Hajj is the essence of Islam

Auto-generated transcript:Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you. The meaning of the ayat which I recited from Surah Al-Hajj, Allah SWT says, As we know, the Hajj is the essence of Islam. It is the commemoration by emulation, of the beautiful life, and especially certain incidents of the life of Ibrahim AS, and his small nuclear family. Each of these incidents, demonstrates and emphasizes the essence of Islam, which is submission. Islam means to submit our will to the will of Allah, and to the will of Allah. It begins with Ibrahim AS, the command he was given to take his family, his wife Hajar AS, our mother, and his newborn baby Ismail AS, to the barren valley of Bakka, which was later to become the city of Makkah. He took them there, he left them there, and all the tafsir, the details of that, we know, I won't go into all that now. And he made dua to Allah SWT for them. And that dua itself is worth study in detail. What he asked for, why did he ask for that, the sequence of what he asked, all of these are things which are worth studying. I think I've done several khutbahs on this. And then later on, he goes to visit that family, when his son, Allah SWT says, is old enough to walk with him. So we are not looking here at a strapping teenager or a 20 year old, we are looking at a little boy, old enough to walk with him. And then he is given the command to sacrifice that son to Allah SWT. And he takes his son, and as they are walking, he says to his son, I have been commanded in my dream, I have been commanded to sacrifice you, to do zibā for you. Look what you see. Fanzur. look what you see the son does not say look where where should I look what am I supposed to see which would have been logical responses he doesn't say that he knows what his father means he knows what his father means when he says look fan Durma that era I mean these the way Allah subhanahu ta'ala has described these things in the Quran are things to really seriously reflect on and ask ourselves where am I with respect to this we allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not mentioning these stories for our entertainment Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is setting standards for us to emulate standards which we will be helping to follow and we will be helping to follow and we will be helping to follow held accountable for an accountable to and the Sun says what is the response his response is do what you have been commanded to do and Inshallah you will find me among the Sabir in and then as they go on this journey Shaytan comes to them in three places and tries to tempt them and tries to misguide the son. And eventually Allah sends a ram to be sacrificed instead of Ismail . And then later on Ismail is commanded to go back. And by then Ismail is grown and they build the Kaaba as Sharif on the command of Allah . The rituals of Hajj, the Manasik of Hajj commemorate every one of these. They commemorate first the Sai of Hajj where she ran from mountain top to mountain top, from Safar to Marwat. Soon after they were left there. And then they are buried there in that valley. And then it commemorates these places where shaitan tempted them which is the position of the Jabrat. And then the sacrifice itself. The Udhiyya, the Khurwani. And then of course the Tawaf of the Kaaba. Because by then the Kaaba has been built. All of these are the Manasik of Hajj. And of course Allah commanded these to be arranged in a certain sequence. And then they are buried there. And then the sequence which we learn from Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahibu salim. Where he said to us, Take from me the Manasik of Hajj. Take from me the rituals of Hajj. Qudu anni Manasikako. Learn from me. Take from me your Manasik. Your rituals of Hajj. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loved the actions of these three people. This little family. Ibrahim alaihi salam, Ismail alaihi salam and Hajar alaihi salam. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loved their actions so much that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala converted them into acts of worship. Into the Manasik and stages and rituals of Hajj itself. Hajar alaihi salam ran from mountain to mountain not because she was worshipping. Because that was her need. She was looking for some sustenance to see if she offers some help. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala converted this into a ritual of worship. And so on all of them. So when we go for Hajj, this is, it is a fard. So first and foremost anyone who's has the money and the physical ability to go for Hajj, must make the Niyah, must make the Azam to go for Hajj. And must make the preparation for Hajj. And must make the preparation and inshaAllah ta'ala may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it easy for them. But when you go, go with this awareness. Go with this awareness. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it full of Barakah for all of those who went for Hajj this year. May Allah bless you, may Allah accept all your duas. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala especially the day of Arafah which is the day of Hajj. The day of Hajj is the day of Arafah. Rami salam said the one who has not stood on Arafah has not completed Hajj. So you stood on Arafah, you have to go to Hajj. That day is a day of special significance. Because Rami salam said Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala draws the attention of the mukarrabin, of the great angels who are surrounding the Arsh. And draws their attention to the people who are standing in Arafah. In this case those of you who went for Hajj. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala specifically drew the attention of the mukarrabin, of the angels around the Arsh to you as an individual saying there is my slave. This is what they are asking me and I will give them. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless your Hajj, to bless your journey. To reward you in keeping with His majesty and grace. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to accept all the duas you made. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to help you in every way possible. To ease you any difficulties you might have. To cure any illnesses of you and your family. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to help you in ways and from sources that you cannot even imagine. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless you in every way possible. Welcome and congratulations and Mubarak once again. Peace be upon you.