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Q: Why is there a real footprint of the prophet Abraham (Ibraheem) ,pbuh , near the Ka'ba, to where muslims
make the pilgrimage, and muslims pray two bows (rak'ah) in that place of Ibraheem (Makam Ibraheem)?
A: And when Abraham was raising the foundations of The House (of Allah: AlKa'bah) with Ishmael, (Ismaeel),
(they were saying): Our God accept from us; You (Allah) are The All-Hearing and The All-Knowing. Our God and make
us in submission (muslimeen) to you, and from our offspring a nation in submission (muslimah) to you, and show us
our rituals and forgive us; You are the All-Forgiving and The All-Merciful. Our God and send among them (our muslim
nation) a prophet from them (Muhammad) to recite on them Your lines and teaches them The Book (The Qur'an) and the wisdom and
purifies them. you are The All-Mighty and the All-Wise.
Translation of: Ayat 127-129, Surat ABaqarah.
Words: Yarfa' = Raise, AlQawa'id = The Foundations, AlBayt = The House of Allah, Arina = Show us,
Manasik = Rituals (actions and places), Tub = Forgive, Rabana = Our God, Ib'ath = Send, Rasool
= Prophet, Yatlou = Recites, Ayat = Lines, AlHikmah = The Wisdom, Yuzaki = Purifies.
Q: Who started the ritual of The Pilgrimage (AlHajj): Prophet Abraham, pbuh, or Prophet Muhammad, pbuh?
A: And when We (Allah) appointed to Abraham (Ibraheem) the place of The House (AlKa'bah); (We told him): Do not
partner with Me anything; And purify My House for those who go around it, those who stand up for prayers, and
those who bow down and prostrate (in worship).
Translation of: Ayah 26, Surat AlHajj.
Words: Idh = When, Baw'a' = Appointed, Makan = Place, AlBayt = The House (AlKa'bah), Tushrik =
Partner, Shaye' = Anything, Tah'hir = Purify, Bayti = My House, Ta'ifeen = Who go around, Qaimeen
Who stand up for prayer, Ruk'ke = Those who bow down, AlSujud = Those who prostrate.
Q: The Prophet Abraham, pbuh, had two sons: Ishmael (Ismaeel) and Issac (Is'haq). Who do you think is the eldest?
A: We (Allah) have revealed to you (Muhammad) as We did reveal to Noah (Nooh) and the prophets after him. And We revealed
to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob (Yaqoub), The Sons of Jacob (AlAsbat), Jesus (Issa), Job (Ayub), Jonah (Yunus),
Aaron (Haroon), Solomon (Suleiman) and We gave David (Dawood) The Psalms (AlZaboor). And messengers (prophets) We had already told
you about them before, and messengers We did not tell you about them and Allah spoke to Moses (Mousa) directly.
Translation of: Ayat 163 - 164, Surat AlNisa'.
Words: Awha = Revealed, Nabi = Prophet, Rusul = Messengers, Naqsus = We tell about, Kallama =
Spoke, Takleem = Direct Speech.
Q: To celebrate the Muslim Eid AlAdha (Feast of Sacrifice) after the completion of The Pilgrimage (AlHajj), muslims sacrifice
a lamb or any type of cattle. Who started the Sacrifice Ritual: The Prophet Abraham (pbuh) or The Prophet Muhammad, pbuh?
(Please note in the answer Allah gives Abraham, in two separate lines, the good news of the birth of two sons. The
first news was for the birth of Ishmael (Ismaeel) and the second news for the birth of Isaac (Is'haq).
A: They (Disbelievers at time of Abraham) said: Build him a furnace and throw him in the blazing fire; And they
wanted to plot against him so We (Allah) made them the inferiors (losers). And he (Abraham) said: I am going towards
My God (towards Syria) Who will guide me. (He said) My God: Grant me (a son) from the righteous. So We (Allah) gave him
the good news of a tolerant boy (Ishmael = Ismaeel). And when he (Ishmael) reached (the age of) work (around 13) with him,
he (Abraham) said: I see in my sleep that I am sacrificing you so see what you think? He (Ishmael) said:
Do what you are ordered to do. You will find me with the willing of Allah, from the patient. So when they both
submitted themselves to Allah, and he laid him down on his forehead; We called Abraham: O Abraham! You had
fulfilled the vision (dream). This is how We (Allah) reward the good doers. This is indeed the obvious hard test. And
We ransomed him with a huge sacrifice (sheep). And We passed it (sacrifice) over to the people (Muslims) coming after.
Peace be upon Abraham: Thus We do reward the good doers: He is from Our faithful servants. And We gave him the good news
of Isaac to be a prophet from the righteous. And We blessed him (Abraham) and Isaac and from their offspring a
good doer and an unjust obviously to himself.
Translation of: Ayat 97 - 113, Surat AlSaffat.
Words: Ibnu (plural) = Build, Bunyan = Furnace - Any building, Alquh = Throw him, AlJaheem = Blazine fire,
Kayd = Plot, Asfal = Inferior - Loser, Dha'hib = Going to, SaYahdeen =Will guide me, Heb =
Give me, Salih = Good doer, Besh'ara = Gave good news, Ghulam = Boy, Haleem = Tolerant - Patient,
Balaga = Reached, AlSaye = Work, Manam = Sleep, Adhbah = I Sacrifice, Tara = Think, Abati =
My father, If'al = Do, Sabir = Patient, Tala = laid him - Pulled him gently, Na'da = Called him,
Sadaqta = You fulfilled, Ru'ya = Vision - Dream, Bala' = Hard Test, Fada = Ransom, Dhabh = Sacrifice (
sheep - ram - cattle) Taraka = Passed over, A'khereen = people coming after (Muslims), Salih = Righteous, Dhuriyah
= Offspring, Nafs = Himself, Mubeen = obvious.
Q: Is there an announcement of the beginning of AlHajj, nowadays done by The Government of Saudi Arabia? (Note:
Already done for this year.).
A: And call (Muhammad) people for AlHajj; They will come to you on foot and on every wasted away physically*
vehicle coming from every distant way.
Translation of: Ayah 27, Surat AlHajj.
* Means of transport which become wasted away physically due to long and repeated travel. Animals in the past, planes
and cars nowadays.
Words: Adh'en = Call for, Yati = Will come, Rijalan = On foot, Kuli = Every, Dhamer = Wasted Away
physically - Became thin, Kuli = Every, Faj = Way, Ameeq = Distant - Far.
Q: The Prophet Abraham had two wives. He left his second wife (Hajar) and her son Ishamel (Ismaeel) in Mecca that
has The Sacred House of Allah. What did Abraham pray for when he was leaving his wife and and son there?
A: And then Abraham said: God make this place peaceful and prevent me and my sons from worshipping
the idols; My God they (idols) have misguided a lot of people; so who follows me he will be from me and who disobeys
me but You (Allah) are Forgiving and Merciful, Our God I have made from my offspring (Ishmael) to dwell in
a valley without agriculture near Your Sacred House, Our God, so that they will establish the prayer; So (Allah) make
hearts from the people to love them and grant them from the fruits so that they may be from the thankful. Our God you
know what we conceal and what we reveal and nothing is hidden from Allah (be it) in earth or in heaven. Thanks to God Who
granted me in old age Ishmael and Isaac ; Indeed my God is A Listener to the call (on Allah).
Translation of: Ayat 35 - 39, Surat Ibraheem.
Words: A'min = Peaceful, Na'bud = Worship, Asnam = idols, Adhl'lena = They misguided, Kastheer =
A lot, Nas = People, Ta'bia = Followed, Assa = Disobeyed, Askana = Made to dwell, Wadi =
Valley, Zare' = Agriculture, Salat = Prayer, Af'idah = Hearts, Tahwi = Loves, Urzuk = Grant, Samarat
= Fruits, Ta'lam = Know, Nukhfi = We Conceal - Hide, Nu'lin = We Reveal, Wahaba = Granted, Kibar =
Old Age, Du'a' = Call on Allah - Prayer.
Q: AlSafa and AlMarwah are two hills near Allah's Sacred House. Hajar, Ishmael's mother ran between them seven times
looking for water, after the prophet Abraham had left her there. During the pilgrimage muslims do the same, is it a ritual?
A: Indeed AlSafa and AlMarwah (two hills) are from Allah's rituals. So who has gone on a pilgrimage to The
House (Hajj) or on a voluntary pilgrimage (Umrah), he has no objection in passing around them; And who volunteers
righteously; It is Allah Who is Thankful and Knowledgeable.
Translation of: Ayah 158, Surat AlBaqarah.
Words: Sha'a'ir = Rituals - Symbols of Worship, I'tamar = Has gone on a voluntary pilgrimage. Junah
= Objection, Yat'tawafa = Pass around, Ta'tawa' = Volunteers, Khairun = Righteously - Out of goodness,
Shakir = Thankful.
Q: The Prophet, pbuh, mentioned that the muslim who sacrifices a sheep or any other cattle will find the sacrificed animal alive with
all its body, including its wool and hooves in case of a sheep, waiting for him in The Paradise. But why does Allah want us to sacrifice (kill)
an animal?
A: And We made for every nation a ritual so that they mention the name of Allah on what He provided them from the
cattle animals; Because Your god is One God so to Him submit (all of you) and (Muhammad) give the good news to those who
humble themselves: Those when the name of Allah is mentioned their hearts become filled with fear and the patient over
what has afflicted them and the performers of the prayer and from what We (Allah) gave them they spend. And the well-fed
cattle We made them for you, from the rituals of Allah; You will have charity in them; So mention the name of
Allah over them while they are standing up; And when their sides are collapsed (after slaughtering) then eat from them and
feed the satisfied (who has money) and the unfortunate (poor); That is how We have made them (cattle) yield to you so that you might be
grateful. It is not their meat or their blood that will reach Allah; But your piety reaches him; That is how
He (Allah) yielded them (cattle) for you so that you glority Allah for what He guided you to; And give the good news to
the righteous. It is Allah who defends those who have faith; Indeed Allah does not like whoever is much of a traitor and
much of a disbeliever.
Translation of: Ayat 34 - 38, Surat AlHajj.
Words: Ummah = nation, Mansak = Ritual, Yadhkur = Mentions, Ism = Name, Razaka = Provided,
Baheemat AlAn'am = Cattle Animals, Wahid = One, Aslim = Submit, Bash'ir = Give Good News, Muhsin =
Good doer, Dhukira = Mentioned, Wajilat = Became filled with fear, Kuloub = Hearts, Sa'bir =
patient, Asaba = Afflicted - Made them suffer, Yunfiq = Spends, Budn = Animals with well-fed stout bodies, Khair =
Charity, Udhkur = Mention, Sawaf = Standing up, Wajabat = Collapsed, Junoub = Sides, Kulu = Eat
(plural) At'im = Feed, Kani' = Satisfied, Mu'tar = Unfortunate - Poor, Sakhar'ra = Made them yield,
Yanal = Reached, Luhoum = Meats, Dima' = Blood, Taqwa = Piety - Devoutness, Tukabbir = You glorify,
Hada = Guided, Bash'ir =
Give good news, Muhsin = Good doer. Yuda'fie' = Defends, Yuhib = likes, Khawwan = much of a Traitor,
Kafour = Much of a disbeliever.
Q: During The Pilgrimage, pilgrims stand one day from sunrise to sunset glorifying Allah on the Mount of 'Arafat'
which has a marked place indicating where our forefather, Adam, pbuh, has first come down on earth. Is Arafat mentioned in
The Qur'an?
A: There is no objection upon you to seek favour (do business) from your God. And when you (big crowd) pour out of
Arabfat, then mention Allah near the sacred monument (in Muzdalifa*), And mention Him as He
guided you (to The Truth) because before that you were from the misguided.
Translation of: Ayah 198, Surat AlBaqarah.
* From Muzdalifa, the pilgrims gather 21 stones to ,symbolically, stone three satans,as Abraham did, when they
reach Mina, The satans tried separately to lure Abraham away from sacrificing his son Ishmael. So he stoned them to
cast them away.
Words: Juhnah = Objection, Tab'taghi = seek, Afadhtum = Pour out because of the huge crowd, Mash'ar =
Ritual - Sign, Hada = Guided, Dhal = Misguided.
Q: Why did the late scholar of Islam Muhammad Mutawalli AlSha'rawi mention that the pilgrimage to Mecca (AlHajj) conveys the
message of harmony between man and nature?
A: O people who have faith! Do not kill the prey (animals or birds) while you are in the state of pilgrims; And whoever kills it from
you on purpose so his repayment is like what (number-worth) he killed from the cattle - to be judged by two fair persons
from you as a sacrifice (to feed the poor) reaching the Ka'bah; Or as an atonement (for his sin) to feed some poor or the equivalent
of that in
fasting in order to taste the evil consequences of his deed - May Allah forgive what has past and whoever repeats so Allah
will revenge from him and Allah is Omnipotent, Holder of Revenge. It is allowed for you sea fishing and its food as
enjoyment for you and the travellers and hunting* on land is forbidden for you as long as you are in the state of
pilgrims and do fear Allah to Whom you will be gathered back.
Translation of: Ayat 95 - 96, Surat AlMa'idah.
Note: The Government of Saudi Arabia had already declared the beginning of
the Pilgrimage season for thr year 2008.
* Hunting for fun is not allowed in Islam. Hunting even for food is not allowed during the Pilgrimage.
Words: Taqtul = To kill, Sayd = Prey that is hunted, Hurum = In the state of pilgrims, Mutaamid = On purpose,
Na'am = Cattle, Hady = Offering - Sacrifice, Baligh = Reaching, Kaffarah = Atonement for sin, Ta'am = Feeding,
Wabal Amr = Evil consequences, Thou Intiqam = Holder of Revenge, Bahr = Sea, Mata' = Enjoyment, Hurrima
= Is forbidden, Sayyarah = Travellers, Etaqqou = Fear (plural), Tuhshar = Is gathered.
