Hajj Season is here ! and knowing that so many friends are going this year makes me very happy for them, for Hajj is truly once in a lifetime journey. If there is a turning point in ones life,its the Hajj. At Mecca and Medina you feel that the presence of God is so near,this is especially so during Wukuf,the highlight of Hajj. Hajj is wukuf,for if u cant be there ( arafah ) you dont get your Hajj. This rukun ( requirement which cannot be replaced ) Haji requires that you be present at this particular place during this particular time ,that is the 9th of Zulhijjah between Zohor and Asar. There are many hadiths that states that during this time that Allah swt is closest to to u and that any supplication that you make Allah will grant and fulfill.
All you see during this time is pilgrims praying,making doa,tears rolling down their cheek...it is reccommended that you stay outdoors to make your supplications,the scene is undescribable (sp),thousand and thousands of peaple in this area ( covering hills and in the desert ) in their ihram silently making doas...everyone is alone in their thoughts and yet together in this massively silent prayer to God. There is no special rites during wukuf,just be there and pray.
Later,after maghrib the pilgrims will make their way to Mina to spend part of the night there and cast stones to the devil at the place where the prophet Ibrahim ( pbuh ) was commanded by Allah swt to sacrifice his son Ishmael but was distracted by the devil at three places ( the place where the stoning takes place ). When prophet Ibrahim was about to do it ( Ishmael was replaced with a Kibas ) and thus Ibrahims ( pbuh ) faith and complete trust to Allah swt is the conerstone of our religion.
Imagine being there at the very place that these significant events took place. All the other rituals have significant meanings and was done by our beloved prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Saie is the ritual that the pilgrims will do after tawaf and this is where Hadjar ran seven times between two hills looking for water and where the spring sprouted is where the well of Zam Zam is now and the city of Mecca was born-thousands of years ago...
Allah has promised that those whose Hajj is accepted by Allah, he is lke a newborn child ( no sins what so ever ) and the reward is Jannah...
May all my friends and all my muslim brothers and sisters get Hajj Mabrurr...and may all muslims get the chance do Hajj ,as it is the last and final pillar of Islam...ameen ya rab bal alamin.
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