Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

When Imam ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) discussed
wiping over footwear (when performing ablution), he said, ‘If the
matter submits to reasoning power, wiping the underside of the
foot would be more deserving than its outside. Because the
underside of the foot is the part subjected to dirt. But the way lies
in adapting the soul to approach A Lord Who wants you to
approach Him with obedience, and never dare allow yourself to
come near Allah with whatever sort of argument. For Allah, all
praise and glory be to Him, cannot be questioned as to what He
does or commands.’
When you come to stone the devil, you actually want to block the
gateways through which he may steal into your soul, whether to
attack the acme of your faith thus you stone the supreme devil, or
the branches of your faith thus you stone the subservient devils.
You stone the devil seven times. All is a physical matter that
agrees with your corporality. But there is wisdom behind the
Command that should not pass unnoticed; Allah, all praise and
glory be to Him, wants us after performing the Hajj rituals to fully
accept His Ordained Destiny with contentment no matter how it
seemed to us. To be certain that whatever Allah has judged is
surely the best.
Obedience and reasoning
During the Hajj the dialogue exchanged between the mind and
obedience is continuous. Acts of obedience that bend the heads in
mediation while performing the Hajj rituals as Tawâf [The
devotional act of circumambulating (i.e. walking around) the Ka‘bah
seven times while reciting prayers and supplication. Tawâf should
begin and end at the Black Stone], 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],
kissing the Black Stone and stoning another, beside other rites.
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