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All of these things prevent a person from enacting his divinely granted responsibilities and the lofty goals which he sets for himself. Such a busy life keeps one negligent of one’s original identity and true (eventual) abode. It is the Hajj which acts as a sacred migration from all of the things which one is tied down with in one’s daily life and also the habits which one becomes accustomed to.

Thus, through Hajj, an individual evolves into a person who begins to travel back towards Allah and towards his Allah-given innate character and being. By performing the Hajj, a person is able to be present in the general yearly gathering of Muslims from the entire world, and one can witness the Divine, along with others who believe in the same religion, have one aspiration and are all worshipping the Only Creator.

Being present in the Miqat (spot of wearing the Ihram), chanting the Talbiyyah (Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk…), performing the tawaaf around the House of Allah, performing Salat, running between the mountains of al-Safa and al-Marwah, trimming the nails or hair, then making the great move to ‘Arafat, then Mash’ar, followed by Mina, and culminating this great act of worship with the sacrifice of an animal, and then finally shaving the head – all of these acts have thousands of secrets and mysteries related to them which are obviously not possible to explain in the light of forty short Ahadith (as will be covered in this booklet).