Imam Al Haddad s Hajj Counsels

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make ṭ awā f (circumambulation) of the Ancient House in abundance, for the

one making ṭ awā f is immersed in mercy. While you are doing so, your hearts should

be overflowing with veneration and magnification for the Lord of the House. Do not

busy yourselves with anything other than recitation of the Qur’ān, remembrance of

Allah and supplication. Beware of idle speech.

Be consistent in reading the adhk ār and supplications which should be read during

ṭ awā f and sa`ī and in other places on the Ḥajj. You should also have the utmost

concern for visiting all the sacred places.

You should perform ùmrah in abundance, especially in the month of Ramaḍān, for

performing one ùmrah in Ramaḍān is equal in reward to performing Ḥajj with the

Prophet, may Allah bless him and his Family and grant them peace.

have veneration for the two Sacred Precincts and observe the correct

etiquette in them. You must also honour those living there, and give them the rightdue to them for living in proximity to those blessed places. Maintain a good opinion

of them specifically and of the Muslims generally. If you see or hear something you

dislike, be patient and remain silent. However, if you are able to openly speak the

truth then do so, for no one has any excuse to remain silent unless he is absolutely

certain he is unable to change a wrong that is being committed.

One of the best states to be in is to focus fully on Allah and on worshipping Him such

that you are unaware of the state of those around you, since the people of this time

have contravened the way of the pious predecessors and left behind their praiseworthy

teachings. The one who Allah guides is rightly guided; but the one who Allah

causes to go astray – for him you will find no protector to guide him.4

perform abundant pious acts in the Sacred Precinct in Makkah, for one

good deed therein is rewarded one hundred thousand times over. This multiplication is

narrated specifically regarding the prayer by the Messenger of Allah (peace and

blessings be upon him) but some scholars regard it to apply to all acts of obedience.

Just as the reward for acts of obedience is far greater in the Sacred Precinct, likewise

acts of disobedience are far graver therein. One of the pious predecessors said: “There

is no place where someone is taken to account for wishing to commit an act of

disobedience other than Makkah.” The scholars use as evidence for this Allah’s

saying: If Anyone wishes therein to do wrong out of deviance We will cause him totaste a painful punishment .5

Ibn Àbbās, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: “I would prefer to commit

seventy sins outside the Sacred Precinct than to commit one sin in Makkah.” May

Allah protect Makkah, and increase it in greatness, stature and nobility.

When you reach His inviolable House and your eyes gaze upon it, make your heart

gaze upon the Lord of the House. Ḥajj has an outer element and an inner element. The

4! Al3Kahf ,!18:17

5! Al3!Ḥajj ,!22:25

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outer element is the Sacred Law (sharī ̀ah) and the inner element is reality (ḥaqī qah).

Do not focus on one element to the exclusion of the other, but rather combine the two.

Know that there is a house inside you that belongs to Allāh, which is your heart. He

has ordered Ibr āh ī m (your knowledge) and Ismā ̀ī l (your intellect) to purify it for the

angels and spirits who wish to make ṭ awā f (circumambulation) of it, seclude

themselves in it, bow and prostrate in it.6 Anyone who possesses neither Ibr āh ī m nor Ismā ̀ī l is ignorant and foolish, and the Fire will consume him. Anyone who possesses

them both but does not allow them to purify the house so that it is fit for those who

wish to make ṭ awā f (circumambulation) of it and seclude themselves in it, is a

representative of the Devil. An example of such a person is a heedless scholar who

does not act according to the dictates of his knowledge and intellect.

The Prophet said: “Zamzam water is what it is drunk for.” This means that if

someone drinks it for a sickness, Allah will heal them; if someone drinks it for

hunger, Allah will cause them to be satiated and if someone drinks it for a need, Allah

will fulfil that need. This is because the well was brought forth when Allah’s aid was

sought and Allah gave relief to Ismā ̀ī l by it. The great Imāms have tried this with

their own needs and found the Prophet’s words to be true. However, it requires a

correct intention and sincerity and it is not for everyone.

This conclusion is somewhat appropriate to the counsels which preceded it, and

someone of intellect and intelligence may derive etiquettes from these narrations

which he should observe in those sacred places.

Mentioning the pious predecessors and their lives gives comfort to travellers on the

path to the next life, for they are the examples which we should take. Looking at their

striving helps seekers to realise their shortcomings. If someone looks at the people of

his time and their heedlessness and procrastination, he will most often become proud

of himself or harbour a bad opinion of them, both of which are blameworthy. The

felicitous one is someone who emulates the pious predecessors, uses them as a proof

against himself and drives himself to walk in their footsteps and to follow their

straight path.

! The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his Family andCompanions and grant them peace) made Ḥajj riding on a shabby-looking

saddle, under which was a rug worth less than four dirhams. On his return he

said: “O Allah, make it a blessed Ḥajj. Let there be no ostentation in it, nor

reputation-seeking.”

! `Umar made ṭ awā f around the House. He placed his hand on the Black Stone,

kissed it and then cried. Then he said: “By Allah, I know that you are a Stone

6!The!Imām!is!referring!to!Allah’s!saying:!We!took!a !covenant!with!Ibrāhīm!and!Ismā`īl!that!they!

purify!My!House!for!those!who!wish!to!make!ṭawāf!(circumambula9on)!of!it,!seclude!themselves!in !it,!bow!and!prostrate!in!it !(al3Baqarah,!2:125).

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that cannot harm or benefit anyone. Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah

doing this, I would not have done it.” Then he turned round and saw Àl ī (may

Allah ennoble him) behind him. He said to him: “O Abū al-Ḥasan, this is the

place where tears flow.”

Àl ī said to him: “On the contrary, O Leader of the Believers, this Stone harmsand benefits people. When Allah took the covenant with the progeny of Adam

and said to them: ‘ Am I not your Lord?’, He recorded this and this Stone

swallowed this document. It will then bear witness to anyone who touches it

with truthfulness.”

! A man met Àbdullāh bin Ùmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) while

making ṭ awā f. He asked Àbdullāh bin Ùmar for something but he did not

respond. Àbdullāh bin Ùmar met the man again later and said to him:

“Perhaps you were upset when I did not respond to you. Do you not know that

when we make ṭ awā f we present ourselves to Allah? In any case your need has

been answered.”

! Ṭāūs said: “I saw Àl ī (Zayn al-`Ā bid ī n) the son of Imām al-Ḥusayn in the

depths of the night standing in prayer in the Ḥijr 7 so I came close to him,

saying to myself, ‘This is a pious man from the People of the House. Perhaps I

will hear him say something that will benefit me.’ I heard him saying while in

prostration: ‘A beggar is at Your door, a poor man is at Your door, Your needy

slave is at Your door.’8 Whenever I called upon Allah using these words, my

prayers were answered.”

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ī n) the son of Imam al-Husaynentered into iḥr ām he wished to say ‘labbayk ’, but instead he started shaking,

his colour changed and he fell off his camel. When he was asked what

happened he said: “I feared that I would say labbayk – responding to the call

of my Lord - and it would be completely rejected.”

! Sālim bin Àbdullāh bin Ùmar met Hishām bin Àbd al-Malik who was then

the governor of Makkah inside the Ka`bah. Hishām said to him: “Ask me, that

I may fulfil your need.”

“I would be ashamed to ask other than Him, when I am in His House.”

When they were outside the House, Hishām said to him: “You are now

outside, so ask what you wish.”

Sālim said: “Do you mean from the things of this world or the next world?”

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“All I possess are the things of this world.”

“I did not ask for worldly things from the One Who possesses them, so why

would I ask them from anyone other than Him?”

! A pious man said: “I once saw a man performing ṭawāf and sa ̀ī . His slaveswere around him driving people out of his way to make space for him. I later

saw him in Baghdad begging. I asked him what had happened and he said: ‘I

showed arrogance in a place where people show humility so Allah humbled

me in a place where people show arrogance.’”

! Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣr ī once stood at Àraf āt in the sun on an extremely hot day. He

was asked: “Why do you not move into the shade?”

He replied: “I did not realise I was in the sun. I recalled a sin that I had

committed and I did not feel the heat of the sun.” It was so hot that had

someone wrung out his clothes, sweat would have run forth from them. Thissin that he recalled was probably a mere thought that had it come to anyone

else’s mind, they would not have even considered it a minor sin. This is the

veneration the pious predecessors had for their Lord and their distance from

acts of disobedience.

! A man once took seven stones from Àraf āt and made them bear witness to his

testimony that there is no god but Allāh. He then saw in a dream that he was

standing in front of Allāh to be judged. He was taken to account and then

ordered to be taken to the Fire. However, whenever he was brought to one of

the seven gates of the Fire, a stone came and blocked his entrance. He realised

that these stones were the same stones that had born witness to his testimony.

Then his testimony was brought and the gate of Paradise was opened to him.

! Àli bin al-Muwaffaq said: “On the eve of the Day of Àrafah I saw in my

dream two angels who had descended from the heavens. One said to the other:

“Do you know how many people have come to our Lord’s House to perform

Ḥajj this year?”

“No,” said the other.

“Six hundred thousand,” he said. “Do you know how many have been

accepted?”

“No.”

“Six people.”

So I remained in a state of sorrow and distress. I said to myself, ‘What chance

do I have of being among those six?’

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The following night, the eve of the Day of Slaughter, I saw the two angels

again. One said to the other: “Do you know what the judgement of our Lord

was?”

“No,” said the other.

“He gave one hundred thousand people to each of the six (and thus accepted

them all.”

Upon hearing this, I woke up in a state of joy that was indescribable.

We round off these counsels with Imām al-Ḥaddād’s address to the Messenger of

Allahon his visit to him.

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We have come to you as visitors, aiming to attain your intercession with Allah in

wiping out our sins and wrongdoings

In our souls are needs and requests that we hope to be fulfilled through your status, O

giver

Turn (to Allah), O Messenger of Allah, regarding every need and concern of ours in

our worldly lives and in our hearts

The rectification of my religion and my heart is my utmost goal, my Master, so assist

me.

May Allah’s blessings be upon you, for you are the best one who guides by the light

of Allah in the East and West.

[Taken from Imām al-Ḥaddād’s al-Waṣayā al-N ā f`iah, from his Dī wān and from al-

Fuyūḍāt al-Rabbaniyyah by Ḥab ī b Zayn bin Sumayṭ]

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