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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent,
The Most Merciful
Al-Hajj Al-Mabrûr
By
Sheik Muhammad Mitwaly Ash-Sha‘râwy
[Hajj performed in accordance with the Prophet’s tradition and
is accepted by Allah]
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Here I am at Your service O Allah,
Here I am.
Here I am at Your service, You have no partner,
Here I am.
Yours alone is All Praise and All Bounty,
And Yours alone is The Sovereignty.
You have no partner
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Table of Contents
Chapter One ............................................................................. 8
HERE I AM AT YOUR SERVICE, O ALLAH ....................8
Hajj is well-known months........................................... 11
Ibrâhîm proclaims the Hajj ........................................... 13
The perfection of the Blessing of Allah....................... 16
Reverence shown to the species of the universe ....... 19
Tears shed at the Sacred House ................................... 21
Glorification of the Ka‘bah ........................................... 22
Chapter Two .......................................................................... 25
THE MAQÂM OF IBRÂHÎM..........................................25
The Ka‘bah…the sign of the Sacred House................ 27
Benison is in the Sacred House .................................... 28
What are the manifest signs? ....................................... 30
Whoever enters it is safe ............................................... 32
Free choice and specific enjoined duties .................... 38
Chapter Three ........................................................................ 43
TO THE ‘ARAFÂT OF ALLAH .......................................43
Theophany in ‘Arafah ................................................... 45
The Day of forgiving sins ............................................. 46
Reason of naming .......................................................... 49