Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

What arouses wonder is that after your soul obtained relief you
yearn again to return to what draws your tears. You come back to
the Hajj for a second and a third time, but never would you cry as
you did the first time. In the first time, you shed bitter violent
tears, but less in the second, and lesser in the third, why?
Because in every time you grow more serene and more upright in
the adopted course of your life; the moment you enter the Sacred
Masjid and see the Ka‘bah you become preoccupied with yourself
alone, forgetting about anything else. Preoccupied with how you
will offer Prayers, perform Tawâf and Sa‘y [The devotional act of
walking seven times between the knolls of As-Safâ and Al-Marwah
which are located some distance from the Ka‘bah inside Al-Masjidul-
Haram; starting at As-Safâ and ending at Al-Marwa]. What will you
beg for and what invocations will you utter. You are totally taken
by Allah from whatever surrounds you and as long as you are
preoccupied with The Creator, Whose Majesty reigns supreme,
there will be no room in your heart for anything else besides Him.
Even your children will not cross your mind except at the end of
the rituals, which arouses people’s wonder, though there is
nothing to wonder about.
Glorification of the Ka‘bah
Some people say that Islam has forbidden intermingling between
men and women, so why is not it forbidden in Tawâf? We see men
and women performing Tawâf where hardly anyone passes
without exerting a tremendous effort, due to the overcrowding. To
those people we say that every circumambulator (performer of
Tawâf) is preoccupied with what he/she is deeply in.
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