Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

Benison is in the Sacred House
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, describes His House as
blessed, and the blessing lies when a thing offers more than
expected.
For instance, when man cultivates wheat, where the acre usually
yields five Irdabbs [A standard measure that equals 25128 grams], but
it gives him fifteen Irdabbs, we say it is a blessing. So, there are
bounties and there is what surpasses bounties.
The Sacred House is full of blessings: the blessing of winning the
Good Pleasure of Allah, the blessing of refraining from harming
people, the blessing of having your soul filled with faith, the
blessing of fearing Allah and the blessing of killing pride in the
soul. Without regard to social status, every human being in the
Sacred House of Allah is equal to his fellow humans. Only in that
House is the blessing that every Salah (offered Prayer) is worth the
reward of a hundred thousand offered prayers and the blessing of
multiplying the good deeds. Moreover, if the Salah is worth a
hundred thousand offered prayers, a good deed is also worth a
hundred thousand good deeds, whereas in places other than the
Sacred House of Allah, it is worth tenfold the like thereof.
From amongst the blessings also is the hospitality of people;
millions of Muslims visit Mecca to perform Hajj and no matter
how highly prepared Mecca was, it would not have
accommodated all those people who come from the five continents
of the world and from every deep distant mountain pass to
perform Hajj, if it were not for that blessing. The hearts show
magnanimity and places as well, so we may find ten people
sleeping comfortably in a single room, whereas outside Mecca if
two people slept in the same room they would feel discomforted.
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