Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

On the Day of ‘Arafah people supplicate much; each on that great
Day, be it hot or rainy, stands earnestly supplicating. All are
standing, all are submissive and all are humble before the Lord of
the Worlds.
In that Standing, mercy is sent down and Allah manifests Himself
with forgiveness to the people of ‘Arafah, and by the grace of Allah
they become sinless because Hajj erases whatever precedes it, as
aforesaid. Since you have been successfully guided to that endless
goodness and since Allah has manifested Himself to you with
forgiveness, after ‘Arafât you should never revert to what incurs
the Wrath of Allah, The Most Exalted. You do not guarantee that
The Almighty will keep you in this world and destine another Hajj
for you in the coming years. Since you do not guarantee that, you
must strive for your hereafter and hold fast to the righteous path
for the sake of meeting Allah at any time with your sins forgiven.
Seize the opportunity of Hajj for it purges you of sins and never
listen to the whispers of the devil, and enough of the Mercy of
Allah that you conquered him. If he sneaked in your soul at a time
of weakness and you fell into sin, Allah has forgiven you by virtue
of a day in which you showed your sorrow, submissiveness and
awe, that is the Day of ‘Arafah.
But keep in mind that the devil will never leave you alone, because
the stronger you grow in faith the more effort the devil exerts to
tempt you into sin. Either it is Satan who disturbs the peace of the
human conscience in its beliefs, for being the summit of faith; a
task needing Satan who devotes himself to the purpose of
tempting people to disbelieve, Allah forbid.
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