Hajj [Pilgrimage to Mecca]
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Do not you know that Islam, Migration (to Medina) and Hajj destroy whatever have been practiced prior to them?
Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 511, Page No. 74 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "If an animal travels for Hajj five times, it is like a camel of Paradise."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 245 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his father that according to a will of Amirul Momineen (a.s.): Do not leave the Hajj of the House of your Lord else you will be destroyed. One who does not perform the Hajj because of worldly desires, his desires will not be fulfilled until the pilgrims return after shaving their heads (after completing the Hajj rituals).
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 299 link
"One who dies before performing an obligatory Hajj without having a valid reason, like illness or rule of an oppressive king, he has an option either to die as a Jew or a Christian."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 299 link
"Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, forgives the sins committed during the month of Zilhajj, Muharram, Safar, Rabiul Awwal and first ten days of Rabius Sani by a pilgrim, his family, his relatives and by those for whom he seeks forgiveness."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 78 link
"Allah forgives one who performs Hajj for Allah's pleasure without the intention of showing it off to the people.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 78 link
A person told Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.), "You did not perform Jihad as it was difficult and performed Hajj as it is easy." Imam was resting his back against the wall. He sat up straight and said, "Woe be on you. The saying of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) at the time of the Last Hajj did not reach you. Surely, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) conveyed to people through Bilal at sunset to keep quiet. When people fell silent, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "The Almighty Allah has made this day blessed for you. He has forgiven righteous among you and accepted their intercession for those who sinned. Go away for you are forgiven and you have gained the pleasure of Allah for those among you who were sinners."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 79 link
When the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) started moving towards Arafah, a Bedouin saw him in the desert and said, "O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.)! I have come to perform Hajj but I am not able to do so because of some problem. I have wealth; tell me something, which I can do and gain the reward of performing Hajj." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) pointed at Mount Abu Qubais and replied, "If you have a quantity of red gold equal to Mount Abu Qubais and you spend it in the way of Allah then too you won't get the reward of Hajj."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 79/80 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) said, "Perform Hajj and Umrah so that your bodies remain healthy, earnings increase, your faith strengthens and the expenses of people and your family members are met through it."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 78 link
The narrator says that he asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.), "I have made an intention to go for Hajj every year or send someone from my family." Imam enquired, "Are you saying this for sure?" "Yes," he replied. Imam (a.s.) said, "If that is so, you should remain assured that you will get excessive wealth. Glad tiding to you for excessive wealth."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 78 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Whenever a pilgrim intends to go for a Hajj, Allah writes ten rewards for him, wipes his ten sins and increases his position by ten levels even before he has bought a single thing for his journey. When he intends to board the vehicle, Allah gives him the above mentioned reward even before he has set his foot on it. When he performs the circumambulation of the House of Allah his sins are wiped off. When he performs Saee between Safa and Marwa, he becomes pure of his sins. When he halts at Arafah, his sins vanish. When he camps in Mashar he comes out of his sins. When he performs stoning at Jimaraat, all his sins are wiped off. Similarly, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) narrated all the acts of Hajj and said that all these acts wipe the sins of a person. Then he said, "How can you reach the position of a Hajj pilgrim?"
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 78/79 link
The narrator says that he heard Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) say "When a Hajj pilgrim enters Mecca, Allah allots two angels for protecting him during circumambulation, Salaat and Saee. When he halts in Arafah, he is patted on his right shoulder and told, 'Your past sins are forgiven. See how you spend your future life'."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 79 link
"The people who return from Hajj are of three types some are freed from the fire of Hell, some become pure of their sins like they were on the day their mothers gave them birth and some protect their family and wealth. These are minimum benefits for a Hajj pilgrim."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80 link
The narrator says that he heard Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) say, "The reward of performing Hajj is more than freeing ten slaves." Imam (a.s.) kept on counting till he said that the reward of the acts of Hajj is more than freeing seventy slaves and said that the reward of circumambulation and a two rakat prayer are equal to freeing a slave."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80 link
"Allah, the Blessed and the High, has positioned one hundred twenty bounties around Mecca. Out of that sixty are for those who perform circumambulation, forty for those who offer Salaat and twenty for the spectators."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80 link
A person came to Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) asked him, "Are you returning from Hajj?" "Yes," he replied. Imam (a.s.) asked, "Do you know the reward of a Hajj pilgrim?" He replied, "May I be sacrificed for you, I don't know." Imam (a.s.) said, "Every pilgrim should enter Mecca for Hajj with extreme humility. When he enters Masjidul Haraam, he should take small steps out of the fear of Allah. He should perform circumambulation of the Holy Kaaba and offer two rakat Salaat. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would note seventy thousand rewards for him, wipe his seventy thousand sins, increase his position seventy thousand levels, fulfill his seventy thousand wishes and grant him the reward of freeing seventy thousand slaves each costing ten thousand dirhams."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80/81 link
"O Ishaq! For one who performs one circumambulation of the Holy Kaaba, Allah writes a thousand rewards, wipes out a thousand sins, increases his position a thousand levels, plants a thousand trees for him in Paradise and grants him reward of freeing a thousand slaves. If he touches his chest to the wall of the Holy Kaaba Allah opens all eight doors of Paradise for him and he would be given choice of entering through any one of them." The narrator asked, "May I be sacrificed for you, is all this reward for one who performs circumambulation?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Yes, should I tell you about a greater reward?" "Yes," replied the narrator. Imam (a.s.) said, "To one who fulfils a wish of a believer, Allah gives reward of Tawaaf, Tawaaf, Tawaaf (he repeated it ten times)."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 link
Hajj is a Jihad for our weak Shias."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 link
The narrator asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.), "What will Allah do to pilgrims like us?" "He will forgive all without any exception."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 link
"Hajj is of two types for Allah and for people. One who performs Hajj for Allah would be rewarded by Him and He would give him Paradise on the Day of Judgment. One who performs Hajj for people should seek reward from them."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 link
The narrator says that he heard Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) say, "One who performs Hajj only for Allah without any show off in his deed surely, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would forgive him."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 82 link
"One who meets a Hajj pilgrim and shakes hands with him is as if he has kissed Hajar-e-Aswad."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 82 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) says that Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) willed to Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) at the time of his martyrdom, "I have performed twenty Hajjs on this she-camel and have not whipped it even once. When it dies, bury it, so that animals do not feed upon its flesh because I have heard the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) say that there is no camel who halts at Arafah during Hajj for seven years except that Allah makes it a camel of Paradise and blesses its progeny." When this she-camel died, Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) buried it.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 82 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "A fasting person is considered to be in worship of Allah even though he may be asleep on his bed; but if he does not backbites a Muslim."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 82 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
I exhort you, by Allah, by Allah, to take care of the House of your Lord! Do not leave it empty for as long as you live, for if it is deserted you will be given no respite.
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 47; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 387 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The pilgrimage is the jihad of every weak person.
al-Khisal, p. 620, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 387 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Spending one dirham in charity during the pilgrimage equals one thousand dirhams.
al-Khisal, p. 628, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 387 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Those who go to Makkah for obligatory and voluntary pilgrimage (Hajj and `umra) are the envoys of Allah, and His gift to them is forgiveness.
al-Khisal, p. 630, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 388 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
And He made obligatory for you the pilgrimage to His Sacred House which he made the 'qibla' for all people. They come to it like the cattle coming to water, and eagerly turn to it like the birds eagerly returning to their nest; He, glory be to Him, made it a sign of their humility before His greatness and their yielding to His Might.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 388 link
Perform the Hajj [obligatory pilgrimage] and the `umra [voluntary pilgrimage] so that your bodies become healthy, your sustenance expanded, and your faith improved; and suffice yourselves with the expenses of people and the expenses of your families.
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 70, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 388 link
Pilgrimage calms the hearts.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 296, no. 582; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 388 link
And this is the house by which Allah has demanded the devotion of His creatures to test their obedience in their coming to it, so He prompted them to glorify it and visit it. He made it the station of the prophets and the focal point (qibla) for those who pray to Him. It is a branch of His good pleasure and a way that leads to His forgiveness, founded on absolute perfection and ultimate grandeur.
Amali al-Saduq, p. 493, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 389 link
There is no place dearer to Allah, most High, than the mas`aa [place of running between the mounts of al-Safa and al-Marwa in Makkah], for every overbearing person is lowered and debased before Him there.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 99. p. 45, no. 34; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 389 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
If someone asks why He commanded the pilgrimage, it is answered: in order for people to perform the journey to [i.e. for] Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and ask for increase in addition to the benefits it has of understanding religion and relating the reports of the Imams (AS) to every side and region.
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 119, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 389 link
Pilgrimage repels poverty.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 389 link
He who goes to perform the obligatory pilgrimage (Hajj) three times will never be afflicted with poverty.
al-Khisal, p. 117, no. 101; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 389 link
I have never seen anything faster at attracting wealth and at repelling poverty than habitual pilgrimage (Hajj) to this house.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 694, no. 1478; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 389 link
Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when Ishaq b. `Ammar said to him: 'I have made up my mind to go for pilgrimage every year either personally or by sending one man of my household at my cost' asked, 'Are you determined to do that?' He said, 'Yes'. The Imam said, 'If you do that, then be certain of abundance in your wealth, and take glad tidings of abundance in your wealth.'
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 70, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 390 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Complete your pilgrimage by visiting the Messenger of Allah (SAWA) when you leave to visit the House of Allah, for deserting it is unkind, and that is what you have been commanded to do [i.e. in the Qur'an: and complete ] by observing the rights of the graves that Allah has made incumbent upon you to visit, and ask for [increase in] your sustenance thereat.
al-Khisal, p. 616, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 390 link
The pilgrimage is completed by meeting the Imam.
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 262, no. 29; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 390 link
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