Book Name:Hajj Kay Fazail or Is Kay Ahkamaat
who is given the opportunity to go on this blessed journey, he should show utmost reverence for it. One should not consider it to be a mere outing like other worldly journeys by wasting its precious moments, rather, one should understand its greatness and importance.
When we are honoured to travel on this blessed journey, we ought to maintain respect and take special care not to perform any such action which causes the entire journey to become wasted. Some foolish people do not avoid joking and amusement even at such sacred places, and they remain engaged in worldly speech and are seen to violate their sanctity. There is no telling of how many people’s Hajj and Umrah are ruined due to the actions of such people, and how their passion and fervour is affected. In order to learn about the greatness and loftiness of this journey, learn about the custom of the Awliya and pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمَ الـلّٰـه, and how the other visitors would benefit from their blessings and how their Hajj would be accepted by means of them.
Dear Islamic brothers! If only we are granted those blessed moments in our lives where we are granted the opportunity to visit Makkah Mu’azzamah, and alongside witnessing the beautiful scenes of visiting and making Tawaf of the Ka’bah, we are granted the honour of visiting the sacred places there. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, Makkah Mukarramah is such a blessed and great city that every Muslim has a desire and longing to visit it. Let us hear some virtues of this sacred city in light of the blessed Hadith:
Virtue of being patient upon the heat of Makkah
Sayyiduna Anas Bin Malik رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Whosoever has patience for one hour upon the heat of Makkah, Hell will be moved from him by a distance of 100 years.’ (Akhbar Makkah lil Fakhi, vol. 2, pp. 310-311, Ahadith 1565-1566)