Train me for serving You and helping Your Wali, Hujjat ibn al-Hasan (aj)!

Train me for serving You and helping Your Wali, Hujjat ibn al-Hasan (aj)!" Killing the Carnal Soul in Mina "When you go to Mina, what do you do at the place of Sacrifice? Do you know what the philosophy of sacrifice is? Do indeed sacrifice your imperative carnal self! (فتوبوا الى بارئكم فاقتلوا انفسكم)(So turn (in repentance) to your Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrongdoers).) (al-Baqarah: 54) Behead your carnal soul and return.

Get rid of your carnal soul, instead of having it become more powerful once you return!" The only Place where they Displayed Affection! Upon returning (from Hajj), I had audience with the Shaykh and said: I would like to know whether any results have come out.

He said: "Lower your head and recite the al-Hamd!" Then he deliberated for a moment and stated what places I have passed through in the Masjid al-Haram as well as my station there to the point where he said: "The only place that they displayed affection to you was the cemetery of Baqi' where you were in such and such a state and demanded such and such things." Whatever I beseeched there from God was revealed to him.

The Banquet for Returning from Hajj After returning from Hajj, I invited the Shaykh and some others to my house for Hajj banquet. We had prepared chelowkebab for the feast. We spread a separate tablecloth for the reverend Shaykh and several other private guests up on the portico. Noticing this, the Shaykh called me and said: "Why do you show off?! Do not be too proud of yourself! Do not discriminate among people; treat them equally! Why do you give preference to some? No!

I will mingle with the others, no distinction!" The Mysteries of Hajj in the Sayings of Imam Khomeini (ra) It is worthwhile to know that what the reverend Shaykh has stated about the philosophy of Hajj based on his own intuitive findings are very close to what Imam Khomeini (ra) has expressed in explaining the mystical aspects of the Hajj pilgrimage, which are of interest to be touched upon here as a conclusion to this chapter: The Secret of Frequently Uttering **"** Labbayk" "Repeatedly uttering Labbayk is true for those who have heard the call of God by the ear of their soul and are responding to the call from Allah the Almighty by (His) comprehensive Name.