Book Name:Makkah Mukarrama Ki Shan-o-Azmat
1. Whosoever performs the rounds of a Tawaf and keeps count of them and then offers 2 Nafl prayers, this will be equivalent to freeing 1 slave. Moreover, 10 virtues are written for his every step taken whilst performing Tawaf, 10 sins are removed and his ranks are elevated 10 times. (Musnad Imam Ahmed, vol. 2, pp. 202, Hadees 4462)
2. Whosoever performs the 7 rounds of Tawaf of the Ka’bah and does not partake in any indecent talk, then this will be equivalent to freeing 1 slave. (Mu’jam Kabeer, vol. 20, pp. 360, Hadees 845)
3. Whosoever performs Tawaf of the Ka’bah 50 times, he will be free of sins like the day he was given birth by his mother. (Tirmizi, pp. 1733, Hadees 866)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
4. The well of Zam Zam is also located here.
Blessings of the water of Zam Zam
Whilst narrating the blessings of
the water of Zam Zam, the Holy Prophet
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ
وَسَلَّم stated: “The water of Zam Zam is for that
very purpose that it is drunk for. If you drink it for the purpose of cure,
then Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) will grant you cure, if you drink it for the purpose of
protection, Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) will grant you protection, if you drink it for the purpose of
quenching your thirst, Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) will quench your thirst.” Those who narrated this Hadees state
that whenever Hazrat Sayyiduna Ibn-e-Abbas رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُمَا would
drink the water of Zam Zam, he would recite this Du’a:
اَللّٰھُمَّ اَسْأَلُکَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَّرِزْقًا وَّاسِعًا وَّشِفَاءً مِّنْ کُلِّ دَاءٍ
Translation: O Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ)! I ask You for beneficial knowledge, increased sustenance and cure from every illness. (Mustadrak, vol. 2, pp. 132, Raqm 1782)
5. Hajar-e-Aswad (The Black Stone) and Maqam-e-Ibrahim are also in the sacred city of Makkah.