An angel will call out, “O Kaʿbah! Surely you will come along now, as you have been granted what you wanted!” The Kaʿbah itself will then begin reciting لَبَّیْک اَللّٰہُمَّ لَبَّیْک. Everyone who saw the Kaʿbah in the world will proceed to gather around it, and it shall enter the plains of Maḥshar with all of them reciting “لَبَّیْک اَللّٰہُمَّ لَبَّیْک.”^[1]

O those who love Allah’s Messenger! There are immense blessings in reciting talbiyyah. The Day of Judgement is a day 50,000 years long, in which the ground will be made of scorching hot copper, and the blazing sun will be just one and a quarter miles away. Paradise will be in front of us, Hell will be in front of us, the Bridge of Ṣirāṭ will be suspended over Hellfire, Allah will enact His divine wrath, and deeds shall be weighed on scales. As all of this is happening, the fortunate people who visited the Kaʿbah in this world, those who made ṭawāf of it, those who recited لَبَّیْک اَللّٰہُمَّ لَبَّیْک; these people will be with the Kaʿbah on the Day of Judgement! They will sway in joy as they make ṭawāf and exclaim لَبَّیْک اَللّٰہُمَّ لَبَّیْک.

May Allah also allow us to visit the Kaʿbah! May He grant us the opportunity to perform ḥajj and ʿumrah! May He allow us to walk between Ṣafā and Marwa and take up stay in Minā and ʿArafah! May we be from those who perform ḥajj whilst reciting لَبَّیْک اَللّٰہُمَّ لَبَّیْک!

اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن صلَّی اللہ عَلَیْہِ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم

Reciting talbiyyah before every salah

Talbiyyah, as in لَبَّیْک اَللّٰہُمَّ لَبَّیْک, is usually only recited after iḥrām is worn. If we were to reflect on its meaning, however, we find a Muslim’s life is not separate from this statement even for a moment.