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Hajj - The Islamic Pilgrimage

Author: Sayyid Mohammed Zia Abadi
Translator: Ali Akbar Aghili Ashtiani
Publisher: www.alhassanain.org/english
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• Translators Note
• Introduction
• Notes
• The Purpose of the Acts of Worship
• The Islamic piety is not against the principles of everyday life
• Summary
• Being A Servant of God Is Man’s Dignity
• Impact of Worship at Soul
• Hajj, A Lively Act
• Hajj of most people is devoid of spirit
• Hajj Devoid of Spirit Has No Living Effects
• Notes
• Social Effects of Hajj
• Hajj, The Assembly Of Dispersed Powers In Single Forum
• Calling to Hajj Is Calling To Unity of Power
• Hajj, Man’s Ascension To Heaven
• The Kaaba’s Wonderful Attraction
• How lovingly pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba
• People’s inclination towards the Kaaba, unusual
• Why should guardians of spirituality be settled in a desert
• What great asset has been given to muslims
• The Kaaba, a security for the survival of human society
• The Kaaba, a sanctuary and a place of security
• Ignoring Hajj means dispersion in human society
• The Prophesy of the Abandonment of the Kaaba and Its Sinister Effects in Traditions
• Hajj, God’s Right To Man and Man’s Gratefulness To Him
• The true benefactor is God and offering thanks is obligatory
• God Accept Generously Every Little Deed
• Thankfulness Benefits Man, Not God
• Thankfulness To God Makes Man Distinct From Animals
• Call To Worship Is Man’s Dignity
• Why is an ungrateful man more astray than beasts
• Call to Hajj Is God’s Grace to Man
• Some of the Wonderful Blessings of Hajj According To Traditions
• Not All Hajj Pilgrims Are Equal in Terms of Reward
• Why Is the Difference in Reward?
• Hajj Is the Market of the Hereafter
• Hajj Pilgrims Are God’s Guests
• Forsaker of Hajj Is Not Human
• The Kaaba, Emblem of Islam
• Hajj Removes Poverty and Social Disobedience
• Ignoring Hajj Leads To Weakness of the Religion and the Unbelievers’ Domination Over Muslims
• No Charity Can Replace Hajj
• Spending A Mountain of Red Gold in the Sake of God Does Not Equal Going On Hajj
• One Dirham Is Better Than Thousands
• Neither Forsake Hajj Nor Dissuade Others
• The blessings of Hajj on all people of the world
• Where Are the Positive Effects of Hajj On the Ummah?
• The Holy Prophet Worries about Hajj at the End of the World
• We Have To Confess This Bitter Fact
• The Fault Lies With Us
• Notes
• Spiritual Philosophy of Hajj
• God’s favor to man
• The King Makes A Palace in A Ruined Village
• Hajj, A Display of Man’s Spiritual Journey
• The Holy Qur’an has blamed the heedless worshippers
• The Imams; the Truth of the Religion and Religious Duties
• The Imam is the criterion of the belief, ethics, and deeds
• The Imam, the straight path of god
• Summary
• Hajj, Spiritual Journey Not Physical Acts
• The Hajj of Prophet Ibrahim (as), A Spiritual One
• Content, Not Form, Is Important
• Read the Following Reports and Get To Know the Feature of A Shiite Muslim
• Note
• What Is the Cause of Skepticism
• The Skepticism of A Materialist Thirteen Centuries Ago
• Why Was God’s House Not Built in A Pleasant Area?
• Why Do Hajj Acts Not Please the Intellect and Temperament?
• God’s Trial Is Difficult
• Failure of People of Sabbath in God’s Trial
• Trial of Talut’s Army
• Another trial of the children of Israel
• Prophet Ibrahim and God’s Strange Trial
• Summary
• Questions of Practical Laws of Islam
• Note
• The Aim of Questioning the Philosophy of the Practical Laws of Islam
• Why Are We in Need For A Divine Revelation?
• What Is Religious Obedience?
• God Is in No Need For Our Obedience
• Notes
• Stages of Hajj
• Beginning of the journey and going through different stages
• Stage One: Pure Intention
• Stage Two: Repentance
• Stage Three: Detachment From What Is Not Godly
• Choosing A Co-Traveler
• Good Temperament
• Notes
• Halting Places
• Halting Place 1: Miqat
• Holding of Tongue Important in State of Ihram
• Halting Place 2: Mataaf
• Imam Baqir (as) by the side of the Kaaba
• Beware, This Is the Precinct of the Kaaba, and A Holy Place
• Survival of the Kaaba, A Wonder
• Importance of the Circumambulation of the Kaaba
• The position of one who has the honor of circumambulation
• Halting Place 3: Mas’aa
• Halting Place 4: Mount Arafat
• Where Is Arafat?
• Man will not become familiar with God as long as he is attached to the world
• Day of Arafat Is the Day of Supplication To God
• Duaa Has Its Own Effect
• Beware! Here Is Arafat
• Good Tidings: Imam Mahdi (as) is present in Arafat
• Take the Opportunity For Duaa
• Ask forgiveness for your parents, relatives, and all believers in Arafat
• Now, Supplication To God
• The Sun in Arafat Is Setting
• Good Tidings
• Halting Place 5: Al-Mash’ar Al-Haram
• Restrain Your Anger
• Al-Mash’ar or The Meeting Place of God’s Lovers
• Night, Time of Communion With God
• Now It Is Night, the Even of Feast of Sacrifice in Al-Mash’ar Al-Haram
• Reflect For An Hour
• Night in Al-Mash’ar Al-Haram and Reflection
• The Philosophy of Staying Overnight in Al-Mash’ar
• Praiseworthiness of Picking Up Pebbles in Al-Mash’ar
• Al-Mash’ar Al-Haram, A Sign of Islamic Education
• Halting Place 6: Mina, the Place of Sacrifice
• Ramy Al-Jamarat in Mina and Its Philosophy
• Offering Animal Sacrifice in Mina and Its Philosophy
• Islam Has Two Official Feasts
• Social Aspect of Sacrifice in Mina
• A Living Religion Needs Both Mosque and Sacrifice
• Sacrifice, Existed Among Former Nations
• The Spiritual Philosophy of Offering Sacrifice
• Economic Profits in Sacrifice
• How to use the meat of a sacrificed animal according to the Holy Qur’an and traditions
• Halq and Taqsir in Mina and the Philosophy
• Summary
• Staying Overnight in Mina
• Understanding Among the Ummah in Mina
• Nights in Mina and Communion With God
• Kheif Mosque in Mina
• Halting Place 7: Visitation of the Kaaba and Kissing the Black Stone
• The Black Stone, God’s Hand On the Earth
• The Black Stone Is of Heavenly Essence and God’s Trustee among Servants
• Note
• All Beings in the World Have Two Features
• Summary
• Some Notes
• Kissing and Caressing the Black Stone by Causing Inconvenience to Others
• Avoid Dropping Pebbles Round the Kaaba
• Take Part in the Congregational Prayer and Do Not Leave the Mosque
• Do Not Miss the Opportunity of Performing Circumambulation and Prayer in the Sacred Mosque and Reading the Holy Qur’an
• The Virtue of Prayer in the Sacred Mosque
• The Virtue of Reading the Whole Qur’an in Mecca
• Do Not Miss the Umrah Mufradah
• Notes
• Conclusion of the Hajj Rites
• People of the Pre-Islamic Era Performed Hajj, Too
• O Pilgrims of the Sacred House
• Sermon of Man of Letter
• Imam Sajjad’s Comprehensive Reference To the Secrets of Hajj
• Imam Sadiq’s (as) full instruction on Hajj
• An Analogy Between Man’s Life and the Hajj Rites
• Notes
• Visitation
• Visitation To the Holy Shrine of God’s Messenger
• Love For the Ahl ul-Bayt is Reward of Prophethood
• Wilayat Makes the Hajj Rites Perfect
• Acceptable Hajj
• Visiting the Prophet’s Tomb
• Peace Be Upon You, O Messenger of Allah and Upon Your Pure and Immaculate Household
• Souls of True Believers Keep On Living After Death and They Are Aware of All Events
• Dust from Messengers’ footsteps is life-giving
• Shiites Are in Search of Fatima’s Grave in Medina
• Al-Baqie Cemetery, the Sacred Hall of Audience
• The Martyrs of the Battle of Uhud
• Conclusion of the Journey
• Notes