Makkah – A Region Of Security

 

Rules of Hajj (Pilgrimage) (L-152)

وَعَهِدنا إِلىٰ إِبراهيمَ وَإِسماعيلَ أَن طَهِّرا بَيتِيَ لِلطّائِفينَ وَالعاكِفينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجودِ125b.

125b.    Wa ‘ahidNaa ‘ilaaa  ‘Ibraa-hiima wa  ‘Ismaa-iila  ‘an- tahhiraa Baytiya  littaaa-‘ifiina wal-‘aa-kifiina   war-rukka-is-sujuud.

125b.   And We commissioned Abraham and Ishmael, “Sanctify My House for those who circle around it, and those who seclude themselves in it, and those who kneel and prostrate.”

 ‘Ismaa-iila – (Ishmael), He (Peace be upon him) was elder son of Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him). He had twelve sons and from them; twelve races were grown. The famous tribe of Arab “Quraish” is from his (Peace be upon him) lineage. He is one of the Forefathers of the Last Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ). Duty for constructing the House of God was imposed upon him and his father Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon them).

Baytiya – (My House), God has called The Square Building at Makkah - My House. Intent from it is to disclose the greatness and grandeur of The House of God.

It is duty of every Pilgrim that he/she must move around the House of God (The Square Building at Makkah) seven rounds. It was proclaimed first of all in The House of God about Oneness of God. So revolving around it is like a promise with tongue, that central spot of our entire lives, the entire acts and worships, is only the Oneness of God.

According to the religious law of God, ‘i’-tikaaf means to stay in the mosque for the purpose of worship for a particular period. ‘I’-tikaaf remained a practice (Sunnah) of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)during the last ten days of the Month of Ramadhan.

Mention of Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him) begins from here, so that it may be proved before the Children of Israel, “What were his teachings (Peace be upon him) to whom they accept as their forefather and are proud of it?” Then it may also be noted that God commanded this glorious and respectable Prophet (Peace be upon him), “You will be made Leader of the people due to your sacrifices but this dignity and honor will not be given to the wrongdoers from your lineage”. Because the Children of Israel have left the straight and actual path, so after snatching from them; this honor is being transferred to the second branch of the Prophet Abraham’s Children i.e. the Children of Ishmael (Peace be upon them). https://youtu.be/ix9eVWXuPgI