The Universal Message of Hajj

stages, reached its culmination in the seventh century CE. It was during that time that specific individuals were born in Arabia who are known as the Companions of the Prophet. Through the sacrifices of the Prophet and his Companions, another historical process began in the 7th century CE. This process spanned more than a thousand years, culminating in the 20th century. Now, there is a need for a new group that embodies the completion of the subsequent historical process. After the Prophet’s Companions, this will be the second group after the Companions of the Prophet, which has been called Ikhwan-e-Rasool, The Brothers of the Prophet, as mentioned in a tradition, narrated by Abu Hurayrah, in which the Prophet of Islam said, ‘I want to see my brothers.’ The Companions of the Prophet said, ‘O Prophet of God, are we not your brothers?’ The Prophet replied, ‘You are my Companions. My brothers have not yet come. They will come in later times.’ (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 249) It is as if the Prophet of Islam and his Companions were ‘the brothers of Abraham’, and the group that will emerge later will be the brothers of Muhammad. ‘The Brothers of Abraham’ advanced the dawah mission in the 1st stage, and now it is the responsibility of The Brothers of Prophet Muhammad to carry forward this