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islam: significant practice hajj - Coggle Diagram
islam: significant practice hajj
how this expresses the beliefs of Islam
tawhid
puts aside earthly desires to focus on Allahs oneness
ayat (signs of allah)
mizaan (balance)
caliph (stewardship)
connect to the past prophets
amanah (trust)
akhira judgement day
rehearsal for judgement day
5 pillars
profession of faith (shahadah)
prayer (salat)
almsgiving (zakat)
fasting
pilgrimage
significance for indiv and commmunity
brings community together to worship one god
everyone is equal
a time where the individal can focus on their personal struggles (jihad) and focus on Allah
reminds/ connects them to past spiritual figures and role models
the sacrifice of time, money, comfort, worldly affairs, and desires reminds them to prioritise Allah and submit to him without selfishness
be forigven
outline
1 of the pillars of faith
compulsory if you're fit and able
pilgrimage
retrace muhammads hajj, abrahams footsteps
describe
1.
arrive in mecca,
enter Ihram: clean yourself, cut nails, wear white cloth, can not have sex, shave or cut nails
cirlce kaaba 7 times (tawaf)
pray at station of Ibrahim (Abraham) where abrahams feet inprints
“You may take the standing-place of Abraham as a site of prayer.” (Quran 2:125)
2.
walk between hills: Safa and Marwa
Re-enacts Hagar & Ishmael’s search for water
drink zamzam water
visit where muhammad was buried
go to arafat: where adam and eve went after exile
3.
collect stones and stone pillars (jumraat)
symbolic of stoning of satan, abraham defying satan when he attempts to dissuade him from sacfirifcing ishmael
4.
feast - sacrifice sheep
symbolic of abraham sacrificing ram instead of son ishmael
5.
stone another pillar and circle Kaba again
evidence
“Whoever performs Hajj for pleasing Allah…and does not do any sins; he will return as if he were born anew.”
Qur’an, Sahih al-Bukhari 1521
Qur’an 3:96 “It is a duty to Allah for man to make the pilgrimage unto the House”