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The Muslim woman in Hajj:
The Muslim woman in Hajj:
Hajj includes many situations which commemorate women. For example, Sa‘y between As-Safa and Al-Marwah commemorates what our mother Haajar, May Allaah Exalt her mention, did. Zamzam water gushed forth from the earth by the spring of her faith and her supplications to Allaah in order to quench her and her son’s thirst.
Dear sister,
O you who left for the Sacred City to perform one of the pillars of Islam; as you were treading the earth of Makkah, did you not recall the bright image of that believing woman who was so confident and had perfect trust in her Lord? Ibraaheem (Abraham), May Allaah Exalt his mention, brought Haajar and her suckling son Ismaa‘eel (Ishmael), May Allaah Exalt their mention, to the desert area at the Sacred House where there was neither people nor water. Ibraaheem, May Allaah Exalt his mention, left them with nothing but a bag of dates and a water-skin and then he went away. Haajar followed him saying, “O Ibraaheem, where are you going? Are you leaving us in this valley which has no humans or anything?” She repeated her question many times, but he did not look back. She said, “O Ibraaheem, did Allaah Order you to do so?” He said, “Yes.” Thereupon, she said her eternal bright words, “Then, He Will never Fail us.” Do you see the firmness of her faith, the power of her trust in Allaah, her reliance on Him and submission to Him?
O Muslim sister, did you not recall the bright image of Khadeejah, the Mother of the Believers, while she was anxiously following the course of the call to Islam and the fruits of the message?
Did you not see in your imagination a glimpse of Asmaa’ bint Abi Bakr, the double-sashed young woman, who used to walk for long distances under the scorching heat of the sun carrying food from Makkah to the Cave of Thawr, the hideout of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and her father Abu Bakr. When she did not find anything to wrap the food in, she tore her sash into two halves to put one of them around her waist and carry the food in the other. Therefore, she was nicknamed “The double-sashed woman”. She played a role in supporting the truth and the success of the plan of Hijrah, may Allaah be pleased with her.
Sister, did you not remember while you were staying in the tent of Hajj your Mother ‘Aa’ishah, May Allaah Be Pleased with her, when she was with the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, in the Farewell Hajj. She narrated that she and her sisters among the Companions used to uncover their faces during Ihraam and used to cover their faces whenever non-Mahram men passed by them. Did you not remember this and follow her example? Sister, you do not want to come to Hajj seeking forgiveness only to become an aide to Satan in tempting the believers with your revealed beauty. So, people return with forgiven sins while you return with sins, Allaah Forbid. You should be far above such faults as you are one of the modest, bashful and chaste women.
Dear parenting sister, it is permissible to take your children with you in Hajj if there is need to do so. Ibn ‘Abbaas, May Allaah Be Pleased with him, narrated that a woman came to the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, raised a boy to him and asked him, “Can the Hajj of this young boy be accepted"?” The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said, “Yes, and you will be rewarded.” [Muslim]
Another narration reads that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was at Ar-Rawhaa’ and met a caravan and greeted them. He asked them, “Who are you?” They said, “We are Muslims. Who are you?” The people said, “This is the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.” Consequently, a woman rushed to her Howdah and took the hand of her little boy and asked, “Can this young boy perform Hajj?” The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said, “Yes, and you will be rewarded.” [Abu Daawood: Saheeh]
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