2a. Oh Travelers to the Haram!

2a.
Neither will I mentionits rites and rulings, because you can get all
of this from books and training sessions for Hajj. Rather I want to
point out something else.
You are going to the great Court of the King of kings. When a person
is a guest of a king then he learns themanners of the court long
before he goes there. Then when he reaches there, he monitors every
deed of his making sure that it does not result in disrespect.
Oh travelers to the Haram! I wish to share with you anextremely
beneficial recipe-one that you will neither find in books nor
inlectures. I know that pilgrims are subject to numerous difficulties
and hardships. In this journey, there are many trying moments, no,
rather many trying hours and days. Sometimes there is the immigration
obstacle. There are the difficulties in finding lodging and in getting
to the Haram. There are the hardships encountered in Tawaf and Sa'ee.
But, my brothers! To achieve any big goal, you must undertake
hardships. Those who are mentally prepared for this are the successful
ones.
The recipe that I am presenting is called"tafweed", which means
entrusting your matters, i.e. entrusting your intentions and desires
to Allah. The opposite of this is "tajweez" which means relying on
your own plans and actions.
Tajweez is the root of all of our worries in our normal course of
affairs and especially during the journey to Hajj. On the other hand,
tafweed resultsin complete contentment. The person who in his
difficulties leaves matters into the hands of Allah finds that Allah
shows him ways out of his difficulties. When you reach the court of
the King, then entrust your matters to the King. If he makes you sleep
on the floor, then sleep happily onthe floor. And if he makes you sit
on the throne then sit on the throne remembering that you are in the
court of the King. He has invited you here to honor you.
Never lose sight of the trueBeloved for even a blink of the eye
Lest the king glance at you with mercy and you be unaware.
Many people return from Hajj and tell stories about the unmannerly
behavior of the people there and magnify the difficulties they
encountered there. One time I received a letterfrom an old man who
said that: while you give peoplegood tidings of Jannah, I went to Hajj
but found no trace of the fear of God in the people therein. Then the
man mentioned his difficulties in such words and talked about other
pilgrims and the Saudi people in such a way that I felt sorrow over
the way he mentioned this.
We are not going there to have a picnic. When millions of people
gather ina city of three or four hundred thousand, then due to the
crowd there willbe pushing and shoving. The paths will be narrow and
difficult. So undertake this journey as an ardent devotee. Whoever is
ardentin the love of someone finds enjoyment in the difficulties he
encounters on the way and contentment in these worries.
One time I went with my respected father Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Shafi
Rahmatullah alayhi for Umrah in Ramadan. We were sitting in the Haram
in front of the Rukn Yamani. The crowd was immense. People were
jumping our shoulders. OneSudanese man jumped my shoulder and his leg
hurt my neck. It slipped from my mouth, how rude thesepeople are! I
turned and saw that my father's face had changed color and there were
signs of anger. He stayed silent for a whileand then said: Would you
rather that these shoves strike another person who is sitting
somewhere else desperately wishing to be here and enduring them, but
could not get here? This was around 1974. Thisstatement of my father
changed my world completely. Now I wished to encounter more of
theseshoves.
Now some useful advice that Insha-Allah will be of benefit:
1. There are two types of actions during Hajj: wajibaat, obligatory
duties, which must be performed and Mustahibbat, virtuous actions that
are not required by Shariah. If you can do the Mustahibbat without
incurring sin then that is a favor of Allah, otherwise you do not need
to worry about them. For example, kissing the Black Stone has great
blessings. But ifin order to get this blessing you must push and shove
and fight or mix with women then this blessing is of no use. If you
sin in order to obtain that blessing than you have actually incurred a
loss.
2. Women coming into the rows of men disrupt boththeir salats and the
salat of their neighbors. Women should come early enough to the Haram
to pray in the women's sections. Otherwise, it is better for them to
pray in their residence.
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