among all places and made it sacred from the day He created the
heavens and the earth.
Allaah commanded Prophet Ibraaheem tobuild the first House on earth
for Allaah to be worshipped in at this spot and sent down the Black
Stone from Paradise as a manifest sign of the sanctity of His Sacred
House.
In Makkah springs the finest water on the surface of the earth, the
water of Zamzam, which is food that suffices the hungry and a cure for
thesick. It is the water with which the chest and heart of the chosen
Prophet Muhammad was cleansed in order to prepare him for his mission.
Allaah has made Makkah eternally sacred and secure; He says (what
means): "Have they not seen that We made [Mak k ah] a safe sanctuary,
while people are beingtaken away (i.e. killed and taken captive) all
around them?" [Quran 29:67]
Allaah has sent down blessings and mercy upon Makkah, the likes
ofwhich have not been bestowed upon any other place or person on
earth.
In order to make the matter clear, lest people confuse what is
virtuous with what is not and what is sacred with what is not, the
Lord sent down the angel Jibreel (Gabriel) to point out the boundaries
of the Sacred City , and Prophet Ibraaheem placed signs marking its
boundaries. Furthermore,Allaah commanded His messenger, Muhammad to
rebuild the structure of the House. This, indeed, is a clear sign and
evidence manifesting the sanctity and holiness of this Secure City .
It was with the commandof Allaah that Prophet Ibraaheem proclaimed to
the peoplethe Hajj (pilgrimage) and Allaah took it upon Himself to
convey the sound of the call all around the world. Thereafter, the
caravan of the honourable prophets, the righteous and those who
followed them began to respond and come forth to the Sacred City .
Prophet Moosaa (Moses) the one who was honoured by the miracle of
Allaah speaking to him, came forth, as came Prophet Yoonus (Jonah) the
one who was swallowed by the whale, as well as amultitude of other
prophets.
Makkah is the land wherethe Prophet Muhammad was born and where his
prophethood commenced. It is where he first received revelation; on
the peak of one of its lofty mountains lies the famous Cave Hiraa' in
which the Qur'aan was revealed to him .
The honouring and sanctity of Makkah continued with the prophethood of
Muhammad and he conveyed to us that the Ka'bah was to be the direction
which the Muslims should face during their prayers, and that a single
prayer in the Sacred Mosque was to be equivalent to a hundred thousand
in anyother mosque.
He guided the people to know that shedding blood (i.e., killing) in
Makkah is prohibited as is felling trees and hunting, and that
pickingup lost items from its streets is prohibited, unless certain
strict conditions are fulfilled.
The last and final Prophet openly announced his love of Makkah and its
lofty status in the sight ofAllaah when he said, addressing it: "I
swear by Allaah! You are the best of the lands of Allaah and you are
the most beloved land to Allaah." [At-Tirmithi & Ahmad]
How could we not glorifyMakkah when it is a land that Allaah Almighty
has designated and singled out with the qualities of sanctity and of
being glorified magnificently? How could we not glorifyit when Allaah
has made it sacred, magnified the reward of performing good deeds in
it, and has made its mention eternal by mentioning it in the Qur'aan?
Allaah says: (what means): "That [has been commanded], and whoever
honours the sacred ordinances ofAllaah — it is best for him in the
sight of his Lord" [Quran 22:30]
Allaah also says (what means): "That [is so]. And whoever honours the
symbols [i.e. rites] of Allaah - indeed, it is from the piety of
hearts" [Quran 22: 32]
The sacred ordinances and symbols (rites) of Allaah refers to the
Sacred City , the Sacred House of Allaah, and sacred places within
them, and it is due to their special qualities that Allaah has
distinguished them from all other cities and lands.
Honouring and glorifyingthe rites of Allaah is accomplished by
respecting this city, by realising its status and virtues, and by
continually expressing gratitude upon seeing it, as well as by holding
the matter of worshipping Allaah within it in high esteem. This is so
becausethe first House of worship ever to be built was in Makkah, and
it is towards it that the heartsof the Muslims are directed from all
places on earth. How can worship in it not then have such a high
status and value?
Allaah made the reward of performing acts of worship in it multiples
of that performed elsewhere and made the reward of a single prayerin
the sacred mosque equivalent to a hundred thousand prayers in any
other mosque. Additionally, fasting, spending in charity and all other
acts of virtue in Makkah have a much higher reward than anywhere else
in the world, higher than any other act of worship could reach in
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