The journey is not yet finished (137)

Hajj Pilgrims to prey (Arab news)

The journey is not yet finished (137)

(Part one hundred and thirty-seven, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, October 3, 2014, 4:54 pm)

About 2.5 million pilgrims today towards Mina and will camp in Padang Arafah to pray, as the peak of the Hajj series.

Pilgrims march to Mina as journey of faith begins

More than two million pilgrims have begun marching to Mina on the first leg of their journey of a lifetime.

The government’s agencies have made elaborate arrangements to ensure the smooth flow of pilgrims from Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, Riyadh, Taif and Dammam into the tent city. The pilgrims will spend the day and night in prayers and then head to the plains of Arafat on Friday morning. The standing at Arafat is the high point of Haj.

In Mina on Wednesday, thousands of young men employed by Haj operators and pilgrim establishments were preparing to receive pilgrims. Traffic police, Civil Defense personnel, Haj Ministry officials, doctors, nurses, paramedics and media personnel were already in the tent city ahead of the pilgrims.

Makkah was bustling with spiritual activity on Wednesday evening. Male pilgrims will don the ihram, two pieces of white seamless cloth that is mandatory before undertaking the journey on Thursday. The ihram for women is different.

“We are excited and happy and also a little nervous,” said Maulana Minhaj Akram, 69, a pilgrim from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

He was accompanied by his wheelchair-bound wife, Syeda Majida. “Haj is not easy,” he said via phone from Makkah. “It is physically demanding, but spiritually exhilarating.”

He said they were told by their organizers that they should be ready on Wednesday night. “Our bus is supposed to arrive immediately after Fajr on Thursday,” he said. “We will then head to Mina where we have been allotted a place in one of the many tents.”

Lateef Mohammad Jagirdar from Jaipur, Rajasthan, and his wife Shabana Begum were very happy to be here for Haj.

“We can’t describe our feelings. We have been in the queue for three years. More than 360,000 had applied for Haj this year in India and only 136,000 were lucky to come here. We are among the lucky ones.”

Jagirdar said his relatives and acquaintances have asked them for prayers. “We have a long list of requests. We will beseech Allah from Mina and the plains of Arafat to answer our prayers,” he said. “We have come all the way from such a distant land to seek forgiveness and Allah’s mercy.”

“It is the love for our Prophet (peace be upon him) and our beautiful religion that has brought us to the holy land,” said Jagirdar.

The weather was pleasant on Wednesday and is expected to be moderate on Thursday. A visit by Arab News photographer to the Jamrat Bridge and nearby area was full of pleasant feelings. “Excellent arrangements have been made to ensure a smooth Haj,” said Abdullah Bazuhair from Mina.

In Jeddah, Riyadh and other cities, men and women were seen heading in cars and buses to Makkah to perform Haj. They were chanting “Labbaik Allahuma Labbaik” (O God, here we are answering your call). Onlookers were encouraging and smiling at the pilgrims and asking them to pray for world peace.

Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry’s public security department has stopped 145,354 pilgrims from entering Makkah because they did not have Haj permits.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the department said that its officers also barred 51,112 cars without entry permits. “The department also arrested the operators of 40 fake Haj service companies and launched investigations against them.”

In a related development, Hail police arrested 482 violators of Haj, labor and residency regulations. The operation was carried out by Hail Police Chief Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Al-Almaei, said Col. Saad Al-Horaish, assistant spokesman of the department. Legal action would take place against the violators, he said.

The interior and Haj ministries have launched a campaign to counter bogus Haj companies offering services for domestic pilgrims. The Interior Ministry said such operators were exploiting ignorant pilgrims, whom they abandon at the holy sites without accommodation and other services.

The ministry said it would severely punish such operators. The perpetrators would have to pay compensation to their victims. If they are expatriates, they would also be deported.

In an unfortunate development, five pilgrims died and eight others were injured when their vehicle was involved in an accident on the Al-Leith-Makkah Road on Tuesday night.

The Saudi Red Crescent took the bodies and the injured to King Abdul Aziz Hospital in Jeddah. Some of the injured sustained deep wounds.

All the pilgrims, including two women, were reportedly not carrying Haj permits. The accident took place while the driver was taking them through a desert road to evade the police. An online publication identified the injured as Sudanese and Eritrean nationals. (Arabnews)

Rituals performed by Haj pilgrims



MAKKAH: Close to 1.4 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Makkah for the annual Haj, which all physically and financially able Muslims are required to perform once in their life.

The rituals of the Haj are as follows:

• Ihram: a state in which pilgrims wear special outfits, two-piece white seamless garments for men and any loose dress for women, who must completely cover themselves except for their hands and faces.

Niqab (a face covering that only reveals the eyes) is prohibited.

Sex is forbidden during Ihram and pilgrims must refrain from quarrelling, covering the head (for men), cutting hair, clipping nails, wearing socks or shoes, except for sandals exposing the instep.

“I am answering your call, God,” every pilgrim chants.

• Once in Makkah, pilgrims perform Tawaf, or circumambulation, seven times counter-clockwise around the Kaaba, a black masonry cubic shape in the middle of the Haram, or sacred site, in whose direction Muslims pray wherever they are in the world.

The Kaaba was first built as a “sacred house” in Makkah by Adam, the father of the human race, according to the Islamic faith. The Qur’an says Abraham (or Ibrahim) and his son Ishmael rebuilt the Kaaba.

Each circle starts and ends at the Black Stone, also known as the cornerstone, at the southern corner of the Kaaba. Pilgrims should point their palms to the stone saying: “Allahu akbar” (God is the greatest).

• Walking back and forth between the two stone spots of Safa and Marwah seven times, an act known as Sa’i. The distance between them is just under 400 meters (437 yards). Pilgrims are emulating Hagar, the second wife of Ibrahim according to Islam, who was desperately seeking water for her infant Ishmael.

The preceding rituals are considered the Umra, or lesser pilgrimage, made ahead of the Haj’s main rites.

• The main rites of the Haj start on the 8th of Dhul Hijja and end on the 13th (this year October 2-7). Pilgrims head to Mina, around five kilometers (three miles) east of the holy mosque, on the first day of Haj known as Tarwiah (watering) Day. Pilgrims traditionally watered their animals and stocked water for their trip to Mount Arafat, about 10 kilometers southeast of Mina.

• Arafat Day, on the 9th of Dhul Hijja, (October 3) is the climax of the Haj season as all pilgrims gather on the hill known as Mount Arafat and its surrounding plain. Pilgrims stay at Arafat, where the Prophet Muhammad (peace bu upon him) is believed to have delivered his final Haj sermon, until the evening. They spend the day reciting from the Qur’an and praying.

• After sunset on the 9th of Dhul Hijja, pilgrims leave for Muzdalifah, half-way between Arafat and Mina, where they stay at least until midnight. They gather pebbles to perform the symbolic “stoning of the devil.”

• After dawn prayer on the 10th of Dhul Hijjah, or the Eid Al-Adha feast, pilgrims head back to Mina. The first of three stoning rites, known as Jamarat Al-Aqabah, begins after sunrise. Traditionally, seven pebbles are thrown at a post representing the devil. Since 2004, it has been replaced by walls to accommodate the rising numbers of pilgrims.

The ritual is an emulation of Abraham’s stoning of the devil at the three spots where he is said to have appeared trying to dissuade the biblical patriarch from obeying God’s order to sacrifice Ishmael.

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• After the first stoning, pilgrims offer sacrifices by slaughtering a sheep and the meat is distributed to needy Muslims. This rite also emulates the actions of Abraham. He prepared to sacrifice his son Ishmael on the order of God, who provided a lamb in the boy’s place at the last moment.

Pilgrims no longer carry out this rite themselves. They instead pay agencies which distribute meat to needy Muslims around the world.

• Men then shave their heads or trim their hair while women cut a fingertip-length of their hair. Afer that they can end their Ihram and change back to their usual clothing.

Sex remains prohibited.

Pilgrims then return to the Grand Mosque in Makkah, perform Tawaf Al-Efadha, circumambulating seven times around the Kaaba, then perform Sa’i, moving seven times between Safa and Marwah.

With that, pilgrims end their Ihram.

Know Allah 'Azza Wa Jalla

by

Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab

If you are asked: Who is your Lord? So let's say: My Lord is Allah, who has been maintaining myself and maintain this universe with all his ungrateful are given. And he sembahanku, there is no god but Him haq.

Allaah says:

الحمد لله رب العالمين

"Praise be to Allah, the Lord Sustainer of the Worlds". [al-Faatihah / 1: 1]

All that is called natural but Allah, and I was one of this universe.

Furthermore, if you were asked: With what you know God? Then let your responsibility: By the signs of His power and through His creation. Among the signs of His power is: night, day, sun and moon. Being among his creations are: the seven heavens and seven earths and all creatures in the heavens and the earth, and that is between them.

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

ومن آياته الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر لا تسجدوا للشمس ولا للقمر واسجدوا لله الذي خلقهن إن كنتم إياه تعبدون

"And among the signs of His power is night, day, sun and moon. Shall not prostrate to the sun and do not (you also prostrate) to the moon, but prostrate to Allah who created them if you really worship only Him "[Fushshilat / 41: 37]

And His words:

إن ربكم الله الذي خلق السماوات والأرض في ستة أيام ثم استوى على العرش يغشي الليل النهار يطلبه حثيثا والشمس والقمر والنجوم مسخرات بأمره ألا له الخلق والأمر تبارك الله رب العالمين

"Verily your Lord is Allah who has created the heavens and the earth in six days, then He dwells on the Throne. She put the night to day, always follow quickly. And He (also created) the sun and moon and stars (all) subject to His command. Recognize God only creates rights and rule it. Glory to Allah the Lord of hosts ". [al-A'raf / 7: 54]

This is the Truth of God is worshiped. The evidence, the word of Allah the Exalted:

يا أيها الناس اعبدوا ربكم الذي خلقكم والذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون)21(الذي جعل لكم الأرض فراشا والسماء بناء وأنزل من السماء ماء فأخرج به من الثمرات رزقا لكم فلا تجعلوا لله أندادا وأنتم تعلمون

"O people! Worship your Lord who has created you and those before you, that ye who fear Him, (God) who has made for you the earth as an expanse and the sky as a roof, as well as lowering the water (rain) from the sky, and with it he produce any fruit as a good luck to you. therefore: ye lift up rivals to Allah while you know. "[al-Baqarah / 2: 21-22]

Ibn Kathir [1] rahimahullah Exalted, says: "Only the Creator of everything that exists is this worthy of worship by all kinds of worship". [2]

And a variety of worship which God commanded it, among other things: Islam [3], Iman, Ihsan, Benediction, Khauf (fear), Raja '(hope), resignation, Raghbah (interest), Rahbah (anxiety), humility '(subject), Khasyyah (fear), Inabah (back to God), Isti'anah (for help), Isti'adzah (ask for protection), Istighatsah (ask for help to be won or saved), Dzabh (slaughter) nadzar and other kinds of worship are ordered olehAllah.

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Allaah says:

وأن المساجد لله فلا تدعوا مع الله أحدا

"And verily, mosques it is holy, so be not of worship was in it in addition to (worship) of Allah". [al-Jinn / 72: 18]

Therefore he who perverts the worship to other than Allah, then he is idolatrous and pagan.

Word of Allah Ta'ala:

ومن يدع مع الله إلها آخر لا برهان له به فإنما حسابه عند ربه إنه لا يفلح الكافرون

"And those who worship another god besides (worship) of Allah, when no one dalilpun him about it, then there really is no return on his god. Truly lucky no infidels it". [al-Mu'minuun / 23: 117]

Arguments of KIND WORSHIP

Proposition 1 Benediction.

Word of Allah Ta'ala:

وقال ربكم ادعوني أستجب لكم إن الذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي سيدخلون جهنم داخرين

"And your Lord says: Berdo'alah you will undoubtedly Me Me-let for you. Indeed, people are reluctant to worship Me will surely enter Hell in a state of abject". [Ghaafir / 40: 60]

And narrated in a hadith:

الدعاء مخ العبادة

"The supplication that is the essence of worship" [4].

Khauf Proposition 2 (Fear).

Word of Allah Ta'ala:

فلا تخافوهم وخافون إن كنتم مؤمنين

"You shall not fear them, but fear Me if you are really believers". [Ali 'Imran / 3: 175]

Proposition 3 King '(Hope).

Word AllahTa'ala.

فمن كان يرجو لقاء ربه فليعمل عملا صالحا ولا يشرك بعبادة ربه أحدا

"For it is he who expects encounter with Tuhanya, then let him do good deeds and do not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord". [al-Kahf / 18: 110]

Proposition 4 resignation (Surrender Yourself).

Word of Allah Ta'ala:

وعلى الله فتوكلوا إن كنتم مؤمنين

"

And just to Allah that ye may put their trust, if you are really believers. "[Al-Maa'idah / 5: 23]

ومن يتوكل على الله فهو حسبه

"And those who put their trust in Allah, then He is the one who will be inadequate". [Ath-Thalaaq / 65: 3]

5. Proposition Raghbah (Full Interests), Rahbah (Anxiety) and khusyu '(Subject).

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا وكانوا لنا خاشعين

"Indeed they were always competing in the (working) as well as the virtues they pray to Us with interest (to Our Mercy) and anxious (will torment Us), while they were always subject to Us". [al-Anbiya / 21: 90]

Proposition 6 Khasy-yah (Fear).

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

فلا تخشوهم واخشوني

"You shall not fear them, but fear Me." [al-Baqarah / 2: 150]

Proposition 7 Inabah (Return to God).

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

وأنيبوا إلى ربكم وأسلموا له من قبل أن يأتيكم العذاب ثم لا تنصرون

"And you go back to your Lord and submit to Him left alone (by obeying His commands), before the torment comes to you, then you could not be saved (again)". [Az-Zumar / 39: 54]

Proposition 8 Isti'anah (Cry for Help).

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين

"Only to You we worship the one and you are the only to us for help". [al-Faatihah / 1: 4]

And in the hadith narrated.

اذاا ستعنت فاستعن بالله

"If you beg for help, then Beg for help to God". [5]

Proposition 9 Isti'adzah (Requesting Protection).

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

قل أعوذ برب الفلق

"Say I seek refuge in God Mastering dawn". [al-Falaq / 113: 1]

And His words:

قل أعوذ برب الناس)1(ملك الناس

"Say I seek refuge in the Lord of men. Ruler of men". [an-Naas / 114: 1-2]

Proposition 10 Istighatsah (Requesting Help To Won Or Saved).

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

إذ تستغيثون ربكم فاستجاب لكم

"(Remember) when you sought help of your Lord to be won (up against the unbelievers), and then allowed him to you." [Al-Anfaal / 8: 9]

11. Proposition Dzabh (Slaughter).

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

قل إن صلاتي ونسكي ومحياي ومماتي لله رب العالمين)162(لا شريك له وبذلك أمرت وأنا أول المسلمين

"Say. Indeed shalatkku, penyembelihanku, my life and my death are for Allah the Lord of the universe, no anything-even for his allies. Such is commanded, and I was the one who first surrendered (unto Him)". [al-An'am / 6: 162-163]

Postulate of the Sunnah.

لعن الله من ذبح لغيرالله

"Allah has cursed the person who slaughtered (animals) not because of God". [6]

12. Proposition vow.

Word of Allah Ta'ala.

يوفون بالنذر ويخافون يوما كان شره مستطيرا

"They perform the vow and fear a day siksanya evenly everywhere". [al-Insaan / 76: 7]

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THREE KEY BASIS

by

Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab

Akhi (brother).

May God continue to bestow His mercy to you.

Know that mandatory for us to explore four issues, namely:

1 Science, is to know God, to know Him and know the Prophet of Islam based on the arguments.

2 Charity, is to apply this knowledge.

3 Da'wah, is to invite others to this knowledge.

4 Patience, is steadfast and resilient in the face of all odds studying, practice it, and of preaching to him.

The evidence, the word of Allah Ta'ala.

والعصر)1(إن الإنسان لفي خسر)2(إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا بالصبر

"For the sake of time. Surely every man truly be in loss. Except those who believe, do all the good deeds and counsel each other-advised to (enforce) the Truth, as well as advice-advised to (apply) patient". [al-'Ashr / 103: 1-3].

Imam Ash-Shafi'i [1] rahimahullah Exalted, says: "If God just dropped this surah alone as evidence for His creatures, without any other proof, it has enough of this surah as evidence for them".

And Imam Al-Bukhari [2] rahimahullah Exalted, says: "Science Chapters come before words and actions".

The evidence for the word of Allah Ta'ala.

فاعلم أنه لا إله إلا الله واستغفر لذنبك

"Let it be known, in fact there is no god (haq) but Allah, and ask forgiveness for your sins". [Muhammad / 47: 19]

In this verse, Allah ordered in advance of doing science (knowledgeable) .... .. "[3] before words and actions.

Akhi (brother).

May God continue to bestow His mercy to you.

And know that it is mandatory for every Muslim and Muslimah to learn and practice these three cases:

1 That is Allah who created us and who gave us good luck. God did not leave us just like that in the confusion, but sent us an apostle of the apostles obey whoever will definitely enter Paradise and whoever menyalahinya will surely go to hell.

Allah the Exalted says:

إنا أرسلنا إليكم رسولا شاهدا عليكم كما أرسلنا إلى فرعون رسولا)15(فعصى فرعون الرسول فأخذناه أخذا وبيلا

"Verily We have sent unto you a messenger who becomes a witness against you, as We sent a Messenger to Pharaoh, but Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle, so We seized it with a severe torment". [al-Muzammil / 73: 15-16]

2 That God is not willing, if the worship is directed to Him, He dipersekutukan with anything, either with an angel nearby or by a prophet who became an apostle sent.

Allah the Exalted says:

وأن المساجد لله فلا تدعوا مع الله أحدا

"And verily, mosques it is holy, so be not of worship-one was in it as well (worship) of Allah". [al-Jinn / 72: 18]

3. that those who obey the Messenger and mentauhidkan God, should not be friends with people who are enemies of Allah and His Messenger, even though they were a close family.

Allah the Exalted says:

لا تجد قوما يؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر يوادون من حاد الله ورسوله ولو كانوا آباءهم أو أبناءهم أو إخوانهم أو عشيرتهم أولئك كتب في قلوبهم الإيمان وأيدهم بروح منه ويدخلهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عنه أولئك حزب الله ألا إن حزب الله هم المفلحون

"You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Hereafter, mutual compassion with people hostile to God and His Messenger, even if those were their fathers, or children, or their brothers, or their family . they are the ones that God has solidified the faith in their hearts and strengthened them with the help that comes from Him and they would put him into the heavens beneath which flow rivers, they will abide therein. Allah is pleased to them and they were good pleasure to him. they are the class of God. Verily, Allah is the class of groups that lucky ". [al-Mujaadalah / 58: 22]

Akhi (brother).

May Allah mebimbing you to obey Him.

Know that Islam is the guidance of Prophet Ibrahim is the worship of God alone to purify obedience to Him. That is commanded by God to all mankind and that they actually created them, as Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.

وما خلقت الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون

"And I have not created jinn and men but to worship Me". [adh-Dzaariyaat / 51: 56]

Worship in this verse, means: Tawheed. And the greatest commandment is Tawheed, namely: Purifying worship to God alone. Medium prohibitions of Allah is greatest Shirk, namely: Worshiping God in addition to worship besides Him.

Allah the Exalted says:

واعبدوا الله ولا تشركوا به شيئا

"Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him". [an-Nisa / 4: 36]

Then, if you were asked: What are the three main foundation that must be known by man? Then let you replied: That is to know God God 'Almighty, Know Islam, Know the Prophet Muhammad and sallallaahu' alaihi wa sallam.

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