Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

Thus, it was decided to demolish the buildings surrounding the
Station and to construct a vitrine as large as the stone. It only
occupies from the place the space of the footsteps of Ibrâhîm, as
currently found and seen, for being one of the Signs that must be
witnessed by all the pilgrims journeying to the Sacred House of
Allah.
We have to bear in mind that there is no difference in the earned
reward, whether performing Tawâf and Sa‘y back and forth the As-
Safâ and Al-Marwah in the first floor, the second or the third.
Because the atmosphere is that of the Masjid as high as the seventh
heaven and the earth alike, whatever be the depth reached, it is
still a Masjid.
We have to talk about Zamzam [The name of the water well that
sprang beneath the feet of the Prophet Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael, peace be upon
him) when he was an infant. It is about 150 kilometers southeast of the
Ka‘bah] that typifies a vital issue in the Islamic creed. Regardless of
being a healing and a sustenance that satisfies hunger, it
symbolizes the Absolute Power of Allah and the total non-reliance
on causes. When hajjis drink from it, it reminds them of Allah’s
Mercy that opens the closed gates when causes no longer avail.
We have to remind that some people underestimate the Hajj
rituals, especially in Minâ where many of them assign others in
throwing the pebbles under the pretext of overcrowding. To them
we say, ‘Crowd is not accepted as an excuse except if you went to
throw the pebbles but you could not.’ As aforesaid in the Hajj
rituals and in all acts of worship we have to adopt the more
reliable and never leave a thing doubted in its abandonment, for
Hajj is not an excursion but an act of worship with rites that must
be performed or atoned for by a sacrificial animal.
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