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The Spirit of Hajj June 25, 2023

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References in this lecture 11
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 758
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 1521
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3364
Quran 37:102 · As-Saffat
Quran 4:125 · An-Nisa
Quran 37:107 · As-Saffat
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 19283
Quran 22:37 · Al-Hajj
Tartib al-Amali by al-Shajari: 2481
Al-Maghazi by Al-Waqidi, vol. 3, p. 1111
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hadith reward for fasting and prayer during hajj days
“A person who performs fast during these days...”
1 min 37 sec
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hajj as the sum total of every act of worship
“According to the hadith, hajj is the most excellent worship”
4 min 55 sec
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what makes a hajj worship-filled, sincere, and truly accepted
“According to the hadith, hajj is the most excellent worship”
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what separates true hajj from a mere shopping trip
“In this journey too the pilgrim has to endure great hardship”
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Hajra as proof that women are behind great things
“There is a woman at the beginning of all great things”
5 min 38 sec
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the full story of Hajra: abandonment, Zamzam, and building the Kaaba
“There is a popular saying: a woman is behind all great things”
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pilgrims still follow Hajra's footsteps every hajj
“There cannot be a greater demonstration than this fact”
1 min 52 sec
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sacrifice and simplicity as hajj's core lesson
“There are many kinds of lessons hajj gives us, but the biggest is sacrifice”
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hajj teaches simple living, high thinking
“This teaches us to keep our life absolutely simple”
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touching the Black Stone feels like touching God's hand
“It feels as if he has received the hand of God”
5 min 36 sec
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Ibrahim's dream to sacrifice Ismail and the true meaning of qurbani
“Hajj is the repeated reenactment of the life of prophet Ibrahim”
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hajj as a drill for the day of judgement
“Hajj is a drill of day of judgement and jihad against devil”
1 min 21 sec
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hadith on sacrifice, and the mistake of buying costly animals
“The companions asked, what is the significance of these sacrifices?”
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why sacrifice must be physically enacted, not just read about
“Man came into this world to prepare himself for the hereafter”
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what Sha'air Allah, God's symbols, really means
“What is meant by Shaa'ir Ullah?”
1 min 53 sec
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distinguishing Sha'air, God's signs, from Manasik, rituals
“Shaa'ir means the remembrances and signs of God”
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reward of an accepted hajj is paradise itself
“The reward for Hajj-e-Mabroor is nothing else but paradise”
3 min 10 sec
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defining Hajj-e-Mabroor: internalized spirit versus rote ritual
“The reward for Hajj-e-Mabroor is nothing else but paradise”
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blind ritual versus a thinking, felt hajj
“People just pick up a book of duas and keep reading it unthinkingly”
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Hasan al-Basri's definition of an accepted hajj
“Hajj-e-Mabroor is one from which a man returns detached from the world”
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Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's own account of performing hajj in 1982
“In 1982 Maulana performed hajj, travelling with an Arab companion”
4 min 32 sec
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hajj as an annual rehearsal of the prophetic dawah mission
“The mission's implementation actually began at the time of prophet Ibrahim”