In short, ḥajj is a practical and beautiful way of expressing love for Allah. In this, a servant submits in the court of his Lord by saying, لَبَّیْک اَللّٰہُمَّ لَبَّیْک - “I am present! O Allah, I am present!”.

Three hadith discussing the virtues of talbiyyah

1.   مَا مِنْ مُلَبٍّ يُلَبِّي إِلَّا لَبَّى مَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ مِنْ شَجَرٍ وَّحَجَرٍ حَتَّى تَنْقَطِعَ الْأَرْضُ هَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا

When someone recites talbiyyah, every tree and stone to the right and left of him until the furthest ends of the earth, recite along with him.^[1]

2.   مَنْ اَضْحٰى يَوْماً مُحْرِماً مُلَبِّياً حَتَّى غرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ غَرَبَتْ بِذُنُوبِهِ فَعَادَ كَمَا وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ

He who began his day in the state of iḥrām and recited talbiyyah until the sun sets, then the sun has set and took his sins with it. He shall thereafter be the same as he was when his mother gave birth to him.^[2]

3.   The final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم also explained, “There are three sounds Allah shows love for in front of the angels: the sound of azan, the sound of takbīr being recited in His path, and the sound of talbiyyah recited loudly.”^[3]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب    صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Proclaiming talbiyyah on the Day of Judgement

Wahb bin Munabbih رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه relates how the following is written in the Tawrah (the book revealed to Prophet Musa عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام):