The Spirit of Hajj

The Emotional Journey Of Hajj The Saudi government has made countless excellent arrangements, which have made Hajj much easier in the present time. However, there is one thing that perhaps has no solution: the crowd of pilgrims. Particularly at the time of stoning the devil, the way people rush upon each other is extremely regrettable. Countless people converge simultaneously to stone the symbolic devil, creating such a frenzy that it seems they are so eager to stone the symbolic devil that they are willing to trample over real human beings to do so. I have never seen a worse example of disregarding one of God’s commands in the zeal to fulfil another. Several people were seen with plaster casts on their hands or feet. One scene I witnessed was when a pilgrim fell during the stoning and was trampled to death under the feet of other pilgrims. People mentioned that such incidents happen every year. How strange is that Hajj in which, in the zeal to strike a symbol of the enemy of humanity, a person ends up killing a fellow human being.” Renewal of Faith Hajj is a form of renewing one’s faith. The faith that existed before Hajj can be seen as a temporary faith. When a believer arrives in Makkah, proclaim “Labbayk, Labbayk” (Here I am, O Allah, here I am), and circumambulates the Ka‘bah, they are, in essence, renewing their faith. It is as though they are pledging their allegiance directly to God. The forgiveness of sins after Hajj aligns with the same principle that applies to the acceptance of Islam. When one comes into the fold of Islam, his previous sins are