journey, then she should travel while paying gratitude over her fortune, remembering her sins and trembling with the fear of Allah Almighty with the hope that we will go to the sacred lands of Haramayn Tayyibayn and attain the mercies that are being showered there at all times, get our sins forgiven and revive our blackened hearts.

Remember! When we will travel with these righteous intentions and repent over our sins while being remorseful over them at every sacred place, then our sins will definitely be forgiven with the mercy of Allah Almighty. Alas! A large number of people nowadays consider this sacred journey to be like any other ordinary journey. Looking at them gives you the impression as if they have مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ come there to enjoy a picnic. They mess around as usual, create usual noise and keep joking around and laughing uncontrollably. What should actually happen is that the fortunate one who gets this opportunity should consider this to be a sacred privilege for herself and revere it immensely while understanding its purpose. While mentioning the greatness and importance of this journey, A’la Hadrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه says:

ہاں ہاں رہِ مدینہ ہے غافل ذَرا تو جاگ

او پاؤں رکھنے والے یہ جا چشم و سَر کی ہے

(Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, p. 218)

Dear Islamic sisters! We should also ensure that whenever we are blessed with the privilege of embarking on this blessed journey, then keep in mind while revering the journey lest we commit any such action which becomes a means of the whole journey to go in vain. Some foolish people do not refrain from joking around even at these sacred places and are seen ruining its sanctity while remaining engaged in useless conversations. Some people use their mobile phones unnecessarily even there. Some foolish people waste their precious time by taking their own selfies at these sacred places and become a means of concern for other people too. Who knows that how