Assalamu alaikum dear brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hajj is one of the most important pillars of Islam and one of greatest religious duties. It is obligatory to perform it once in a lifetime, subject to affordability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0645\u064e\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0637\u064e\u0627\u0639\u064e \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u0650 \u0633\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0644\u0627\u064b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
those who can afford the journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hajj and Umrah begin with Talbiyah after wearing Ihram:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0644\u0628\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0647\u0645\u0651 \u0644\u0628\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0643\u060c \u0644\u0628\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0643 \u0644\u0627 \u0634\u0631\u064a\u0643 \u0644\u0643 \u0644\u0628\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0643\u060c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere I am, O Lord, here I am, You indeed have no partner, here I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0625\u0646\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u0639\u0645\u0629 \u0644\u0643 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0643\u060c \u0644\u0627 \u0634\u0631\u064a\u0643 \u0644\u0643 \u0644\u0628\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0643.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All praise and bounties are Yours, and so is the absolute Domain. You indeed have no partners, here I am\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLabbayk\u201d in Hajj is a response to the call of Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Makkah, a sea of people gather in white robes like a shroud to perform the Hajj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whatever the status of a person may be in his country, during the Hajj, there is no difference between him and other pilgrims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hajj is a universal message for humanity that, in the eyes of God, everyone is on the same level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The concept of worship in Islam is not based on personal gain, but is also related to the welfare of other human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The one who ignores the rights of the people does not deserve God’s forgiveness. The one who oppresses people is deprived of God’s mercy forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this blessing of Hajj is used in the right sense, Hajj is a revolution for the Muslim nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As always, people from all Muslim countries are coming to perform the Hajj this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite their great resources, the rulers of Muslim countries are content with just issuing statements on the massacre of Palestinian children and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are proving to be cowardly and devoid of honor and dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, only a few countries have raised their voices against the genocide and massacre of the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even after seeing the burned bodies of children and women in Rafah, and a headless baby, Western rulers still think that the Zionist state has not crossed the red line. They are still claiming the Zionist entity has \u201cthe right to defend itself\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Humanity is still alive and oppression is not decided on the basis of color, race and religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those people who are constantly raising their voices against this massacre are fulfilling their human duties, especially the university students who have put their academic future at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year Allah may ask the Hajj pilgrims who say,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Here I am, O Lord, here I am,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n whether you have raised your voice against the massacre of oppressed Palestinian women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the Hajj pilgrim does not fulfill his duty to defend the oppressed children and women then in response to \u201cLabbayk\u201d, we should not be surprised if Allah replies as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0644\u0627 \u0644\u0628\u06cc\u06a9 \u0648 \u0644\u0627 \u0633\u0639\u062f\u06cc\u06a9\u200f<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo. I neither accept you nor shall I admit you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n O Allah, we seek your help to never become a helper of the oppressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regardless of color, caste and religion, we will always help the oppressed because our first responsibility is to defend humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O Allah, hasten the emergence of our Imam for the end of oppression and for the establishment of a just society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Syed Sartaj Zaidi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chairman, Board of Trustees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A message from our Chairman, Syed Sartaj Zaidi, on the importance of Hajj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":911,"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions\/911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muslimcongress.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}