Hajj [Pilgrimage to Mecca]
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Indeed people have been ordered to come to these stones [i.e. the edifice of the Ka`aba] to circumambulate them, and then to come to us to inform us of their friendship, and to declare their support for us.
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), no. 30; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 390 link
He who postpones the obligatory pilgrimage until he dies, Allah will resurrect him as a Jew or a Christian on the Day of Resurrection.
Bihar al-Anwar,v. 77, p. 58, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 391 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who abandons the pilgrimage for one of his worldly needs will not be able to satisfy that need until he sees the shaven heads [i.e. after the return of the pilgrims from Makkah].
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 281, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 391 link
Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when `Abd al-Rahman told him: 'Some of these narrators are saying that it is better for a man to go for pilgrimage once and then to gives alms and maintain his kinship with his relatives [with that money than to go for pilgrimage again]' said, 'They are wrong. If people were to do that the House would become deserted. Allah has made this House a [means of] sustentation for mankind.
Ellal al-Shara'ie, v. 1, p. 452; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 391 link
Abd al-Rahman b. Kathir narrated: 'I went for pilgrimage with Abu `Abdillah [al-Sadiq] (AS). When we had gone a certain way, he climbed a hill and looked down at the people and said, 'What a lot of clamour and what few pilgrims!
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 27, p. 181, no. 30; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 391 link
The pilgrim to this House is of no worth unless he has three attributes: piety that restrains him from acts of disobedience to Allah, most High; clemency with which he controls his anger; and good companionship with whoever accompanies him.
al-Khisal, p. 148, no. 180; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 392 link
When he who makes pilgrimage by means of unlawful money says: "Here I am O Allah! Here I am (labbayk All?humma labbayk)", Allah will say to him, 'No labbayka and no welcome for you. Your pilgrimage is returned to you.'
al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 2, p. 63; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 392 link
Pilgrimage is of two kinds: the pilgrimage [performed] for Allah and the pilgrimage for the people. So he who goes on pilgrimage for Allah, his reward is upon Allah and will be Paradise, and he who makes pilgrimage for the people, his reward on the Day of Resurrection will be with the people.
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 74, no. 16; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 392 link
Anas b. Malik narrates, One year I went on pilgrimage with al-Sadiq (AS). When his mount came to the place of ihram, whenever he intended to say labbayka [here I am ] his voice would cut off in his throat, and he nearly fell off his mount. So I said to him, 'O son of the Prophet, say it, for you must say it', to which he replied, 'O Ibn Abi `Amir, how can I dare say: 'I am here O Allah! I am here' whilst I fear lest He say, 'No labbayka and no welcome for you!
al-Khisal, p. 167, no. 219, `Ilal al-Sharay`e, p. 235, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 393 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Indeed they have been ordered to be in the state of ihram in order that they humble themselves before entering the sanctuary and the safe place of Allah, and so that they do not divert and preoccupy themselves with anything of the affairs of this world and its adornments and pleasures; and so that they be serious in what they are engaged in, journeying to Him and approaching Him with all their being.
Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 9, p. 3, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 393 link
Whoever dies on the road to Makkah, on the way there or back, will be safe from the Great Terror on the Day of Resurrection
al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 263, no. 45; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 393 link
Whoever dies in the state of ihram, Allah will raise him [obedient to Him] saying, 'Here I am, O Allah' (labbayka)
Bihar al-Anwar,v. 7, p. 302, no. 56; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 393 link
The people miss their Imam, but he witnesses the season [of Hajj] and sees them, though they do not see him.
Kamal al-Din, p. 346, no. 33; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 394 link
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