ALLAH Almighty has blessed Muslims in an extraordinary way where ALLAH Almighty has attributed different months of Islamic with different events of huge religious reward and importance. Out of the 12 Islamic calendar months, Holy Ramadan is perhaps the most popular and renowned as it comes with roza (Fasting) and the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. The 2nd month that holds great significance in the Islamic calendar after Holy Ramadan is Zil-Hijja.
Zil-Hijja is the 12th month of the Islamic calendar and is first and foremost known for the Hajj that Muslims perform in it and than Muslims gifted with Eid-ul-Adha. Hajj (pilgrimage): Hajj is the yearly pilgrimage in which Muslims visit to the house of ALLAH Almighty in Makkah. The occasion of Hajj comprises of different variety of rituals that Muslims performs in order to worship ALLAH Almighty, submitting to ALLAH Almighty and being thankful for what He has blessed the human being with. Concerning to Hajj, ALLAH Almighty says in Quran, verse 2:197; “Hajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made Hajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of ihram], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during Hajj. And whatever good you do – Allah knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of ALLAH. And fear Me, O you of understanding.” This above mentioned ayah tells of the occasion of Hajj that is to be performed in the month of Zil-Hijja. Event of Hajj is a holy one and it also stands as the 5th pillar of Islam, so there must be no doubt in the mind of any Muslim believer that this occasion holds grave significance in Islam and there are very few occasions that equivalent its magnanimity. In Islam great pressure has been put on performing the rites and rituals of Hajj and the Hajj in whole. Muslims are encouraged to perform all the rituals of Hajj as soon as they have the finances and health of doing so. A person must hurry in performing of Hajj. People generally set the objective of Hajj for the later on years of their life of which they have no assurance. Hence, the pressure that Prophet (PBUH) has put on its performing at the initial makes the significance and importance of Hajj imperative. It is the main objective of each and every Muslim that he or she gets rid of all type of committed sins which they have committed either unintentionally or intentionally. Hence, for all Muslims the cure and heal lies in performing of Hajj, though, the state of performing it with right intentions applies. Therefore, the absolution from all sins is another main bounty of performing Hajj. In addition to the major bounty of forgiveness from sins, the occasion of Hajj also has great symbolic significance. At a symbolic level it gives the message of equality and fairness, universal brotherhood and submission to ALLAH Almighty where all the Muslims from many different countries of the entire world with different ethnicities stand together and perform all the rituals of Hajj without any discrimination and difference with a single purpose in mind, to praise and to be thankful to ALLAH Almighty for whatever ALLAH has bestowed upon them. So, all these bounties show that Hajj is not less than a huge gift from ALLAH Almighty. kaabahtours.co.uk is one of the authorized Hajj and Umrah travel agent based in UK offers a range of Cheapest Umrah 2017 Packages from UK.
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