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Prophet Abraham: The Founding Father 19 Slides including Cover

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A More On Islam Briefcast

Pilgrimage to
Makkah
This quick guide outlines the
1 important aspects of Hajj, the fifth
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The Pilgrimage to the First House of Worship
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Hajj is the pilgrimage to Once-in-a-lifetime

Makkah that involves
visiting the House of
Allah and performing the
activities and rituals
associated with Hajj.
obligation on those
Muslims who have
i) the physical and
ii) financial means to
undertake the pilgrimage.

The first house (of worship) appointed for mankind was And remember that
that at Makkah: Full of blessings and a centre of guidance when Abraham and
for the whole world; In it are the signs manifest; the place Ishmael raised the
where Abraham stood up to pray; and whosoever enters it foundations of the
attains security (Quran 3:96, 97) House (Quran
2:127)

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Fifth Pillar of Islam
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P F
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FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Declaring and
believing There Performing Observing
Undertaking
is no god worthy of the obligatory dawn-to-dusk Giving
Pilgrimage to
worship except Allah
prayers five abstinence in charity
and Muhammad Makkah
(pbuh) is His times a day the month of
messenger. Ramadan

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Annual Event
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1 2 3 4 5 6
Hajj days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Islamic Calendar 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
or the Hijri
Calendar is 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
based on the 28 29 30
lunar year.

Hajj falls in the 12th month of the lunar

12
calendar
Dhu al-
Hijjah

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"And Proclaim the Pilgrimage Among Men
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(pbuh)
Allah addressed Prophet Abraham saying:

And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: Number of Hajj Pilgrims

they will come to you on foot and (mounted) 2500000

on every kind of camel, lean on account of 2000000

journeys through deep and distant mountain 1500000

highways; (Quran 22:27) 1000000

500000

0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year

That they may witness the benefits (provided)

for them, (Quran 22:28) Data Source: Ministry of Hajj, Saudi Arabia
Graphics: More On Islam Info Graphics

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 (pbuh)

Prophet Abraham The Founding Father

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(pbuh)

Hallmarks of Prophets Abrahams life

For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, towards

Monotheism Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and never
shall I give partners to Allah. (Quran 6:79)

When his Lord said to him, Surrender, he promptly

Submission responded, I have surrendered to the Lord of the
Universe . (Quran 2:131)

And when his Lord tried Abraham with (His)

Struggle commands, and he fulfilled them. He said: I am going
to make you the leader of mankind ... (Quran 2:124)

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Hajj Revived
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(pbuh)
Prophet Abrahams prayer is granted!
And when Abraham
prayed: Our Lord!
And raise up in their (pbuh)
midst a messenger Centuries later, Prophet Muhammad rose
from among from the descendants of Abraham and
them who shall recite to proclaimed Islam, the same religion that
them Your Revelations, Abraham had preached.
You art All-Powerful
and All Wise (Quran
2:129)
(pbuh)
With Allahs command, Muhammad
revived the Hajj by restoring its pure
foundations and eliminating all customs of
ignorance.

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Hajj at a Glimpse
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1 2 3 4 5
Day

Camping
Standing from Stoning the Devil
Activity

noon until dusk Animal Sacrifice Camping Camping

Camping Resting Cutting the hair Stoning the Devil Stoning the Devil
Circling the Kaaba
Striding between
Hagar hills
Place

Plain of Arafat Mina Valley

Mina Valley Mina Valley Mina Valley
Muzdalifa Kaaba

Day Of Reflection Day of Standing Day of Sacrifice Stoning the Devil Stoning the Devil
Remarks

Self-reflection Seeking Resolve Against Repeated Repeated

Allahs mercy Satan Rejection of resistance to
and forgiveness House Of Allah: Satans Satans invitation
Center of temptations
Activity
Searching for
life-saver: In foot
(pbuh)
steps of Hagar

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Into Ihram
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Some Donts in Ihram

Before entering the
sacred territory, pilgrims Marital
wear uniform garments relations
that symbolize the Evil talk or acts
universal identity of a Violence &
Buries the individual
nation that trails
has submitted fighting
and
to egos.
Allah. Hunting of
Strips off the distinctions Animals
of class, culture, color,
race and nationality.

Observation

The garments are a great leveler too. Who can tell rich from poor? all these
human beings drawn together by the call of an idea, by the oneness of
God.. Michael Wolfe, Author and a Revert to Islam.

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Pilgrims
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Progress

Such (is the Pilgrimage):

whoever honours the sacred
rites of Allah, for him it is
good in the Sight of his Lord.
(Quran 22:30)

Observation

I felt very close to God in the

holy place and want to return with
my four daughters so they too
can have this unique
experience Ali, A British Revert to
Islam. (Source: bbc.co.uk)

Pilgrims marching towards Arafat on the Day of Standing

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At Arafat: Seeking Mercy
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Pilgrims praying on Mount Arafat, known as the
Mountain of Mercy

Pilgrims
experience
climax of
Hajj at Seeking
Arafat forgiveness
Day spent from the
while Lord of the
The last major address of The sermon is the
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) most influential standing Worlds
known as the LAST human rights noon until
SERMON was delivered charter dusk
here.

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Guidance From the Prophets Last Sermon
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All mankind is from Adam

It is true that you have
and Eve. certain rights in regard to
Equality your women, but they also
An Arab has no have rights over you.
superiority over a non-
Arab nor a non-Arab has
Women Rights Do treat your women well
and be kind to them, for
any superiority over an
they are your partners and
Arab;
committed helpers.
A white has no superiority Brotherhood And it is your right that
over a black, nor a black
Men Rights they do not make friends
has any superiority over a with anyone of whom you
white- except by piety do not approve, as well as
and good action.
Remember one day you never to be unchaste.
will appear before Allah Accountability
and answer for your People, no prophet or
deeds. apostle will come after
Path of me and no new faith will
Success be bornI leave behind
Allah has forbidden you to
me two things, the Quran
take usury (interest);
Your capital, however, is Economics
and the Sunnah
(Prophets Way), and if
yours to keep. You will
you follow these you will
neither inflict nor suffer
never go astray.
any inequity.

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Resolve Against Satan, The Avowed Enemy
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He (Satan) said: for Satan
Then will I assault them from is to man an
before them and behind them avowed
enemy!
from their right and their left (Quran 12:5)
(Quran 7:17)

Stoning of the Devil

Symbolical in rejection of the
temptation of Satan.

An act of faith and conscience

of fighting the Satanic force.

An act of disabling the evil

forces that divert attention from
the right path.

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Sacrifice
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(pbuh)
(pbuh)
(Abraham) said: O my
He (Ishmael) said: O my father!
son! I have seen in a
Do that which you are
dream that I must sacrifice
commanded. If Allah so wills,
you. So look, what think
you shall find me of the patient.
you? (Quran 37:102)
(Quran 37:102)

So when they had both submitted their wills (to

Allah), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead
(for sacrifice), We called out to him "O Abraham!
"You have indeed fulfilled your vision!" thus do We
reward the righteous. (Quran 37:103-105)

And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:

And We left (this blessing) for him among
generations (to come) in later times: (Quran 37:107)

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Meat: Allahs Provision
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Such (is his state) and whoever

holds in honour the symbols of
Allah, (in the sacrifice of
animals), such (honour) should
come truly from piety of heart.
(Quran 22:32)
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you may eat of their flesh and
give of it to the contented ones
and to those who ask for it
The Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat,
(Quran 22:36)
managed by the Islamic Development
Bank, distributes each year, meat from
hundreds of thousands of sacrificed sheep,
cows and camels to the poor and needy
It is not their meat nor their
in Asia, Africa and other parts of the world.
blood, that reaches Allah, but it
is your piety that reaches Him
(Quran 22:37)

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The Unique Hajj Experience
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.There were over three

million people there and I did not
see one fight. I did not see one
person being rude to the other
even though they were from so
many different countries and
cultural backgrounds. It was truly
beautiful, a life-changing
experience. Giovanni, An American
Revert to Islam (Source: bbc.co.uk)

I was lucky to perform Hajj in

A pilgrim taking a break
2001 and ever since I have had a
better understanding of the
world Reijo Virk, A Finnish Revert
to Islam (Source: bbc.co.uk)

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Reflections
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To be a member of that huge congregation

gathered in the glorification of God, is to have
one's consciousness impressed by the full - Evelyn
significance of the Islamic ideal, is to be privileged Zeinab
to participate in one of the most soul inspiring Cobbod,
experiences that have ever been granted to A pilgrim
human beings !... (Source: al-sunnah.com)

Stripped of our wealth and status, we are clad in

A simple garments. Our true worth remains hidden,
South African except to the One Who knows us. We place our
Pilgrim Creator at the center of our lives, submitting our will to
Remembers His. We affirm His Oneness, commit our lives to Him.
We turn to Him, pouring out our hearts desires. Why
ask elsewhere when He is All-Encompassing, All-
hearing?

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Malcolm X Letter from Makkah
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During the past eleven days here in the

Muslim world, I have eaten from the same
plate, drunk from the same glass, and
slept in the same bed, (or on the same
rug) -- while praying to the same God --
with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the
bluest of blue, whose hair was the
blondest of blond, and whose skin was
the whitest of white.
An Excerpt
We were truly all the same (brothers) --
because their belief in one God had
removed the 'white' from their minds, the
'white' from their behavior, and the 'white'
from their attitude. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
(Malcolm X)

"This letter was sent from Malcolm to his assistants, new Muslim Mosque, press and his wife, during the
conclusion of his pilgrimage to Mecca. The content is reproduced from The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told
to Alex Haley (From http://www.africawithin.com/malcolmx/letter_from_mecca.htm)

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