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you return the Ḥarām earnings that are in your possession to
the deserving people’.) (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 23, pp. 541)
7. I will avoid asking for a discount whilst purchasing things for
the Hajj pilgrimage. (A’lā Ḥaḍrat Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān
has stated, ‘It is better as well as a Sunnaĥ to argue
for discount whilst purchasing things except the ones purchased
for Hajj-pilgrimage. It is better to pay what the seller demands
whilst making purchases for this pilgrimage.) (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ,
vol. 17, pp. 128)
8. At the time of departure, I will seek forgiveness from my family
members, relatives and friends regarding their rights I have
violated. I will make them pray for me. {One attains blessings
when others pray for him. The prayer made by others for a person
is more likely to be answered.
On page 111 of ‘Blessings of Du’ā’ [the 326-page publication of
Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-
Islami], it is stated: Sayyidunā Mūsā
was told,
‘O Mūsā! Make Du’ā to Me with the tongue with which you have
not committed any sin.’ Sayyidunā Mūsā
said,
‘Almighty! Where should I bring such a tongue from’ (Note that
this is the humbleness of Sayyidunā Mūsā
because every Prophet
is absolutely secured from
committing any sin.) Allah
said, ‘Make others pray for
you as you have not committed any sin with their tongue.’}
(Derived from Mašnawī Maulānā Rūm, Duftar Sawm, pp. 31)
9. I will take extra provisions and earn reward by spending them
on my companions and by donating them to deserving beggars
as charity. (To do so is a sign of Hajj Mabrūr.) A Mabrūr Hajj
and ‘Umraĥ are the ones that contain righteousness and goodness,