Status of the righteous forefathers in Hajj
- Categories: Fiqh of Hajj and Umrah -
All praise is due to Allah, Who enjoined upon His servants
pilgrimage to His ancient house, although He Almighty is Free of
all needs. And prayers and peace of Allah be upon our prophet
Muhammad, the perfect model imitated by performers of Hajj and
'Umra, and upon all his family and companions and whoever followed
their path till the Day of Judgment.
Hajj is an obligatory act of
worship and a life time experience. The capable Muslim has to
perform it at least once in a life time, from his country to
another country he is not accustomed to go, where there are
conditions he had never experienced.
In such a country, he should
spend his money, leave his children behind, exert effort, endure
the hardships of travel and the troubles of stopping and going in
places crowded with people who met together in the same
time.
In the shade of the ignorance
that has been spread between many Muslims, you see the effects of
the religious and scientific ignorance and the lack of
consciousness clear in the gathering of the pilgrims for performing
their rituals. You will be in a state of shock because of the forms
of polytheism, creations in religion, sins and committing mistakes
in the rituals of Hajj in specific and the acts of worship in
general, and you would feel sad because of the signs of ignorance
with its different forms. Matters would be worse when you see some
merchants of this worldly life do their best to increase their
profits through the scamming of the pilgrims, displaying their
ignorance and not knowing the rules of their religion. Therefore,
the people and students of knowledge that follow the Qur'an and
Sunnah feel the gravity of theses consequences and
responsibility.
Based on the true clear
message of Islam and preachers' care for spreading the true
knowledge of Shar'ia, in order to give Muslims the opportunity to
follow Sunnah and avoid the innovation (in religion) and what is
detested …
And because the only way for
knowing this is to know the guidance of the Prophet (prayers and
peace of Allah be upon him) and his status during Hajj, we
dedicated this issue for the status of the righteous forefathers in
Hajj. We invoke Allah to accept the righteous deeds of
everyone.
Warning
against neglecting Hajj:
Abu Sa'ied Al-Khudry (may
Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (prayers and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah Glory be to Him the
Exalted says: the servant whom I gave him health and provision and
spends five years without coming to Me is deprived" [Reported by
Ibn Hibban, With a good (Hasan) chain of transmission]
Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be
pleased with him and his father too) narrated that the Prophet
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Hasten to Hajj
because you do not know what may emerge to you (obstacle)"
[Reported by Al-Albani, Authentic]
And it is narrated on the
authority of Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "The
accepted Hajj has no reward but Paradise" [Reported by An-Nasa'i,
Authentic (Saheeh)]
Status of the
righteous forefathers in Hajj:
Hajj had great effects on
purifying the selves and tendering the hearts, because of the
meanings of slavery and the divine miens which are implied in all
its rituals and acts; they had grown in the lives of the righteous
forefathers' hearts that fear Allah, smart minds and pure virtuous
bodies. Although they used to perform the acts of worship
perfectly, they were restless lest their deeds may not be accepted.
On the other hand, in spite of the fact that we (except whom Allah
Merced) do not perform the acts of worship well or fear Allah, we
sleep well, as if we had held the luxuries and guaranteed the
supreme ranks of Paradise!
If it is
narrated that one of the righteous forefathers said: "the travelers for pilgrimage are
many, but the true pilgrims are few," what can we say? We invoke
Allah not to hate us.
It is befitting for us,
Muslims, to return to the ways of the righteous forefathers in the
creed, worship, behavior and style of life to gain, like them, the
joy of the two lives; they gained honor in the worldly life and
felicity in the hereafter.
Among the
morals of the righteous forefathers in travel and
Hajj:
The righteous forefathers (may
Allah mercy them) knew the right of the fellow in travel;
therefore, they used to be generous with him and comfort him with
what they have of food and drink. Every one of them desired serving
his brother without feeling embarrassment because of noble descent
or loftiness in society.
Mujahid
said: "I accompanied
Ibn Omar in travel to serve him, but it is he who served
me."
Abdullah Ibn
Al-Mubarak used to feed
his fellows in travel the best food while he is fasting. And
whenever he intended to perform Hajj from his country, he gathered
his friends and said: "who among you want to perform Hajj?" then
takes from them the expense and puts it in a box and closes it,
then he accompanies them to Hajj and spends upon them as much as he
can and feeds them the best food then buys for them, from Makkah,
the gifts that they like, then returns with them to his country,
and at their arrival, he prepares for them food and brings the box
that contains their expenses and returns to everyone his
expense!
Forefathers'
worship in Hajj:
Imam Ibn
Rajab (may Allah mercy
him) mentioned that among the greatest characteristics of piousness
in Hajj is to observe prayer. The person who performed Hajj without
observing prayer (especially if it was voluntary Hajj) is like the
one who sought winning a dirham and wasted his capital which is
numerous thousands. The righteous forefathers used to observe the
supererogatory prayers during Hajj. The prophet (prayers and peace
of Allah be upon him) used to observe the supererogatory prayers
and Witr on the back of his ride in all his journeys. 'Amer Ibn Rabi'a (may Allah be
pleased with him) narrated that he had seen the Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) observing supererogatory
prayer at night in a journey on the back of his ride in whichever
direction it turned its face [Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim,
Authentic (Saheeh)]
Ancestor's
wariness of hypocrisy and boast:
Among the things that the
pilgrim has to beware of, to make his Hajj fully accepted, is not
to perform his Hajj for gaining reputation or boast; he should seek
only the face and satisfaction of Allah Almighty and he should be
modest in his Hajj and submit to his Lord. The righteous
forefathers (may Allah mercy them) used to attentively beware of
letting hypocrisy or boast get in their deeds, because they knew
that Allah Almighty accepts only the deeds that are dedicated only
to Him and performed according to the Sunnah of His Prophet
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him): "If anyone does anything
in which he associates anyone else with Me, I shall abandon him
with one whom he associates with Me" [Reported by Muslim, Authentic
(Saheeh)]
Therefore; when a man said to
Ibn Omar (may Allah be pleased
with him and his father too): "How many the pilgrims are!" Ibn Omar
said: "How few they are!"
Shuraih
Al-Qadi said: "The true
pilgrims are few, although the travelers for pilgrimage are many.
How many people do good, but how few people seek His
face!"
Not all forms are accepted;
the accepted forms have a sign.
Reasons of
self's longing to Makkah:
First:
A person feels longing to it
because it was his home and he got out of it, so he feels longing
to his home.
Second:
A person tastes in his going
to it the sweetness of the worldly life's profits; such a person
feels longing to his profits not to Makkah itself. He feels longing
to it just because it is a reason for the profits.
Third:
A person feels narrowness in
his country; thereupon, he likes tourism and seeing what pleases
him in his way to Mecca, then he forgets his pains because of the
joy of his tourism and his self-betrays him and makes him believe
that he likes Hajj. In fact, he likes resting.
Fourth:
A person whose self-conceals
hypocrisy that he does not notice; this is like his loving being
known as a person performed Hajj. In fact, he longs to being known
by performing Hajj but his self-betrays him by making him think
that he longs to Hajj itself. This is an unclear kind of
self-conceit; so, it must be monitored.
Fifth:
A person knows the merit of
Hajj; therefore, he longs to having the reward of Allah Almighty,
because multiplying the rewards in such places is greater than any
other place. In fact, this is the believer.
Sixth:
General longing, because of
the invocation of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) when he said: {So
fill some hearts among men with love towards them} [Surat Ibrahim
14:37]
Transliteration:
faijAAal afidatan mina alnnasi
tahwee ilayhim
Ibn
Abbas (may Allah be
pleased with him and his father too) said: "He meant the love of
living in Makkah, and if he had said 'fill the hearts of men with
love towards them', Jews and Christians would have come to Makkah,
but he said 'Hearts among men'"
Among Fatawa
of the permanent committee for scientific researches and
Fatwa:
Fatwa No.
10701: A wife does not
have the expenses of Hajj and her husband is rich; is he obliged to
pay the expenses of her Hajj?
The husband is not obliged to
pay the expenses of her Hajj, even if he is rich; but it is a kind
of beneficence. And she is not obliged to perform Hajj, because she
does not have its expenses.
Fatwa No.
5545: If the Muslim
wanted to perform the obligation of Hajj, while he is debtor, and
asked the permission from the creditor (or creditors) and he is
allowed to perform Hajj, would his Hajj be sound?
If it is so; the creditor (or
the creditors) allowed you to perform Hajj before paying back your
debt, you could perform Hajj before paying back your debt, and your
being debtor does not affect upon the soundness of your Hajj in
such case. And we seek success from Allah, and prayers and peace of
Allah be upon our prophet Muhammad and his family and
companions.
Fatwa No.
4909: Can a Muslim
woman perform the obligation of Hajj with trustworthy women, if it
is not possible for her to accompany with her one of her relatives,
or if her father was dead? Could her mother, maternal aunt,
paternal aunt or any other person accompany her to be Mihram with
her in her Hajj?
The sound opinion is that she
is not allowed to travel for Hajj except with her husband or
unmarriageable relative. She is not allowed to travel with
trustworthy women, marriageable trustworthy men, paternal aunt,
maternal aunt or mother; rather, she has to be with her husband or
unmarriageable man. If she found none of those, Hajj would not be
obligatory upon her as long as she is in this case, because of not
having the condition of 'The religious ability', and Allah Almighty
says: {And Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) to the House (Ka'bah) is a
duty that mankind owes to Allâh, those who can afford the expenses
(for one's conveyance, provision and residence);} [Surat Al-Imran
3:97]
Transliteration:
walillahi AAala alnnasi hijju
albayti mani istataAAa ilayhi sabeelan
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