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My brothers, my sisters, Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam.

It is mentioned in the Quran in several places.

And Allah Almighty has prescribed it upon those who can afford it.

If you cannot manage or cannot afford, you don't have to go.

But there are lessons to be derived from the Hajj.

Why would Allah Almighty make it compulsory for us to go to Makkah

to reenact something that happened in history?

If you look at what it was, it was the sacrifice of the Prophet Abraham, Abraham, may peace be upon him.

He left his wife Hajj and his son Ismail in the desert of Makkah by the instruction of Allah.

There were many times when Allah instructed the Prophet Abraham to do things that may not have made sense to the human mind.

But the fact that the source was Allah.

The instruction came from the Makkah.

Ibrahim Ali, his Salam was very successful because he obeyed knowing who was the instructor.

Who issued the command?

And so he obeyed it knowing that Subhan Allah nothing can go wrong.

When you and I obey the instruction of Allah, we should realize nothing can go wrong.

Ultimately, we will achieve the dream and the goal. What is it? It is paradise.

So you may not have exactly what you want on earth, but when you get to the other side,

the Almighty will grant you the ultimate success, the eternal success, the beautiful paradise may Allah grant that to us.

So if we look at Surahul Hajj, it is a Surah that is named after the pilgrimage itself.

Allah Almighty speaks about the day of judgment right at the beginning.

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