Await
expectantly!
It is an act of reward to look at
the Green Dome and the blessed Hujrah. Try to spend most of your time in
Masjid-un-Nabawī reciting Ṣalāt and Salām eagerly and looking at the blessed
Hujrah reverentially. Imagine as though our Beloved Prophet ﷺ would soon come out of his blessed Hujrah. Let your tears flow
in the desire of being blessed with the vision of the Noble Prophet ﷺ.
Blessed
vision
During my (the author's) visit to
Madīnah on the occasion of the Hajj of 1400 AH, I met a young Ḥājī from Karachi
who told me that he was once sitting by the Golden Grille behind the blessed
Hujrah of the Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ
when he saw in wakefulness that the Holy Prophet ﷺ
had come out of the blessed Hujrah. The Noble Prophet ﷺ
said to that young Ḥājī, 'Ask for whatever you desire!'
That young Ḥājī goes onto say that
he was so enraptured and engrossed in the blessed vision that he dared not ask
for anything. The Prophet of Raḥmah, the Intercessor of Ummah ﷺ then returned to his blessed Hujrah, leaving the young Ḥājī
overwhelmed.
Do
not spit in sacred streets
Neither spit in the streets of
Makkah and Madīnah nor blow your nose there. Aren't you aware that the Beloved
and Blessed Prophet ﷺ passed these streets!
Jannat-ul-Baqī'
Many graves and tombs in
Jannat-ul-Baqī' and Jannat-ul-Ma'lā in Makkah have been mercilessly and
disrespectfully destroyed. The graves of thousands of eminent companions, great
Auliyā and those of even the family members of the Holy Prophet ﷺ have been obliterated.
Therefore, if you enter the
graveyard, there is a possibility that you might actually be walking on the
grave of any companion or Walī, whereas walking on the grave of even an
ordinary Muslim is Ḥarām in Sharī'ah. It is stated in Rad-dul-Muḥtār
that if a certain path was built after demolishing the graves underneath it, it
is Ḥarām to walk on that path.
It is also not necessary to make
Salām standing near the entrance of Jannat-ul-Baqī'. The proper method is to
make Salām with your back towards the Qiblah and your face towards the faces of
the buried ones.
Salām
to those buried in Jannat-ul-Baqī'
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْکُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ فَاِنَّآ اِنْ
شَآءَ اللّٰهُ بِکُمْ لَاحِقُوْنَ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِاَهْلِ الْبَقِيْعِ
الْغَرْقَدِ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُمْ
Salām be
upon you, O the believers living here. In shā' Allah ﷻ,
we are about to meet you. O Allah ﷻ,
forgive those buried in Baqī'. O Allah ﷻ,
forgive us and them.
Broken
heart
Alas! There was a time when this
sacred place used to be 'served' by true devotees of the Holy Prophet. The
Imāms of the blessed Masājid were also true devotees, from the Ahl-us-Sunnah
wal-Jamā'ah. During the sermon of Jumu'ah, indicating with his hands towards
the Prophet's sacred grave, when the Imām recited الصَّلٰوةُ
وَالسَّلَامُ عَلٰی هٰذَا النَّبِیّ (i.e. Ṣalāt and Salām be upon this Nabī ﷺ), thousands of devotees would become
overcome with emotion and start weeping.
Farewell
visit
When the heart breaking moment of
departure from Madīnah arrives, proceed towards the sacred Muwājahah weeping.
If you cannot weep, wear a weeping look on the face. Recite Ṣalāt and Salām
whilst weeping. Then express your feelings in an imploring manner like this:
Al-Wadā'
Yā Rasūlallāh ﷺ
اَلْوَدَاعُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللّٰهِ يَا اَلْوَدَاعُ يَا رَسُوْلَ
اللّٰهِ ۔ اَلْفِرَاقُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللّٰهِ يَا اَلْفِرَاقُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللّٰهِ
۔ اَلْفِرَاقُ يَا حَبِيْبِیْ يَا نَبِیَّ اللّٰهِ يَا اَلْآمَانَ لَا جَعَلَهُ
اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی اٰخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْكَ وَلَا مِنْ زِيَارَتِكَ وَلَا مِنَ
الْوُقُوْفِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ اِلَّا خَيْرٍ مِنْ عَافِيَةٍ وَّصِحَّةٍ
وَّسَلَامَةٍ اِنْ عِشْتَ اِنْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی جِئْتُكَ وَاِنْ مِتُّ
فَاَوْدَعْتُكَ عِنْدَكَ شَهَادَتِیْ وَاَمَانَتِیْ وَعَهْدِیْ وَمِيْثَاقِیْ مِنْ
يَوْمِنَا هٰذَا اِلٰی يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ اِنَّهَا شَهَادَةُ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا
اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَاشَرِيْكَ لَهٗ وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهٗ
وَرَسُوْلُهٗ سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَ وَسَلٰمٌ عَلَی
الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۔ اٰمِيْن، اٰمِيْن،
اٰمِيْن يَا رَبَّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۔ يَا رَبِّ بِحَقِّ طٰهٰ وَيٰسٓ
Al-Wadā'
Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Āh! Ab waqt-e-rukhṣat hay āyā — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Ṣadma-e-hijr kaysay sahūn gā — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Bay-qarārī baṛhī jā rahī hay — Hijr kī ab ghaṛī ā rahī hay
Dil huwā jātā hay pārah pārah — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Kis ṭarah shauq say mayn chalā thā — Dil kā ghunchah khushī say khilā thā
Āh! Ab chūṭtā hay Madīnah — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Kūay Jānān kī rangīn fazāon! — Ay mu'aṭṭar mu'ambar hawāon
Lo Salām ākhirī ab hamārā — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Kāsh! Qismat mayrā sāth daytī — Mawt bhī yāwarī mayrī kartī
Jān qadmaun pay qurbān kartā — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Sauz-e-ulfat say jaltā rahūn mayn — 'Ishq mayn tayray ghultā rahūn mayn
Mujh ko dīwānah samjhay zamānah — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Mayn jahān bhī rahūn mayray Āqā — Ho nazar mayn Madīnay kā jalwah
Iltijā mayrī maqbūl farmā — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Kuch na ḥusn-e-'amal kul sakā hūn — Naẓr chand ashk mayn kar rahā hūn
Bas yehī hay mayrā kul asāsah — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Āṅkh say ab huwā khūn jārī — Rūḥ per bhī hay ab ranj tārī
Jald 'Aṭṭār ko phir bulānā — Al-Wadā' Tājdār-e-Madīnah
Like before, present Salām in the
blessed courts of Shaykhayn Karīmayn. Make Du'ā tearfully and plead for
repeated visits to Madīnah. Ask for an easy death with Īmān in Madīnah and
burial in Jannat-ul-Baqī'.
Then, return with tears in eyes,
repeatedly turning around to look at the Prophet's sacred mausoleum with
wistfulness. Leave like the child who is being separated from his loving mother,
crying and looking back at her all the time expecting her to call him back and
embrace him. How fortunate would be the one who, at such a moment, is blessed
with the embrace by the Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ
and with death at his blessed feet!
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبْ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
تُوْبُوْا اِلَی اللّٰہ اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰہ
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبْ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى
عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Birthplace
of Holy Prophet ﷺ
'Allāmah Quṭbuddīn عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ الْغَنِی has said: The Du'ā
made at the birthplace of the Holy Prophet ﷺ
is accepted. An easy way to get here is to exit via any of the adjacent doors
of the mount Marwah and walk on the right side of the houses situated beside
the mountain. After walking a little, this sacred house will appear. The mother
of Sulṭān Hārūn Rashīd عَلَيْهَا رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ
الْغَنِی had a Masjid constructed on this spot but this extremely sacred
house has now been converted into a Madrasah and library. A board with the
writing مَکْتَبَة مَکَّة الْمُکَرَّمَة
'Maktabah Makka-tul-Mukarramah' is on display here.
Jabal
Abū Qubays
It is said that this is the first
mountain in the world. It lies in front of the Holy Ka'bah near the mount Ṣafā.
The Du'ā made at this mountain is accepted. The people of Makkah when affected
by droughts used to come here and make Du'ā. It is stated in a Ḥadīš that
Ḥajar-ul-Aswad descended onto it from Paradise.
(Attarghīb
Wattarhīb, vol. 2, pp. 125, Ḥadīš 30)
This mountain is also referred to as
'Al-Amīn' as Ḥajar-ul-Aswad remained intact over it during the storm of
Sayyidunā Nūḥ. On the occasion of the construction of the Holy Ka'bah, this
mountain called out to Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm عَلٰی
نَبِیِّنَا وَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام and told him that
Ḥajar-ul-Aswad was present over it.
(Balad-ul-Amīn,
pp. 204)
It is also reported that this is the
spot where Ḥajar-ul-Aswad descended from Paradise and where the Beloved and
Blessed Prophet ﷺ split the moon. As
Makka-tul-Mukarramah is surrounded by mountains, people used to climb this
mountain for sighting the moon. As remembrance, a Masjid named Masjid Hilāl was
built here which used to be called Masjid Bilāl by some people. وَاللّٰہُ وَرَسُوْلُهٗ اَعْلَم.
Unfortunately, this blessed Masjid
was demolished and a palace was constructed in its place. During the Hajj of
1409 AH a bomb exploded near the palace, killing many people. As a result, it
is now a high security area. In view of the security of the palace, the Wuḍū
area that existed in the tunnel of the mountain has also been demolished.
It is reported that Sayyidunā Ādam عَلٰی نَبِیِّنَا وَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام
is buried here. According to another narration he عَلَيْهِ
السَّلَام is buried in Masjid Khayf in Minā. وَاللّٰہُ
وَرَسُوْلُهٗ اَعْلَم.
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