Chapter VII: Secrets of Pilgrimage
said: There is no rewards except Paradise for an accepted Haj.
The Prophet said: Those who make pilgrimage and Umrah are guests and neighbours of God. If they pray, it is accepted from them. If they seek forgiveness, God forgives them. If they invoke, their invocation is accepted. If they intercede, it is accepted.
There is in another Hadis: He whose sins are greatest is a person who thinks at Arafat that God has not forgiven his sins. The Prophet said: 120 blessings descend everyday on this Ka'ba sixty for those who make Tawaf, forty for those who pray and twenty for those who visit the Ka'ba. There is in Hadis: Make much Tawaf because it is such a great thing that you will find it in your book of deeds on the Resurrection day and for which people will envy you. For this reason, to make Tawaf at first before Haj and Umrah is commendable. There is in Hadis: He who makes Tawaf for a week barefooted and bare bodies will get the reward of setting free a slave. Whose makes Tawaf in rains for a week, his past sins are forgiven. A certain sage said: If the Arafat Day and the Jumma Day occur on the same day, every person at Arafat is forgiven and that is the best day in the world. On that day the farewell pilgrimage of the Holy Prophet took place and on that day, the verse was revealed - To-day I have perfected for you your religion, bestowed My favours completely on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion - 5 : 53.
The people of the Book said: If the verse would have been revealed upon us, we would have observed it as a day of festival.
Hazrat Omar said: I bear witness that mis verse was revealed on the Prophet on the day of two festivals, the day of Arafat an<-.
Jumma day and he was then waiting at Arafat. The Prophet said:
Forgive one who has come for pilgrimage, O God, forgive one who seeks forgiveness for a pilgrim. Hazrat Omar said: A pilgrim is forgiven and also the man for whom he seeks forgiveness in Zilhaj, Muharram, Safar or the first part of Rabiul Awal. It was the custom of the ancient sages that they broadcasted the stories of warriors, welcomed the pilgrims, kissed on their foreheads, sought blessings from them and they hastened to do these things before they would commit sins.
EXCELLENCE OF MECCA AND KA'BA
The Prophet said: God promised that every year s\x lacs people will make pilgrimage. If their number becomes \eis, God will fill the number by angels. The Ka'ba will be presented on the
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