Ahlus Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ entitled, “Rafiq al-Haramayn”; read it yourself and gift it to those who will be performing Hajj and Umrah.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Possessing devotion is necessary for the Haji

Dear Islamic brothers, when a Haji completes the rituals of Hajj, he should travel to Madinah to visit the blessed Rawdah of the Prophet     صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, as visiting the Rawdah is close to wajib. Allamah Maulana Mufti Amjad Ali Azami رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه   states (in Bahar-e-Shari’at):

If Hajj is fard, then after performing Hajj, he should visit Madinah Tayyibah. If Madinah Tayyibah is on the route there, then going for Hajj without visiting [Madinah] is a major deprivation and hardness of the heart. He should consider this visitation to be a means of the acceptance of Hajj and blessings in the world and hereafter. If the Hajj is nafl, then he has an option to first purify himself through Hajj and then visit the resting place of the Beloved, or to visit the Beloved first and make it a means of the acceptance and illumination of his Hajj. He has the choice to undertake whatever he wishes first, but he must have a good intention; اِنَّمَا الْاَعْمَالُ بِالنِّیَّاتِ وَلِکُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَّانَویٰ, i.e., “Actions are based upon intentions, and for every person is what he intended.”

The noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Whosoever performs Hajj and visits my grave after my passing, it is as if he has visited me whilst I am alive.”^[1]  “Whosoever performs Hajj and does not visit me has wronged me.”^[2]

May Allah Almighty bring those blessed moments into our lives where we are granted the opportunity to present salaam at the resting place