Provision For The Journey Of Hajj (L-247)
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وَما
تَفعَلوا مِن خَيرٍ يَعلَمهُ اللَّهُ ۗ وَتَزَوَّدوا فَإِنَّ خَيرَ الزّادِ
التَّقوىٰ ۚ وَاتَّقونِ يا أُولِي الأَلبابِ197b. |
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197b. Wa maa taf-‘aluu
min khay-riny-ya’-lam-hUllaah. Wa tazaw-waduu fa-‘inna khay-razzaadit-taqwaa.
WattaquuNi yaaa-‘ulil-‘al-baab. |
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197b. And whatever good you do, God knows it. And take
provisions, but the best provision is righteousness. And be mindful of Me, O
people of understanding. |
It was a tradition in the Arabs during the times of ignorance that whenever they used to proceed for performing Pilgrimage, they did not take the requisites of the journey, used to go Penniless and beg from the people in the pathway. It was considered by them a sign of grandeur. Even some people used to spend lavishly their entire capital at the time of departing for Pilgrimage. They had invented this false practice themselves intentionally. Anyhow; it was not the part of worship. This thing is Not acceptable to God because doing so, others who belong to the pilgrim have to suffer burden.
God commanded: Make provision for yourselves (amount for your necessities of the Hereafter) at the time of proceeding for the Pilgrimage. You shouldn’t put your burden upon any other. God knows your intentions and minds. He doesn’t like apparent exhibition and formed purity. So if you will bring the provisions for journey, it is neither a sin and nor against the righteousness.
There is no doubt in it that the real thing is “to ward off evil” that is to say; keeping oneself away naturally from the badness and being inclined towards the goodness, so we should fear God always.
To ward of evils means that we should obey entire Commandments of God with full sincerity, honesty and obedience. Every work should be performed for His pleasure. In every trouble, pain, calamity, distress or misfortune, only He should be supposed as The Supporter and only He should be called for salvation. He should also be thanked in ease and comfort. Every work must be started and finished with His (God) name. We should seek His help in all fields of life. Only the lawful ways should be chosen for deciding all matters and should refrain from the forbidden. We should keep in view the fear of God every time.
It is the “ward off evil” about which we have been instructed again and again in Holy Qur’an, because it is very important in the life of a Muslim. The human life is filled with hopelessness, distress and failure due to forgetting it. So the mankind should try every time to attain perfection in the “Fear of God” (Taqwaa). The Pilgrimage is the best source to produce Taqwaa in oneself..png)
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