The Hajj
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The Hajj Pilgrimage to the Holy House is a duty laid upon people that they owe to God - those of them who can afford the journey to it. Those who repudiate it should remember that God is certainly independent of all creatures. Qur'an 3:97 The Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him) said, Paradise is the only reward for a pilgrimage accepted by God I queued for about 9 hours in what seemed to be the only ticket office open on a Thursday night in Jeddah airport, with tens of thousands of people wanting to buy tickets for Medina. Honestly speaking, the queuing system was not working at all and at the end of almost nine hours I found myself affixed to the same spot. I had not initially intended to journey to Medina (city of the Prophet Muhammad, pbuh) but my internal desire whispered a compulsion for it. Four days...


