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FROM THE TWO HOLY SANCTUARIES
Book Title From The Two Holy Sanctuaries
Book AuthorGibril Fouad Haddad
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From The Two Holy Sanctuaries: A Hajj Journal F by Gibril Fouad Haddad 

FROM THE TWO HOLY SANCTUARIES

He says:

When I saw it I gazed at it with emotion, thanking the Creator Who had guided me to the Religion of Truth out of His generosity and invoking abundant blessings on the Best of creation.

When we saw the first glimpses of the quarters of our Beloved in Yathrib assuring us peace and safety, nearing them, we put kohl on our eyes and were healed, and so we fear no harm or pain anymore.

We waited for less than two hours for our line to start moving at the customs. As our bus negotiated its way to our hotel we passed by the Prophet’s Haram.

There, with silent gratitude and flowing tears we gazed at the Dome of Felicity, around, shining green gem in a sea of white pearls, from under which beckoned my liege-lord and Prophet, the dearest Beloved of the Merciful, upon him and his family and Companions, and upon all Prophets Allah’s blessings and peace.

O Messenger of Allah, O Beloved of Allah! We have come to you, seeking Allah’s mercy and forgiveness, intending the Pilgrimage to the House as Allah Most High ordered, so show us the kindness due to repentant sinners who travel from afar longing to visit you and humbly ask for your support. We entered the Prophet’s Mosque as the call for the fajr prayer was being raised.

 We made our first plunge into the sea of pilgrims from the four corners of Allah’s earth.  We began with two rak‘as of greeting the mosque followed by two rak‘as of thanks for our safe arrival.

Allah!  Open for us the gates of Your mercy and forgiveness and sustenance, and send abundant blessings and peace upon the Best of Prophets and Messengers and upon all his Family and Companions.

 When the prayer was over we lingered in our spots, drinking in the blessings of our state together with Zamzam water which was made available in numerous containers throughout the two Sanctuaries.  

What had we done to deserve the great favor of being here? Allah! To you belong all praise and thanks for guiding us to this.

 I thought of my dear friends Shaykh Hasan, the Sharif Shaykh ‘Abd al-Mughith, the Sharif Shaykh Farid, and countless others who were traveling by land through the Jordanian-Saudi borders in hope of performing the Hajj—almost two million pilgrims did this year, but many others were unable or were turned back.  

Then I asked Allah to grant me the humble and prayerful manners required for those who come to Madina—Allah’s blessings and peace upon its Dweller.

 I formed the intention to visit our liege-lord Muhammad A then I headed for the Bab al-Salam gate of the Prophet’s original mosque to perform the visitation.  

We began wading through many shoulders and elbows, surrounded by tearful calls to the Prophet A and supplications taken from the Prophet’s Sunnah and the devoted Saints of Islam.

Slowly, we passed along the qibla wall of the old mosque as expanded by the Rightly- Guided Caliph and Commander of the Believers ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan, Allah be well-pleased with him.  

There, one could read the names of the Prophet A from Imam al-Jazuli’s (d. 870) Dala’il al-Khayrat, highlighted in beautiful Arabic calligraphy and preserved since the time of the Ottoman Commander of the Believers, Sultan ‘Abd al-Hamid Khan.  

I recited those names filled with blessings as I began my salam to our Prophet A rehearsing in a low voice: al-salamu ‘alaykum ya Rasulallah, al-salamu ‘alaykum …     

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