Hajj 2024 - Introduction to Hajj by Dr Yasir Qadhi

min [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Billman [Music] for [Music] I just recited for you two of the uh verses in the Quran there are others as well but two of the primary verses that deal with the blessings of Haj and in the first one Surah ibim Allah subhah wa taala mentions the Commandment of H this is where Hajj begins where does it begin say the for Hajj there is an actual aan that was given for Hajj here the aan here means Proclaim to mankind that they should come for Hajj where and when was this Proclamation made it was made over 4,000 years ago in the holy city of Mecca when the prophet sallallah when the prophet ibraim first built the Kaa with his son is when he first built the Kaa and nobody had yet done ta and nobody had yet traveled and nobody had done anything for the yet Allah said announce the and make thisan to all of mankind make it for all of mankind and soim it is said he asked Allah oh Allah this is a dead land this is an empty land oh Allah who's going to come to perform Hajj to your sacred house when nobody lives here when this is in the middle of nowhere and Allah said to ibraim you give the aan and I will make sure it is heard you give the aan and I will make sure people hear and respond to that Adan and so our our father ibraim he walked to the surrounding valleys he walked to uh he walked to the uh mountains around and to saf and as well and to the other mountains and others he went and from Every Mountain Top he announced that oh people oh mankind Allah has asked me to Proclaim that you should come to Haj you should come to his house to perform the Haj and when he gave that call no human being other than his family heard but Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala kept that call alive and Allah subhah wa ta'ala kept that aan perpetual and so since that year every single year even pre-islam and with the coming of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam Islam and up until our time post Islam throughout all of these 4,000 years people have been performing Haj and that aan has become so popular that the largest annual gathering in the whole world this is according to the Guinness Book of World Records the largest religious gathering every single year is the Haj and that is the response to that and in fact when we say and you should know this this is a very key Point here when we say we are responding to that call thatan that's what means literally means oh Allah here I am at your service oh Allah I'm responding to your call is a term in Arabic that doesn't have an English equivalent there's no simple word here and means to respond to a call that's literally what it means so you only do when somebody has called you you don't you don't just come and say hey I'm here that's not Le is somebody calls you say say come here when you respond to the call in Arabic you say I am responding to your call now a lot of us say and we don't understand why we're saying it you know why we're saying it we are responding to thean that our father ibraim gave and that's literally what we say oh Allah I heard thean I heard the call I believe in that call I know you have called me to your house you told me to come I have responded to that call I have replied to that call here I am oh Allah responding to the to the call of ibraim and replying to your commandment to come so that is why we are coming to the house of Allah subhah wa taala and oh Muslim what can impress us what can make us understand the reality of this sacred Journey that you are all about to undertake Subhan Allah I have performed more haes than I can remember I think almost 20 haes and every single time we go over and I go over these it is just humbling it is just overpowering the blessings of Haj never you lose the The Hope and the enthusiasm and the awe of the blessings given do you know oh Muslim that the famous companion that he had a a stellar resume and a very well-known career pre-islam and he had committed some crimes against the Muslims because he was a general because he had done things you know militarily that was the last Muslim to convert uh before the conquest of Mecca he was the last Muslim to make Hijra and when he came to Medina the last Muslim to migrate to Medina literally the last Muslim and he was very embarrassed at all that he had done he had literally you know hared the umah even killed Muslims in the pre-islamic days of jahia you know when he was fighting on the wrong side and he came to the prophet sallam and he put his hand out and the prophet was going to take it then he put his hand back so the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said what's up why are you putting you came to accept Islam right he said I have a condition now this was in the uh seventh year of the Hijra this was before the conquest of mecah no Haj had been performed yet the Muslims had not done yet listen to this Hadith the prophet asked him M what's up why did you put your hand back he said said Yool Allah I have a condition so the prophet sallallah Ali wasallam said what's the condition he said yahool Allah I've done so much wrong I I I want to embrace Islam on a clean slate I want all my sins to be forgiven I don't want to have to deal with all that I've done so the prophet smiled remember it's the seventh year nobody has done ha yet and yet he's giving this Hadith he said he said oh don't you know that a non-muslim embracing Islam and a Muslim performing Haj notice W this Hadith is mind-boggling look at the context there has never been a Hajj Done Yet the prophet wanted us to know the equivalent don't you know oh that when a person Embraces Islam or when a Muslim does Haj and it is accepted then all of their previous sins are forgiven all of the sins are forgiven Subhan Allah our Prophet sallallahu alaih wasallam equated the going for Hajj he equated the performance of the Hajj as a Muslim with literally the embracing of Islam as a non-muslim that's literally the equation oh Muslim whom Allah has chosen to go for Hajj listen to me and listen carefully and I'm I'm being very very Frank over here if you are going for hjj if your ni to go for Hajj is just to cross off something on your to-do list if it is just to in your mind get rid of some you know deep-seated you know obligation you think you have and that's it to go back back to resume your normal life afterwards then I warn you I caution you that you are not performing Haj with the right frame of mind this is not how you perform Hajj to cross it off your to-do list it is not a chore that you just have to get rid of and then return no Haj is literally a transformative experience it is a lifechanging experience what changes occur when a non-muslim Embraces Islam what SA sacrifices does that person have to do what new routines and rituals does a non-muslim have to take on you and I both know it is literally a GameChanger a lifechanging experience well guess what oh Muslim you and I performing the Haj that is the equivalent of a non-muslim embracing Islam that is a lifechanging transformation that should affect a complete overhaul a complete redual of your priorities of your ethics of your life lihood of your routine everything should change that's the goal of Haj and if and when you go with that mindset well then that is a whole different experience and that is when Hajj will indeed have all of these blessings that we are talking about but dear Muslim and I tell you from now if you go with the wrong intention if you go without having this mindset that I want Allah to accept my Hajj and I want Hajj to be something that truly impacts me if you don't go with this mindset well then there's still time in rethink through and have a genuine sincere commitment that oh Allah you're allowing me to come and realize oh Muslim that the very fact that you get for Haj the very fact you're allowed to go for Hajj in and of itself this is a blessing and a choosing that is not in my hand our Prophet sallallah wasam said the are Allah's delegations and guests Allah's delegations and guests Allah invited them and they accepted that invitation so to be there in mecah to be there in Hajj this is not something that is in your choice or my choice it is in the choice of Allah subhah wa taala so the very fact you have been chosen the very fact that Allah Asel has given you this opportunity means he wants you to change and he wants you to become somebody that is beloved to him and he wants to forgive your sins so accept that invitation accept that blessing that Allah has given you and make sure you have the right mindset make sure your ni your Paradigm your entire your entire methodology of going for ha that you think about it from here and now there's barely two months left oh Muslim so now is the time you have to start thinking why am I going what is my goal when I come back what will I be doing to manifest the blessings of Allah for having gone for Haj our Prophet Sall Al wasam said the best of all Deeds is IM in Allah subhanahu waala and then Hajj then it is the Hajj Hajj is the greatest thing you can do after Iman in Allah subhana wa taala and our mother she came to the prophet sallai wasam and she said all the men are getting the rewards they go for you the battle of the battle of the battle of the battle of all of these battles what can we do we can't go in these battles we want to get all of the blessings of jihad and of shahad and everything possible we want those blessings the prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam said I will tell you of the equivalent of jihad that has no hardship of blood there's no blood being shed in it but you'll get the rewards and that is the Jihad of going for and simply doing and traveling for and participating in ha and all of the bless ings that the true people of jihad and of and and and and and all of those Expeditions that that will come to the one that is undertaking the Hajj to the house of Allah subhanahu wa taala and our Prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam said three people three people are under the protection of Allah subhana wa tala Allah has promised that they will be blessed but protection here it doesn't mean no harm will come to them protection here means that Allah has given them them special attention Special Care three are the people that Allah has protected and he said one of them a person who came out and did as long as he is in Haj he is Allah's guest and Allah has protected him and that's why by the way if a person dies in the state of ha if a person dies in the state of there's special rituals that that the the type of perfume and whatnot is not done upon this person because they are honored in a special manner that other people are not honored because they are Allah's guests Allah's delegates so oh Muslim Allah has chosen you to be his guest Allah has chosen you to be his delegate delegate so from now from now my advice to myself and all of you is to get the right mindset to understand this is not something that is just crossing off the list it must be it should be a life transformative experience your goal should be that Hajj changes your heart and soul Hajj causes es you to reconnect with your faith in a manner that you have never been connected before Haj brings you closer to Allah than you have ever been in your entire life that is the goal and if that happens then inshallah Haj will genuinely be a transformative experience realize oh Muslims the blessings of Hajj began even before the journey and during the journey the blessings of Hajj began as soon as you leave your house our Prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam said that no person takes one footstep nor does an animal take one even one step from the animal except that going for ha obviously except that Allah subhana wa tala causes an entire level of Jenna an entire D for him to be given and an entire set of of evil Deeds to be wiped out every single footstep that you take every single uh portion of the journey that you do and many of us are going from far away lands imagine we are going all the way from America and so every single step that you do and every single Journey that you travel it is as if Allah subhana wa tala will continue to give different levels of Jenna and forgive different quantities of sins simply by your undertaking the journey for Hajj and our Prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam said that nobody says the nobody says the in the nobody says that while they're going for ha except that an angel is going to be giving him Glad Tidings of Jenna an angel will be giving him Glad Tidings of of Jenna and whatever that we do every time that we do the T whatever hears the T around us will testify on the day of judgment every Rock every leaf every stone every brick of the building even inanimate objects they will testify that oh Allah this person answered your call oh Allah this person left his house or her house and walked or rode the bus or took the train or took the airplane and and traveled all the way from his home in order to please you and to sacrifice of his wealth and time to answer the call of ibraim and every single footstep that we take is going to be blessed and ask for the blessings ofat as for the blessings of the people ofat then what will make you realize the blessings of the people of arat what will make you realize the blessings of the people ofat there is no Gathering more sacred than the Gathering ofat there is no blessed people more blessed in our times after the sahab obviously there is no blessed groups of people that is more blessed than the Gathering of the Plains ofat Allah himself boasts to the angels of how proud he is of those people Allah himself boasts to the people that look at all of my servants they have gathered from all over the world look at how tired they are this is all in the Hadith look at how tired they are look at how dusty they are look at how disheveled they are you know you're an for 3 Days right you will you will realize if you haven't been you will realize exactly this Hadith oh Muslim memorize this Hadith and console yourself because you will feel tired you will feel dirty you will feel disheveled that because of the circumstances it's going to be difficult to take baths and showers because of the circumstances you're going to be sweaty and grimy because of the circumstances you wouldn't have combed your hair your deodorant your perfumes all gone and so you are literally Dusty and tired and disheveled and when you are feeling that way don't feel down don't feel don't feel depressed thank Allah that you're there and remember this Hadith that Allah Allah will boast to the angels look at my servants look at these servants they have come from all over the world responding to my call and they are dusty tired disheveled they are they are as they are and they are all gathered for one reason and that is they want my forgiveness then he Allah will say to the angels that I call you to testify that I have forgiven every single one of them I have forgiven down to the last person and our Prophet Sall Alam told us in an authentic he said the best Dua anybody can ever make is the Dua of the best Dua anybody can make is the Dua of oh Muslim no Dua of yours in your whole life no Dua is more powerful and more effective than the duas you can make on the day OFA in the plains ofaa you will have the opportunity to speak directly with Allah you will have the opportunity to hand in your petitions directly to Allah and Allah subhah wa ta'ala will be listening to the please of every single one of you to the requests of every single one of you so go prepared make sure you know the duas that you want and the most important Dua is the Dua of you want Allah to forgive your past you want Allah to bless your future with guidance you want Allah to forgive all the sins you've done you want Allah to make it it easy for you to be the best Muslim you can be in the future make these duas a priority and know that the Dua the Dua of is a Dua that is accepted by Allah no Dua is turned away on the day of every single Dua that you make is going to be accepted now of course to be accepted means that Allah will hear and give you something something what you wanted or something better than that so an equivalent or better than that so every Dua you make will be accepted and when you finish and you go over to the land of there Allah subhana waa mentions in the Quran Allah that's where is the sacred lands and territory Allah mentions in the Quran and he says once you finish up then go and continue your in continue in mif and then from mif when you work your way walk your way to the jamarat our prophet sallallah said and as for your stoning that you do for the then Allah will safeguard every single blessing of that day you're walking and you're pelting it will be invested for you is a you can translate it all the Deeds of that day because that is hectic the 10th of is always hectic because there's so much to do right you have to walk you have to go Pelt you have to go to change and everything always the most hectic day right of the 10th so so the prophet said that day and the day of jamarat that you do it all of it Allah will invest it for you Allah will store it for you meaning you're going to see all that you've done on the day of judgment you will get it back and it will please you and you will be happy of all that you have done and then as for the Shaving of a hair our Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that when your hair is shaved or trimmed for every hair that falls Allah subhana wa tala will for will forgive your evil Allah will forgive all of your evil Deeds so it is symbolic and it is real that as you are shaving or trimming then all of this is falling off so too your sins are completely falling off and then when you do your and that is of course the the the main after the r of of of of standing in when you do which is done on the 10th or 11th or 12th whenever you do it whenever you do realize that is one of the primary pillars of ha and our Prophet sallallah alai wasam said when the Hajj when the Haj does his ta and he finishes then he will leave the Kaa as pure as the day his mother gave birth to him you know the famous that we have about uh having all your sins forgiven it applies right at the point of when you finish then expect Allah to bless you with a complete clean slate and you are now spiritually absolutely pure even though physically you're sweating and physically you're tired and physically your clothes are dirty and physically you might this and that but spiritually you are sparkling clean you have never been cleaner in your whole life than that day as an adult yes you were clean as clean that day when you were born cuz you have no sin but since that day now is the cleanest day you have ever been so as you do as you do your understand the spiritual significance of that ta do not trivialize that day and ask Allah subhana to have your accepted oh Muslim realize as our Prophet s said that the that is accepted it has no reward lesser than Jenna itself you see there is no grade for Hajj you don't get a B+ for Hajj you don't get a C+ you don't even get an A minus there is no grade for Hajj you can't do a mediocre Hajj you either have an accepted Hajj or you don't and if you have an accepted the only reward for is J itself now do you understand why the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam equated the embracing of Islam by a non-muslim with a Muslim doing the Haj because just like the non-muslim saves himself or herself from jahannam and guarantees Jenna when they say the the Shah so too the Muslim when the Muslim goes for Haj when the Muslim participates in the rituals of H there is no reward lesser than Jenna itself so either you do it and Allah accepts in which case you get to J or we don't do it we don't do it because the only reason the Haj will not be accepted is if we did it with the wrong intention the other you know technicalities we can always make up but the only reason that the Hajj will not be accepted was something inside of us that something we did wrong that our Nia was wrong we messed up spiritually that's what's going to ruin our Hajj and so my dear brothers and sisters realize that the Journey of Hajj it is a micro Cosmic journey of the spiritual soul to the literally as you are going to the spiritually the is like a a physical manifestation of that so just like the soul will Journey back to Allah in Hajj the body Journeys to the house of Allah in the the soul goes back to Allah but in this D we are voluntarily walking and going to the house of Allah subhah wa tala so don't forget your spiritual journey as you are going physically to mekah physically to the house of Allah now when you come back your heart and your soul must walk on the to Allah subhah wa ta'ala as you go for Haj you prepare yourself with money you prepare yourself with medicines you prepare yourself with taking the packages that are you know uh uh uh the packages you want to go with you you prepare yourself by reading about and listening to lectures about so too prep and this is by the way all of this is in the Quran Allah says prepare for the journey don't just leave your house and expect you know rain to fall on you the along the way pack your bags have your money have your passport that's literally what means be take preparations for the journey and as you take preparations the best way to prepare yourself for this world is TA that's your real zad that's your real Provisions that you need to take so when you prepare yourself physically for ha prepare yourself spiritually to go back to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala realize as well when you go for Haj you are leaving your family and friends you are leaving your work you're leaving your house and remember a time will come when you will permanently leave all of these things to return back to Allah subhah Waal as you say goodbye to your family you say goodbye to your friends as you walk away from your house voluntarily a time will come when you will walk away spiritually involuntarily the angel of death will come and there will be no goodbyes but the same uh separation will take place but the difference is that for it is temporary and for the it is permanent as you get into theam you will take a and shower and you will wear theam realize what is this if not a reminder of death what is this except exactly a reminder that at least now you are taking the shower a time will come when will be given to you now you are wearing the shrouds uh the a time will come when the shrouds will be P placed on you now you are taking your clothes off voluntarily and putting theam on a time will come when others will take your clothes off and shroud you in your of the so as you put all of this prepare yourself for that Journey as well that's the whole point of here to put yourself in the spirit and mind of the journey back to Allah subhanahu wa taala and as you go for ha and you see the uh extremes you see the chaos you see the crowds you see you know all that is going on well then think of the day of judgment think of the because what you see in Haj is but a fraction but a minuscule fraction of the chaos and panic and the rush that is going to be taking place in the on the day of judgment oh Muslim the Hajj isn't just a physical Journey it is a spiritual journey it is a transformative Journey it is a journey that is intended to completely change and restructure your life that is the goal of Haj make it your goal from now that is the ultimate goal and if you make it your goal and if you genuinely go with that intention then inshallah tala your is a what does ha mean means Allah subhah wa tala has blessed you with it that Allah has accepted it you want your to be you want Allah to have accepted your Haj and so a Muslim some very quick generic advice and then I'll open the floor for some Q&A uh and today is not really the day for for f Q&A we'll have another uh multiple sessions and you know each specific group is going to have you know more uh uh classes and talks those are with my group then we have obviously our own intensive uh series of lectures we're going to be doing and other groups can have their I'm sure they have their own plans and packages as well and so uh this is not really about the F of Q&A but I do want to give you some uh aspects or some uh um realities uh and is especially for those that have not gone for Hajj and this is your uh first time going for Hajj then let me explain to you that uh I'm going to tell you something that is not politically correct to say but it is needs to be said many of us who have never been for Hajj you think that you're going to be spiritually at an all-time high and you think you're going to be in this nice little bubble of IM and ta but when you get there there's going to be a million and One problems starting with the traffic and the jostling and shoving of people right and the filth around you everywhere and the Beggars coming to you and this and that and you are a human being and surrounded by all that you are and you're going to see things you don't like to see people are being very nasty and mean in Haj they're pushing people in front of the Kaa and it's really heartbreaking right and they're trying to do this and that and you're like are you here for or what I don't understand so realize oh Muslim you're not going to have this calm Serene bubble that you think you will you're going to be tired 80 90 99% of people fall sick during Haj that is the reality of Hajj because you are you know congregated together you might have a slight fever coughing you know this is the reality the Hajj gift we call it is going for Hajj all the time I have been for Hajj more times than I can remember and every single time I get the coughing virus and whatnot it is the part of Hajj The Voice goes and what not it is what happens during Haj so in that state and you're going to be like how can I find spirituality how can I get that that that that high that I wanted and I'm telling you from now that's the spiritual high in that chaos with your body tired surrounded by that filth and that dirtiness and that smells and the this and that in that difficult situation for you to muster spirituality it's not the way you're going to imagine it that's what I'm trying to explain to you it's not going to be the way you're thinking about it but whatever you do at that stage that is what is required the fact that you are attempting in that complete chaos to find your personal safety safe space your personal spirituality that is where your salvation will occur so understand this point as well and of course and this is something again I've already hinted at this do realize that Haj brings out the best and the worst of the people around and it is the reality of the umah the umah is not Angelic we know this look at what is happening around the world and what the um is doing so the um is not Angelic it's not full of Angels the um is full of good people and the opposite and in Haj you will find the best of the best people will sacrifice people will you will find people that would have walked from halfway across the world to come to mekah and Medina and here we are traveling in air conditioned planes at 600 M an hour you know within millisec within hours from one end of the world to other there are people that have spent their life savings and they are walking they're on bicycles you will see this they've come all the way from the furthest you know countries in the world and now they're doing Haj and they're smiling and so happy just to be there and your Iman is going to be alltime high and then the very next second you're going to see a person getting irritated pushing somebody you know uh not being nice to somebody and it's going to hurt you immensely and this is the reality of Haj and realize your job and my job is to control our temper is to control our uh uh uh tongue and our anger our Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said whoever does Hajj without being vulgar and without you know uh uh doing any F to other people harming and hurting other people he's not vulgar and he's not pushing and shoving and being nasty to people that is the one who will go back with all of his deeds uh uh with all of his sins forgiven why did the prophet say he's not vulgar and he doesn't hurt other people because in Hajj so many people can't help it they lose their temper and when they lose their temper and believe me and as I said every ha I've done you see this happening in front of you and you think to yourself Subhan Allah didn't you listen to the didn't you listen to what the prophet said didn't weren't you warned not to do this you're going to get angry at everybody next to you why are you snoring this this that on and on and you realize this is the the test of Hajj the fact that you're congregating with two million people you don't think issues are going to happen you don't think there's going to be problems and stuff that going to happen control your tongue control your anger and if you're an if you're angry expect Allah to reward you for your anger don't waste your ha by getting angry at somebody else don't cause your ha to be obliterated because there are things beyond your control things are going to happen you don't like and I don't like and you can't you know it's easy to blame everybody else in the end of the day there's only so much people can do you control your anger and control your tongue and that will be protection of your Haj also one other generic advice and again this is my advice to you as somebody who's as I said done plenty of hages and I've I've been with Haj packages so many times and uh I've seen this over and over again so my generic advice to all of you when it comes to uh the of and the fwa of ha is follow from now the scholar or Scholars whom you want and don't worry about the differences of opinion because Hajj like all issues you have differences can you do this can you do that and Hajj is not the time to become a self-styled expert HJ is not the time to become your own and go f shopping you need to decide which you want to follow and whichever sheh you follow that has studied and whichever one is all good no problem and here's another point I hope inshallah this is not taken in the wrong way oh Muslim I am very troubled personally by how so many H become obsessed with the minutia of ha they become OB obsessed with the fine print you know the number one questions we get asked are about about the things that bake the oh I plucked a hair oh I did a nail here oh I used perfume sou so soap etc etc oh I ate Biryani that had saffron in it and the saffron smells so the Biryani is not spelling my Subhan Allah I'm not trying to make fun of that attitude may Allah bless you with that attitude I am going to say something blunt here you know that in enthusiasm and Zeal you have for all the minutia cut it to 10% take that 90% and put it to the broader goals of Haj I wish people were more concerned about the spirituality of Hajj as much as they are about the very minute and details how many times people are going to come to me I'm not even exaggerating it's sounds funny it's so true showing me their shoes I'm not joking W every sheh knows this she is this shoe allowed or not they're going to come and display their shoe to me and whatnot okay alhamdulillah good may Allah bless you but you know that concern you have W whichever thing you do you'll find some it's not the main issue a thousand times a 100,000 times more important than the shoe that you wear how is your how is your spiritual attitude of Haj so please for the love of God don't become obsessed with the minua Allah is not going to punish you if you followed one scholar over another about the shoe that you wore the sock or whatnot this is not what Haj is about yes you need to study and yes you follow theam to the best I'm not you know telling you not to not follow I am saying prioritize the bigger goal don't lose the force for the trees prioritize your reason for being there and that is you want a cleansing experience you want to reconnect with Allah subhana wa ta'ala far more important than the and this and that is the Dua and the you're making from the that's million times more important than you know making sure that oh the button is this and that no keep that as I said 10% I'm not saying throw it out the window 10% right and the main thing the main thing that you should be aware of there's four Aran of Haj as long as these Aran are done you're going to go over it in the of as long as these Aran are done and that is you declare the for that's called and that is that you stand at and that you do the and the okay these are the four Aran as as long as you do this the rest is salvageable you can do something to make it up as you can do the crash course of Haj in 20 minutes that's it now the rest of the time should not be spent in the minutia in the hair splitting in going to the the the the footnotes that's not what Hajj is about no the rest of the time should literally be spent what duas am I going to be making how is my spiritual State here the that I'm doing here am I truly connected with Allah subhana wa taala that's the Spirit of Hajj and then to start thinking from now my life when I return from Hajj must be different I must be a better person from now you start thinking like this and if you do this well then the trivial stuff will make its way there no problem and the actual Hajj will be accepted insh by Allah so this is in a nutshell um some of the stuff that I wanted to share and be thankful to Allah that you have been chosen uh be appreciative of the blessings there are so many people that are not able to go less than what is it .1% of the um is able to go for Haj so Subhan Allah you are now in that .1% you are now in the elite the de you are the highest now that that Allah has chosen so once you get there appreciate those blessings don't trivialize those blessings take advantage of those days and nights fill them with fill them with the of Allah subhana wa taala do not waste your Hajj with vain talk with making people angry and irritated control your tempers oh Muslims I'm telling you from now Hajj will test your temper in ways that has never been tested you will get angry at the person next you're going to get angry at the bus driver you're going to get angry at me for whatever reason I don't even know you're going to get angry at the world whatever it is what it is we can't control everything you're going to get angry at dam for sure without a doubt that's the reality and Amed knows this right there's only so much they can do in the end of the day this is 3 million people there there's they're trying to D their rest and whatnot so whatever you want to do just control your tongue don't lose your Haj for trivial matters Allah blessed you to go Allah blessed you to be there okay you might not have gotten the AC you wanted you might not have gotten the particular bed that you wanted you know what people are sleeping on the streets W this needs to be said people have walked to Haj and they don't have a fraction of the luxuries we do and they're thankful to Allah for that now I'm not saying that you know if you don't get your stuff that you you know it's your H as well we understand this but at the same time there's a time and a place and I'm telling you as the religious guide I'm telling you as the person you from the spiritual side during the days of Hajj is not the day to argue business during the days of Haj is not the day to lose it by showing your frustration and anger now is the time for s for for for rituals and to control you know your anger and tongue don't hurt other people don't harm other people Allah knows you know ha is not the time you're going to kiss the Blackstone honestly it's not the time get it out of your mind it's not even the wisest thing to do another time go when there's less Rush there to to hurt people and do that and get there this is not what the Shar is about if Allah allows it without you hurting other people alhamdulillah otherwise don't worry about this don't the time for Hajj primarily as we said is the spiritual journey to Allah and to be in these holy places in in in particular right in Min these are the main requirements when you are there you are worshiping you're doing you're reading the Quran you're turning to Allah subhana wa taala you're contemplating the blessings Allah has given you you're contemplating your life up until that point in time and how your life is going to be better henceforth from that point in time that is the main point of Haj internal and not the external stuff and not the minutia of this and that no this is all trivial the main point your soul is going to be reborn you're going to be given a second chance at life spiritually you're going to be coming back a new person so that is what Hajj is about take advantage of that we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless every single one of us to have a Haj we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make this Haj a blessed Haj we ask Allah to make it a Hajj that is easy for us we don't want difficulties in our lives so we want an easy Hajj we want a Hajj that allows us to reconnect with him that allows us to have our sins forgiven we want to return back to our home safe and sound and as pure as the day our mothers gave birth to us and with that inshallah t I'll open the floor for uh q and from your s uh and so inshallah where do I get the questions from oh the Q&A tab sorry okay and then I think you can sort by up votes and we can take a couple of questions inshallah for the next 11 minutes or so may Allah bless you for the session okay so let's take some questions here from now uh how do you deal with keeping up your spiritual momentum after big events like Ramadan I always feel super motivated during these times but struggle with postevent Blues any advice brother aam where you're from Tennessee with your post event Blues I was living in Tennessee for 10 years so um the answer to this question is the struggle for spirituality there is no easy answer and in attempting to find spirituality in trying your best to reconnect with Allah subhana wa in that is your salvation as I explained to you even during Haj that you're not going to find the peace and quiet that you have right now W right now right after this lecture if you sit down for five minutes the type of spirituality you're going to be feeling you will not experience it during Hajj you're going to experience different types because in Hajj like I said your stomach's going to be growling you might have had stomach issues as well right and then you have fever and coughing and sneezing and everybody's crowded and it's just damp or hot or or cold or whatever and there's coughing and there's smoke and there's this and that how can you you find the spirituality you're going to find in your own home right now for the next 5 minutes that's not going to happen but in that environment for you to attempt to push the boundaries and to raise your hand to Allah and to carve out your own spirituality it's not going to be like today's it's not going to be like in in Ramadan it's not going to be like in the piece of your Masjid it's going to be a different type and that type is what Allah will bless so understand have your expectations realistic and understand spirituality is never just achieved once and that's it it is constantly strive for you constantly want to push it more and keep it strong and there are of course mechanisms and ways to to do this and of them most importantly is the Nia when you try you're going to get it and of them is you immerse yourself in rituals of Allah subhana wa tala constant and Quran during ha is comes with the territory that's what you do during Haj is about this is literally in the Quran literally Allah says do in those days that's what you're supposed to do so here doesn't just mean Subhan alhamdulillah is also the Quan is also Dua right is also contemplating over life all of this is so all of these are things that you can do uh next question uh sister nin uh does a woman have to make up any Mis fast before going for Hajj she should but it is not a requirement she should simply because it is good to get rid of all your deaths before going for Haj but it is it has nothing to do with the validity of ha so if you're not able to do that for example if a sister has multiple years you know she was pregnant she was breastfeeding she was pregnant she was breastfeeding she has plenty of uh Ramadan to make up she cannot do it in two months no problem it is not a requirement that you make up your fast before you go for Hajj but it is good to do so if you're able to do so just because of the generic um uh reality of having uh all of your debts paid if you can and again this is not even a requirement because even if you have a debt to somebody who allows you to for that too is allowed uh no problem in um question here does every accepted Hajj clean the Slate of sins or only the first of a Muslim every single brother why do you think I'm doing every single year that I can do and all of us that are doing it we want every single year it will cleanse you it's a cleansing experience every single year so definitely uh uh uh every single year uh question here I'm trying to find the highest question um my skin my question is can men wear fragrance free sunscreen on the exposed sin yes they can no problem inshallah you can wear fragrance free anything no problem in and like I said so many of the questions will be about this no problem just ask a few of them and and don't get too much bogg down in detail as I said the bulk of questions comes over shoes and then over lotions these are the two bulk questions okay that's what every she like we are shown this we're smell smell this she smell this is this Allah all Muslims don't sweat the small stuff pun intended don't sweat over these Petty issues okay use whatever soap is available and try your best to find perfume Free Soap but soap in and of itself is not perfume perfume is perfume do not take your cologne and put it on you and even if you do it accidentally again the is so easy please take a mini course on the of so you know and once you've done it no need to ask a million questions really W is not meant for the Mina as I said know your stuff know what is Haram and Halal and then don't worry about as I said these these Petty things it's not going to make you break your your your Hajj um is it mandatory for a man to shave or is trimming sufficient shaving is more blessed but trimming is sufficient shaving is more rewarding by Allah uh and the reason is to show humility so the whole purpose and again oh men we know how we feel like we want to have you know that nice hair and whatnot and so by shaving you are literally sacrificing your e go you are literally like I want to show my humility to Allah subhana wa tala right so I do encourage but if not and I've done so many times sometimes on a personal level sometimes I shave sometimes I don't it's just it is what it is uh it just um depends on my own mood at the time no problem but with technically speaking the perspective the spiritual perspective and especially if it's your first Hajj then I would strongly encourage you to to shave it off for the men of course the women they just take the uh the end of the the tip of the hair there um uh for the 11 133 days of the visit we will be performing prayer so when you pray behind imams uh you will pray with them full When you pray on your own you may pray for four two no problem when you pray on your own because you are a traveler throughout that entire time uh but when you are behind the Imam then you will uh uh be praying the full because the Imam is going to be local uh if the Imam is not local and the Imam prays to then you pray to as well uh could you explain the spiritual significance of Wills for family so you know a lot of f books they mention that before you go for ha you have to write a will you have to understand the reality of this is nothing to do with Hajj it's to do with past times because once upon a time traveling was life-threatening especially months of travel and so a good percentage of people would not return and so the advice that you give to somebody about to die that's the advice that will be given to the people going for Hajj in our times going for Hajj is has nothing to do with Wills per se but you should always have a will ready that's the point here you should have a will uh in case anything happens and so going for H it should just remind you that it should have a will as well in in of itself writing a will and going for Haj are two separate obligations so they're not causally connected with uh one another uh question here let me just see again I'm trying to see which ones are the on that have the most votes cuz um that's what what I'm trying to answer uh what is the suggested eate of handling dealing with high conflict situations before going for Hajj and uh with dealing with people who have wronged you okay two separate questions here ask for dealing with people who have wronged you in the past I'm assuming that is the question um that people have wronged you in the past it is very healthy for the soul to forgive before going for Haj but I have a longer lecture online about the reality of forgiveness it is not obligatory to forgive somebody who has done wrong to you it's not obligatory it's up to you but it is therapeutic and it is good before you go for to have a clean slate and so that's why it is encouraged to do that as for techniques of um dealing with high conflict situations honestly one of the biggest and most important aspects is to be mentally prepared realize you and I are going to be tested realize you're going to be tested by everybody around you you're going to be tested by the most trivial things cuz when you're not feeling well right even somebody coughing loudly next to you cuz they're in the same tent you're in the same tent right for days right and so somebody coughing loudly you know it might even just get to you much more than it might get because you're not feeling well everybody's not feeling well etc etc so keep your tongue in check Allah will not punish based on an internal feeling of anger you can be as angry as you want inside control the anger control your tongue and calm down before you try to assess the situation some nuisances you can change others you cannot I mean I'm telling you from now one of the most you know problematic things of Hajj are the long lines at the bathrooms right and it's nobody talks about this by the way I've given Hajj lectures online I go into the logistical details of ha in ways that people don't cuz you need to be prepared okay it's very frustrating waiting 50 minutes an hour and a half to use the bathroom very frustrating you don't think you're going to get frustated and now somebody comes and you think he cuts in line or he does this and that of course you're going to lose your frustration and you have the right to tell somebody there's a line whatever it might be so I'm not saying you know don't correct a wrong I'm not saying don't address the nuisance I am saying don't lose your temper that's what I said and that is a rule I am saying don't become vulgar and that is a rule you know during we are supposed to control our tongue and say if somebody's roote to us we say what do you think about then if in we're supposed to control then how how much more so about um Hajj here um final two three questions inshallah so could you go over how to perform Haj on behalf of your parent yes uh very easy anybody as long as you've done one Haj at least for yourself you may do Hajj for any person that you feel deserves that Hajj you're going to spend 10 15 $20,000 you're going to spend two three weeks of your life you're going to sweat you're going to toil you're going to get tired that's a massive amount who you going to give that to don't just give it to a stranger don't that it's for you it's not it's not just meant to be thrown away for free but I mean your mother your father somebody that's you know moved on and owes you owe a lot to them without a doubt a parent deserves that type of you know good deed without a doubt and so for you to perform ha on behalf of a parent is a very Noble uh Endeavor and how do you do this everything is exactly the same except one thing everything is exactly the same except one and that is when you enter the state ofam when you begin the Haj you say on behalf of so and so that's how you tell Allah subhana wa tala that this Hajj is on behalf of so and so I'm answering the call oh Allah on behalf of my mother for my mother that's that's all that's when you begin you just change the and you say on behalf of so and so and then the rest of the H is exactly the same and you may make Dua for yourself and you may do all the stuff you want for yourself and you may make extra Dua for your mother whoever you're doing it for and all of the good deeds and all of that will be gifted to uh the person that you uh did it for uh inshallah Ahmed is that we appreciate it inah we have a session in four or five minutes so as well for the session uh for those brothers and sisters that would like to stay online or we're just going to reset the session inshah would you like to close it and we'll begin in the next session we ask Allah to facilitate this and to accept it from all of us and for many of you I'll be seeing you in the package

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