people gently. His wives, may Allah be pleased with them, said that they could not recall an incident where he, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, scolded them harshly or hit them. He, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, was known for his gentleness. Allah confirmed that this quality.. More -
The Prophet’s Treatment of the People During Hajj
The manner in which the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, treated his people during the Hajj is indeed astonishingly magnanimous. He, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, educated and led the masses simultaneously. It is needless to say that his deeds always measured up to his teachings. Every thing he, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, did was an indication.. More -
Mistakes in the Intention for Hajj
Some people change the intention after starting the rituals ofHajjor‘Umrah. If the pilgrim intends to performHajjon behalf of himself, he will not be permitted to change his intention afterwards, like intending to performHajjon behalf of his father or mother. Some pilgrims start theHajjrituals and then abandon it without completing.. More -
Mistakes in Ihram
Worshipping Allah The Almighty alone is the purpose of our existence and the sole means of attaining happiness and felicity in the two worlds. The more efforts the slave exerts in worshipping Allah The Almighty and the more perfectly he fulfills his acts of worship, the closer he gets to Allah The Almighty. As a result, Allah The Almighty will love.. More -
The Farewell Hajj: Discussing Human Rights - III
… Continued The Prophet,sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did not leave out women in his farewell speech; hesaid:“Fear Allah in your dealings with women, for they are entrusted to you.”[Muslim] This shows how Islam honoured the woman as a mother, wife and daughter, taking care of her from her birth until her death. Moreover,.. More -
The Farewell Hajj: Discussing Human Rights - II
… Continued Today’s civilization, more accurately the shockingly materialistic modern civilisation, propagates its own set of principles regarding human rights. It is a fact that these rights are weak, deficient and geared only towards greed, even at the expense of religion and morals. Moreover, these rights are not underpinned by faith,.. More -
The Farewell Hajj: Discussing Human Rights – I
On his last (farewell)Hajj, a year before his death, the Prophet,sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,delivered a beautiful, poignantKhutbah(sermon). The principles and ideals mentioned in theKhutbahwere not empty slogans but the same principles that he had propagated from the dawn of Islam, when he was vulnerable, oppressed and with few followers. These.. More -
Towards the Ancient House
Shaykh ‘Uthmaan Daabu, may Allah have mercy upon him, comes from the Republic of Gambia in the far west of Africa. He lived to be over eighty years of age. I visited him before his death in his modest house in his small village near the city of Banjol. He spoke to me about his long journey fifty years ago to the Ancient House (i.e., the Ka'bah).. More -
What Is After Hajj?
All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon His honest Messenger. The season of Hajj is a noble season. People during this season are either a pilgrim performing Hajj or one who is not. The pilgrim witnessed the holy sites; he stood at ‘Arafah supplicating Allah Almighty and humbling himself, returned to.. More
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