#Hajj You see no status among the people other than being servants of Allah subḥānahu wa taāla (glorified and exalted be He). Specifically, when you put on your ihram and start making your tawaf and sai and go to Mina and Arafah, no one will recognize if you are a minister or teacher or director or this or that. No one can tell. Regardless of how fancy or expensive your ihram is, a few hours later, it is not as fancy as it used to be. You will all look alike. People will not call you by your title. Even if you try to zoom out of the beautiful scene of tawaf around the Kabah, who are you in that crowd? You are like nothing in these waves of people who come from all over the world. The beautiful thing about it is that they all come unified for one purpose: to dedicate their service to Allah subḥānahu wa taāla (glorified and exalted be He), and that is what they keep saying: “Labbayk allahumma labbayk (in Your service we are here)… We are answering your call, O Lord! We associate no partners with You. We answer Your call.” Allah subḥānahu wa taāla (glorified and exalted be He) looks at the crowd in Arafah and He sees the hands and the people as they are making dua. Allah asks the angels – and He subḥānahu wa taāla (glorified and exalted be He) knows, but He is showing this beautiful scene to the angels – “Tell Me what these people want from Me.” Allah knows the answer. They say, “Ya Rabb, they are coming here asking for Your Mercy and Your Forgiveness. They are coming here admitting their faults and wanting Your Mercy.” Allah subḥānahu wa taāla (glorified and exalted be He) answered them saying, “Be my witnesses that I have forgiven them their sins.” When people put their hands down and the sun goes down on Arafah, they realize that the most important day of Hajj is almost done. That is an amazing feeling. I cant describe this! Specifically, the last hour of the day of Arafah. Some people may relax during the day, but in the last hour those who really came for the Hajj, this perhaps will be their most important hour of their lifetime as they stand there waiting for the sun to go down and wishing that it wont go down. They keep asking Allah subḥānahu wa taāla (glorified and exalted be He) over and over again. Allah gives them an energy that they themselves are surprised to know that they have. You see yourself in a completely different way. You see something in yourself that you never saw before if you really dedicate your time and dedicate your life on that day to the worship of Allah. Yaser Birjas
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:00:01 +0000
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