1. During Ṭawāf and Sa'ī, I will avoid pushing and shoving people. (To deliberately shove someone causing discomfort to him is the violation of his right and a sin. The one who has done so will have to repent of it and seek forgiveness from the one he has caused discomfort to. Our pious predecessors have stated, ‘To give up even the smallest of deeds disliked by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is dearer to me than to perform 500 Nafl Hajj.’)
(Jāmi’-ul-‘Ulūm wal-Ḥukm
li-Ibn Rajab, pp. 125)
2. I will attain blessings by keeping
the company of the scholars and Mashāikh of Ahl-us-Sunnaḥ and by beholding
them. I will also request them to make Du’ā for my forgiveness without
accountability.
3. I will perform worship in abundance.
Particularly I will offer five daily Ṣalāḥ regularly.
4. I repent of my sins forever and will
keep the company of the righteous only.
5. After returning from 'Umrah, I will
refrain from sins altogether, perform good deeds in abundance and act upon Sunnaḥ
even more enthusiastically.
6. I will visit the holy places of
Makka-tul-Mukarramaḥ and Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا
اللَّهُ شَرَفًا وَتَعْظِيمًا.
7. I will see the holy city of
Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا with the intention of gaining reward considering it a
privilege.
8. Before I humbly make my first visit
to the blessed court of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ
تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم, I will take a bath, wear new white
clothes, new head-cloth, cap and turban. I will also apply kohl into my eyes
and nice fragrance to my clothes.
9. I will humbly attend the court of
the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى
عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم acting upon the following commandment of
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ:
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ
ظَلَمُوۡا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ
فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ
وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا
And if they ever do injustice to their souls, then O
Beloved! They should come to you and then beg Allah for forgiveness and the
Prophet should intercede for them, then surely, they would find Allah the Most
Acceptor of repentance, the Most Merciful.
[Kanz-ul-Īmān
(Translation of Quran)] (Part 5, Sūrah an-Nisā, verse 64)
10. If possible, I will humbly attend
the court of my Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى
اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم like an escaped slave
who trembles and sheds tears when returning to the court of his master.
(Parable:
Whenever Sayyidunā Imām Mālik عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ الْخَالِق talked about the Holy
Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
وَسَلَّم, the colour of his face would change and he would bow down in
respect. Parable: Someone asked Sayyidunā Imām Mālik عَلَيْهِ
رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ الْخَالِق about Sayyidunā Ayyūb Sakhtiyānī قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ الرَّبَّانِی. Imām Mālik عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ الْخَالِق replied, ‘He is the
best of all narrators I narrate Aḥādīš from. I saw him two times during Hajj-pilgrimage.
Whenever someone mentioned the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم in his presence, he
would weep so bitterly that I would feel pity for him. Impressed by his
reverence and devotion to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى
اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم I started narrating
Aḥādīš from him).
(Ash-Shifā, vol. 2, pp.
41, 42)
11. I will present my Salām in the
blessed court of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ
تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم with respect,
honour and devotion in a melancholic and soft voice.
12. I will keep my voice rather low
acting upon the Quranic commandment:
يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا
لَهُ
بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ
بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَنْ تَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
O those who believe! Do not raise your voices higher than
the voice of the one who reveals Ghayb (the Prophet), nor speak to him loudly
the way you shout to one another, lest your deeds go to waste whilst you are unaware.
[Kanz-ul-Īmān
(Translation of Quran)] (Part 26, Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt, verse 2)
13. I will beg for intercession by
repeatedly uttering اَسْأَلُكَ الشَّفَاعَةَ يَا
رَسُولَ الله (i.e. Yā Rasūlallāh صَلَّى اللهُ
تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم! I beg you for intercession).
14. I will also present my Salām in the
blessed courts of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr Ṣiddīq and Sayyidunā Fārūq A'zam رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالُى عَنْهُمَا.
15. Whilst present in the blessed
courts, I will avoid looking here and there and peeping into the Golden
Grilles.
16. I will present the Salām of the
people who have requested me to do so in the court of the Prophet of Raḥmaḥ,
the Intercessor of Ummaḥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى
عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم.
17. I will not turn my back on the
Golden Grilles.
18. I will present Salām to those buried
in Jannat-ul-Baqī’.
19. I will humbly visit the blessed
tombs of Sayyidunā Ḥamzaḥ رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ
and martyrs of the Uḥud battle. I will make Du’ā and Īṣāl-e-Šawāb, and will
behold the mount Uḥud.
20. I will humbly attend the Qubā
Masjid.
21. I will respect each and every thing
of Madīnah, even its doors and walls, fruits and leaves, flowers and thorns,
stones and dust. (Parable: Sayyidunā Imām Mālik عَلَيْهِ
رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ الْخَالِق never defecated in Madīnah زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا وَتَعْظِيمًا in respect of its
soil. He would go out of Ḥaram for this. However, he was unable to go out of
Ḥaram when severely ill.)
(Bistān-ul-Muḥaddiŝīn,
pp. 19)
22. I will not find fault with anything
of Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا.
Parable:
In
Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا, there was a person who would always weep and seek forgiveness.
When asked about it, he replied, ‘Once I said that the blessed curd of
Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا was sour and tasteless. As soon as I said this, I was deprived
of my spiritual attachment and was rebuked in these words, ‘O the one who has
said that the curd of Madīnah is sour and tasteless! See with the eyes of a
devotee! Each and every thing of the street of the Beloved is nice.’)
(Derived from
Bahār-e-Mašnavī, pp. 128)
Parable:
In the presence of Sayyidunā Imām
Mālik عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ الْخَالِق,
someone said, ‘The soil of Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ is bad.’ Listening to this, he
gave the Fatwā that the impudent person be given 30 lashes and be imprisoned.)
(Ash-Shifā, vol. 2, pp.
57)
23. In order to give gifts to my
relatives and Islamic brothers, I will bring Zamzam water, dates of
Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا and simple inexpensive rosaries. (A’lā Ḥadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ was asked the
following question: What should a rosary be made up of? Wood or stone etc? He
replied, ‘Whether a rosary is made up of wood or stone, it is permissible, but
it should not be expensive as it is Makrūḥ. If it is made up of silver or gold,
then it is Ḥarām).
(Fatāwā Razawiyyah,
vol. 23, pp. 597)
24. I will recite Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī in
abundance during my stay in Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا
اللَّهُ شَرَفًا وَتَعْظِيمًا.
25. During my stay in
Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا, whenever I pass by the green dome, I will immediately turn
towards it and will recite Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī whilst standing with my hands
folded in respect. [Parable: In Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا
اللَّهُ شَرَفًا وَتَعْظِيمًا, a person came to Sayyidunā Abū Ḥāzim رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ and told him that he
saw the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ
وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم in his dream. The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Say it to Abū
Ḥāzim! You pass by me even without stopping to say Salām to me.’ Since then
whenever Sayyidunā Abū Ḥāzim رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى
عَلَيْهِ passed by the blessed tomb, he would present Salām whilst
standing with respect].
(Al-Manāmāt ma’
Mawsū’ah Ibn Abid Dunyā, vol. 3, pp. 153, Ḥadīš 323)
26. If I am not blessed with burial in
Jannat-ul-Baqī’ and the heartrending moment of departure from
Madīna-tul-Munawwaraḥ زَادَهُمَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا وَتَعْظِيمًا
approaches, I will make my farewell visit to the blessed court of the Holy
Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
وَسَلَّم and will plead tearfully for visits to Madīnah again and again.
27. If possible, I will leave like a
child who is being separated from his loving mother, crying and looking at the
blessed court with wistful eyes.
