{"id":2847,"date":"2022-05-27T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2022-05-27T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:54:00","slug":"hajj-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/2022\/05\/27\/hajj-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Allah SWT\nsays in Sura Al-Hajj, ayat 26:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And mention\nO Muhammed, when we designated for Abraham the site of the house, saying \u201cDo\nnot associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform Tawaf\nand those who stand in prayer and those who bow and prostrate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear\nbrothers and sisters, this ayat and the ones that follow it outline the Hajj\npilgrimage as ordained by Allah SWT for every able adult, male or female.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as\nwith everything in our religion, it is with intentions and with meanings.\nNothing is by chance nor is it for superficial reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the\npilgrimage of Hajj is required by us Muslims but what does it mean to perform\nHajj. As Muslims, not only do we need to perform the pilgrimage but we also\nneed to understand its purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, to\nexpress the experience in words is an impossible task. It\u2019s not something that\ncan be truly explained unless you are there in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively,\nmost people are accustomed with the rewards associated with the Hajj and that\nis outlined in the following Haidth in which the Prophet SAWS said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoever goes\nto Hajj and does not engage in any acts to invalidate the Hajj (i.e. sexual\nacts, bad words, argumentation with people, etc) then this individual comes\nback home just like the day he was born\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear\nbrothers and sisters, if we think about that for a moment. To return with a\nslate that is clean, a clear page and past sins and faults cancelled is\nsomething we all need and want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\nthere is often a skewed perception of what this reward means. Often this is\ninterpreted as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to\nenjoy my life now, and then when I go Hajj in later life and come back, I will\nhave that transformation and clean slate and will come back and not do the bad\nthings in dunya\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\ndoes anyone have a contract with Allah SWT to give us life until the next Hajj?\nDoes anyone have a guarantee that they are going to live until they fulfil the\nobligation of Hajj?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to\nensure that we aim to fulfil this part of our faith as soon as we are capable\nof doing so and not leave it to a date that may never arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what are\nthe experiences of performing Hajj? What does it bring to the individual that\nis embarking upon this amazing journey?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This khutba\nconcludes with just a few points to ponder on its magnificence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You see the glory and greatness of\nAllah SWT<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>How is that?\nWell, you see all of these people coming from all over the world. People come\nfrom all over and you even lose a sense of direction and place when around such\ndiverse people and cultures. It truly is a magnificent site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You see no status amongst the people\nother than them being servants of Allah SWT<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically\nwhen you put on your ihram and start performing hajj, no one will recognize you\nif you are a labourer, engineer or director of a global corporation. People\nwill not call you by your title or your world life. You are just one servant\namongst millions all there for the same reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You see the unity of the Muslim\nummah.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In our\ncommunities we have differences of opinion and disagreements even though the cause\nis the same. When it comes to Hajj, regardless of the issues we have with each\nother, when it comes to making tawaf around the kabah for example, nobody is\nwalking against the flow. We all look the same, perform the same rituals, make\nthe same call, the same number of tawaf etc. This is unity in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is a reminder for the Day of\nJudgement when you are all standing in front of Allah SWT carrying nothing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear\nbrothers and sisters, in many ways this is the most poignant part of the\nexperience. When performing Hajj you carry nothing with you. And that is how\nyou will be in front of your Lord so what better reminder of your final\ndestination than performing Hajj. It truly is a humbling experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hajj is an\namazing spiritual experience. It\u2019s not about the rituals and rites and coming\nback again with a shaven head. Hajj is more profound and deeper than that. It\npenetrates your heart and your soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why\nit is so difficult to put into words and that is exactly why we should plan to\ngo, whenever that may be. Hajj will test your patience to limits you may not\nhave seen before but ask those who have gone with the provisions of\nrighteousness and piety and you will discover that is an experience that is\nloved and craved for once completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allah SWT says in Sura Al-Hajj, ayat 26: And mention O Muhammed, when we designated for Abraham the site of the house, saying \u201cDo not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who stand in prayer and those who bow and prostrate.\u201d Dear brothers and sisters, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}