THREE REASONS WHY FUTURE HUJJAAJ/MU’TAMIRS ARE REQUESTED TO WEAR THEIR IHRAAM AT MASJID AQSA-JERUSALEM:

Bismihi Ta`ala

1. *FORGIVENESS*

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ” مَنْ أَهَلَّ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى بِعُمْرَةٍ، أَوْ بِحَجَّةٍ، غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

مسند احمد

صَحِيحِ ابْنِ حِبَّانَ

Our mother, Hazrat Umme Salma radiyallu `anha, the wife of the prophet SAW, reported that she heard the the beloved Prophet (Swalallahou `alaihi wasallam) saying:*”WHOEVER WEARS THE IHRAAM OF HIS UMRAH OR HIS HAJJ AT MASJID Al AQSA(JERUSALEM) -AND THEN PROCEED TO MAKKAH- THEN HE WILL HAVE ALL HIS SINS FORGIVEN.” (Sahih Ibn Hibbaan, Ahmad).*

2. *FULL FORGIVENESS*

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَمَّا فَرَغَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ مِنْ بِنَاءِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ ثَلَاثًا حُكْمًا يُصَادِفُ حُكْمَهُ وَمُلْكًا لَا يَنْبَغِي لَأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَلَّا يَأْتِيَ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُرِيدُ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ فِيهِ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَّا اثْنَتَانِ فَقَدْ أُعْطِيَهُمَا وَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ

ابن ماجة

Hazrat suleiman a.s. asked this du`as for all those who will come and do salaah in Masjidul Aqsa-Jerusalem: *O Allah forgive that person such that he becomes as sinless as the day he was born.(Ibn Majah)*

3. *FILL IN THE DESTRUCTIVE VACUUM*

All the difficulties of the muslim world is because we have emptied our masjids. To secure our deen, our well being, our family in a respective area, we have to populate the masjids of the area. It is because we have emptied Masjidul Aqsa that Palestinians are suffering. We need a help from Hujjaaj and Mu`tamirs that populate Makkah and Madinah harams to also populate the third haram: Masjidul Aqsa of Jerusalem. Begging for all of us to at least try getting there for a few salaahs to contribute for the well being of Palestinians and neighbourhood.

*DO TWO RAKAATS OF IHRAAM IN MASJIDUL AQSA, DO INTENTION OF UMRAH/HAJJ AND SAY YOUR LABBAIK THERE AND THEN PROCEED TO MAKKAH.*

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