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Yearning For Hajj
We then move to the era of Prophet Ibrāhīm عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام. Allah commanded him by declaring, “O Ibrāhīm! Construct the Sacred House of Allah!” Prophet Ibrāhīm عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام then travelled to Makkah and built the Kaʿbah, aided by his son, Prophet IsmāꜤīl عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام. Father and son completed its construction together.
“O Ibrāhīm!”, Allah then ordered, “Make an announcement. Call people for ḥajj!” Prophet Ibrāhīm عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام asked, “O Allah! How far will my voice reach?” Allah explained, عَلَيْكَ الْاَذَانُ وَعَلَيَّ الْبَلَاغُ - “Make an announcement, and I Myself shall convey it.”
Prophet Ibrāhīm عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام then stood atop Mount Ṣafā (or Mount Abū Qubays, according to another narration) and proclaimed the talbiyyah. This made him the first person in history to recite it. After this he explained:
اِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتِ الْعَتِيقِ يَا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ
O people, Allah has certainly made the ḥajj of this Bayt al-ꜤAtīq (the Kaʿbah), obligatory upon you.
Another narration describes how he said,
لِيُثِيبَكُمْ بِهِ الْجَنَّة وَيُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنَ النَّارِ اِنَّ اللَّهَ يَدْعُوكُمْ اِلَى حَجِّ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ
“Indeed, Allah calls you to perform ḥajj of the Sacred House, so He may grant you Paradise and free you from Hellfire as its reward.”
Prophet Ibrāhīm عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام made this announcement during his worldly life and after building the Kaʿbah. By the power of Allah and this prophetic miracle, every single person to come until the
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- Yearning for ḥajj
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- The bad outcome of not performing ḥajj
- The journey of love
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- Three hadith discussing the virtue of ḥajj
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- Glad tidings of forgiveness for the ḥajj pilgrim
- The jihād of the weak
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