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My brothers my sisters

We are a few weeks away from the Hajj

The Hajj is a fifth pillar of Islam

It is incumbent upon those who can afford the journey

Who can manage it in terms of health and who have permission from authority

to visit the holy lands

That is called Ishti Taa

The overall ability it's not only about finances

It also has to do with your health and whether you are actually able to go and it also has to do with whether or not you have the permission

to be there by

Authority in that particular land

If you have all of that you would then

Be one of those whom it is incumbent upon if you delay it unnecessarily you would be sinful

May Allah make it easy for all the Hajj, all those who are planning to go all those who shall be going

For the Hajj may Allah make it easy for them and accept it from them

However, have you ever thought to yourself why is it that Allah made this compulsory a journey?

You've got to go to Makkah

I was once asked by a non-Muslim

What's the big deal and I said there's a very big deal Subhanallah a huge deal. Why not?

You may not understand it, but we do as Muslim in so I thought perhaps we'd revise the history of it and see and

Refresh so that our hearts can yearn once again to visit the holy lands

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