Hajj is the obligation of every able Muslim. It has great reward in each of its ritual. It has been reported by the Abdullah bin Umar R.A, that the Prophet PBUH said: whoever makes seven circuits of Tawaaf around the House and pray two Rakaats, it is same as freeing a slave.
Hajj is fulfilling the duty. The duties like Takbir, Hamd, Shukr from a slave of the Allah in the way that He orders. Therefore, the fulfilling of the duties by each being can be said to be their worshipping and glorifying Allah. The Tawaaf or the circling the Kaaba represents the idea of oneness of Allah. Verbally the Tawaaf means to turn and walk around something. Each and everything in this universe from the tiniest particle in our solar system is in the state of circumgyration. In an atom, electrons turn around the nucleus, which is like the heart, in the galaxy, billions of stars rotate around the center of the galaxy with an incredible speed. They rotate as if they worship the Creator that created them. As it is stated in the Quran, each swim along in an orbit.
for the Muslims who are looking Hajj Packages 2015 London service or from any place around the world, It is considered that the Muslims walking around the Kaaba are like the view of some Galaxy of the billions of stars. For the Muslims, to get the spiritual pleasure in the Tawaaf, it is necessary to let oneself be in the orbit in proper order. The circumambulation around the Kaaba, is regarded to be the symbol of the summary of the universe.
Pilgrim starts Tawaaf leaving the Kaaba on his left. It has a symbolic meaning, that the heart of the Man is near Allah and Allah looks at the heart of man, not his shape, appearance, money and property. This reflects an interesting relation between the Kaaba and the heart of the man. It also shows that the heart of the Muslim must also be in a state of the Twaaf.
During Tawaaf, the pilgrim should have a respect and love between fear and hope. The Pilgrim should build the house of belief, that is, his heart, just as Hazrat Ibrahim and Hazrat Ismail, built the House of Allah by turning around it. The hajji continuously looks at the Kaaba. Prophet Muhammad PBUH expressed concisely, "Allah does not look at your shape, appearance or property but at your hearts and deeds. (Muslim, 1, 33)
The Muslim does Ramal during the first three shawts of Tawaaf you. Ramal mean the formidable walk around the Kaaba, and they leave the left shoulder uncovered which is called the Iztiba. The act of Izteba has a historical prospective, as on the migration to the Medinah, the climate of Medinah affected them and they become a bit weak physically. When they went to Makkah again after seven years for the Umrah, they explained the situation to the Prophet. Thereupon, he told his Companions to seem powerful to polytheists and to walk formidably when they passed in front of them; and the Companions walked like that.
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