Advantages and aspects of the Hajj

The Hajj
makes it possible to establish a link with the Prophets who have succeeded each
other since our father Ibrahim, builder of the House until our Prophet Mohammed
(S.A.W) who restored the sacred character of Mecca. This link is reflected
in the pilgrim by the memory of the presence of these beings of excellence in
this blessed place.
Wearing a
clean white outfit is a sign of inner purity, clarity of the message and the way forward. The
outfit implies the abandonment of ornament, the manifestation of humanity and
the recall of death since the outfit resembles the shroud and insinuates the
availability to appear before Allah, the Almighty and the Majestic.
The entrance
into the state of sacredness (Ihram) from the places intended for this purpose
expresses the bondage towards Allah marked by obedience and submission to His order and His law. Therefore,
no one must go beyond the said places (without sacralizing) since such is the
order of Allah which is expressed in His law. This reflects the unity of
the Umma and its
organizational discipline which should exclude division and divergence over the
fixing of the said places.
Pilgrimage
is a practical expression of Tawheed. This is what the
pilgrim says at the beginning of his Hajj, as Djabir ibn Abd-Allah says in his
description of the Prophet's pilgrimage (S.A.W): "He (the
Prophet) proclaimed the
tawhid : Labbayka Labbayka Inna al-hamda wa
an-ni'mata lakawal moulk Laa Sharika laka. ".
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