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My Faith 3 - Free Islamic Studies Textbooks

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the intrusion and dominance of many alien and incongruous<br />

planning concepts, technologies, cultures and<br />

institutions and by the behaviour of pilgrims who often<br />

show little trace of the adab of Islam.<br />

There is in fact a warning in the Qur’an to those who<br />

might be tempted to mar or ruin the desired mood of the<br />

Hajj by selfish or wicked conduct. The Qur’an instructs:<br />

“Whoever undertakes the pilgrimage...shall, while on<br />

pilgrimage, abstain from lewd speech, from all<br />

wicked conduct, and from quarrelling; and what ever<br />

good you may do, Allah is aware of it. And make provision<br />

for yourse lves - but, verily, the best of all provisions<br />

is Allah-consciousness. Remain then conscious<br />

of Me, O you who are endowed with insight.”<br />

The mood of Hajj can also be marred or ruined by the<br />

environment and the physical conditions under which<br />

Hajj is performed. Noise from earth- shattering technology<br />

and hi-tech urban planning styles as well as the un<br />

hygienic practices of many pilgrims have transformed<br />

the hajj environment for the worse. Simple and more<br />

natural solutions in keeping with the natural physical<br />

environment of the Hajj will be best suited to maintaining<br />

the spirit and the atmosphere of contemplation,<br />

devotion and intense personal rectification which is the<br />

object of the Hajj.<br />

Recite the following poem and explain. T<br />

This sacred journey we undertake,<br />

Is done purely for Allah’s sake,<br />

But before to Makkah Muslims<br />

depart,<br />

They must ensure the means for<br />

support.<br />

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my faith ...ISLAM

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