Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Is Hajj Difficult Hajj 2015 Reflections
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I mean, does hedge get easier? No,
it's there's a difficulty. There's a level of difficulty in that
which is always going to be there. If Hydra was easy, everybody would
be doing it, then it would not sift out the pure from the impure,
the serious from the non serious. The heat. That's the, the
distances, the difficulties, the crowds. It's there for a reason.
Last year, I was going through this immense heat, and I was
thinking, Why did Allah choose this place? Well, obviously, if it
was a walk in the park, everybody would do it.
But this is supposed to be a struggle through which great
rewards are given, and is given to those who persevere through it.
It's an absolute blessing to have been there because it's like Allah
subhanho wa taala, inviting selected individuals to his place.
And then after that, if we come back and start complaining about
him, then that's a massive injustice. It's just a massive
injustice. So even after doing so many times
it doesn't get easier in on that level. It only gets easier because
you know what to expect.
The first time you go and you go at the airport, and suddenly they
take your passport away. You felt like you've lost a child. Like,
what's your problem? Why are you taking my passport away and then
somebody tells you don't worry, they'll give it back. It's safe.
So it starts right from there. And then there's okay then if you're
in Madina, Munawwara First you've got a decent hotel and everything,
it's okay. If you don't have a decent hotel, something's wrong
with other then you're dealing with all of that problem Madina
Munawwara Mashallah. It's like you're in your mother's lap. It's
just such a wonderful place exceeding its great.
Beauty and the Rama of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam the Rama
Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam still infuses everything that that is
there people are calm, people are relaxed. There's none of the heat
that you find in Makkah, the gelato and the majesty that you
find in Makkah, none of that is there. So it's a whole different
experience that you get to Makkah and especially with all the work
that's going on right now you don't even know where to go. Like
you don't know where to enter from and it takes you some days to even
just get used to finding a place and you can't personalize maca to
you Maca is just too majestic. You can't with Madina Munawwara you
get some control there you know of where to go where to sit a
particular place and designation when it comes to maca maca just
destabilizes you. It's just all about
purifying. Right. Madina Munawwara does it with soft power. And the
power is, is hard in Mocha, mocha Rama, right, it's a whole
different is a whole different experience down there. And then
after that, you just get used to that. And then you you go to Mina,
and when you get to minute, you have your two foot of space, and
you've got your ramen, and suddenly you feel homesick because
you don't have the luxuries that you want anymore. You're you're
you want to be careful that you don't touch perfume and you don't
do this and you don't do that and you start missing your
possessions. Because we love our possessions so much. So when we're
away from even our normal garments, you feel like a fish out
of water.
You literally feel like you know the first time you do this, and
then you could be the wealthiest guy or the
the, you know the poorest person. You're all day in these two white
garments in that extreme heat. And you're you're sleeping in these
tents in Mina.
All of that is a different experience. So it really shakes
you it really makes you think and introspect, and that's why with
all the mercies that are coming down, showering down in Minot
where your Mina is a place the whole name Mina Munna means
ambitions, desires there to be fulfilled. And that's the point
from which sort of allah sallallahu Sallam did all of his
other fun was that if you go to Ottawa, to gain some recognition
of Allah subhanaw taala, Allah causes the Mercy, the mercies to
descend. So you There you go, and you just take from that mercy
Allah is giving you a blank check on that day. You can write on it
as much as you think Allah will give you and Allah can give you as
much as you only limited by your own. Your own limitations,
essentially. Then you come to Muslim river.
You stay there in the open night. And this year, it was hotter than
any other year that I've been net normally you can sleep in mystery
for because you're tired from the woowoo from the day of Arafah but
it was so hot and sweaty that it was
Difficulty even sleep. And it's only going to get hotter in the
next few years.
So, yes, you know, if you've been before, it helps because you know
what to expect, then you know not to rush, you know that you've got
time, you know that your focus is Allah subhanaw taala. And not
getting up first on the bus, or reaching first to someplace or to
argue with somebody. People do all sorts of weird things. I will
group by order of the morning, by agreement with them was given the
right to leave first from minute to Arafat's, another group played
a they put an old woman with kids in the front, so that people would
have compassion for them and try to get them on first.
So people do these weird things, even though officially, he was not
supposed to go first.
So people do all of these weird things. And they shouldn't be
doing that. Because the whole point is that you have enough
hours you will get to the place. Albeit you will get maybe the bit
later.
So these are the experiences now, people who die there obviously
it's a massive tragedy. And it's a massive tragedy, because I had a
friend from Sri Lanka, who was
who went had to go around to all the hospitals in Madina, Munawwara
Makka, mukarram are looking for
some extended family of his that had disappeared in the confined
him.
So you don't know if they're alive? You don't know if they've
died? You don't know if they've wounded? You don't know. So yes,
there's all of that. But clearly, anybody who's died is a shahid
because what better state, not that we ask for it in that sense.
And not that people want to ask for it. But if they do, then what
better state they were going to go maybe 20 years afterwards, or
maybe 50 years after they've just gone earlier. But then they've
gone in a way that would be better than going on your
on your bed. Because it's in Morocco, it's in Mina, it's during
the Hajj with Iran.
with Iran, that's a form of shahada in the path of Allah
subhanaw taala.
So though, people may not wish for it, but if it happens, then this
is the way to look at these things. And yes, things should be
improved, and there has been massive improvements that have
been so this didn't happen at the Jamara they happened on one of the
lanes leading towards it and distance away. Because I don't
think that the gym rat has enough mashallah now bandwidth, to be
able to deal with huge crowds, you got five floors of this humongous
structure, that you could probably play about 10 football match and
20 football matches in that place. If they were to rent it out for
the rest of the year, as they probably do in a Western country.
I was actually looking at that I thought if that was in a Western
country, they would have probably shaped the shape and in some kind
of weird Devenish look, instead of the straight walls that we have,
or kind of painted something on if it was in the hands of the
Catholics as they've done in the Vatican. But these are just
straight walls.
Subhanallah you've got people. I mean, I thought this is just a
joke. But you've got people who somebody from my group told me
that they heard somebody in front of them in Punjabi or whatever,
giving them the, the Bs and
the peace or whatever it is.
I couldn't believe it. You know, like you have caused me problems
all my life and the swearing at the shape of as though Shavon is
really there. It's just like, the other person who goes to the House
of Allah subhanaw taala. You know, he's been told it's the house of
Allah, it goes up to the house of Allah, Allah, t going out, getting
away, you know.
It's just you get all sorts of people who've come with their own
little stories, individual feelings and emotions. It's quite
an amazing place that you don't know, the next person to what
they're thinking. You can't tell from their states. It could be
very close to Allah subhanaw taala. You just don't know. That's
why you don't mess with people
at all.
It's a very amazing place. Because at the end of the day, you've got
1.8 billion Muslims around the world out of which about 2
million, what proportion is that are able to come for the hedge?
Can you imagine what kind of
chosen
you know, all kinds of choice has been made that
is quite amazing, is quite amazing. It's very humbling. In
fact, it's very humbling
is very humbling.
So the tragedy took place on ADA Yeoman? Nah, I was in charge of
the Kubernetes. For my group of people.
I had no time to use, we were saying, Do you know there's a
problem? I said, Look, I don't know there's a problem. I just
then pulled out my phone and had received a text from home. So I
quickly responded, hamdulillah we're fine. Right? That was
enough. I, in fact, I still haven't seen many of the pictures.
I need to sit down and maybe look at that. I just haven't been able
to see because we just were so busy. To look at all of that you
don't want to be distracted. By looking at these tragedies. You
don't want to be distracted by them.
When to make we make dua for the Albritton sisters. So that's what
it is. It's a
it's an absolutely amazing experience.
Allahu Akbar, it's amazing in it because a * before he leaves,
he seeks forgiveness from everybody, forgive me if again.
And then Allah subhanaw taala. The Prophet sallallahu sallam said,
when a * comes back, go and ask him to pray for forgiveness for
you before he enters his house. So before he goes, he's asking for
forgiveness. When he comes back, others have to go and tell him to
seek forgiveness for them.
What a state.
What a state.
Most people don't know that. So I advise my group that you know,
when these people come to pick you up at the airport, a lot of them
are first timers are the ones who will come home and look people,
their family will come in the house with the necklaces for them.
So I said they're not going to they they're not going to even
tell you to make dua for them because they probably don't know.
But you make forgiven that you seek forgiveness for them. Because
that's what you're supposed to do.
That's why I got a message before I came back. Are you back here?
What time are you arriving home? So I have two brothers waiting for
me outside my house before I got in because says that you should
tell the hygiene to seek forgiveness feed before he enters
his house. Why that? Because once you enter your house, then you're
getting engaged in your normal daily Monday routine. Yeah, Bill
Burnett Walker, Naica, neocon, and then you start losing the Bearcats
is a very powerful experience. So don't wait to be passed to go
there.
You go there and to become pass. So a lot of people waiting to get
passed, and they can go there until they retire. The one thing
that any * should be able to tell you is that do it when you're
young.
Otherwise, you're going to be carried around and messed around.
Do it when you're young.
As soon as possible, don't waste your time, it's only going to get
more expensive.
And more difficult. Distances are increasing. Before you could get
to the 100 in two minutes. Now it takes at least 10 minutes. Because
of the crowds, the math is massive. Now, the Masjid is going
to be just further away. Hotels is going to be further taken the
lifts just takes a long time now is not what it used to be. So
don't think it's easy. You can have a five star package but
you're still gonna have to walk.
You're still gonna have to walk Yeah, within your hotel room. It's
five star, you come outside, there's no five star.
Just understand that.
So you can have the best hotel but you don't have a special entrance
into the huddle. You then go like everybody else.
Some guys don't get it and I've got a five star hotel was promised
this then the other they start complaining.
Rather, this is five star is only in the hotel.
Not anywhere else. But seriously do it as soon as possible. At
least get your hedge out of the way. Then after that you can do as
many more afterwards all your life. But the main hedge just make
sure you do it when you're young. Otherwise, when you're doing
you're old and you get messed around you become sick so many
people so many people now group became sick. And then after that
somebody else has to go on stone for them. And there's people who
are asking for fatwa to drop this and to drop that and to go home
quickly and to do this and to do that and Allahu Akbar, that place
is a challenge, but it's a challenge for a reason to sift the
series from the non-serious. Otherwise, a walk in the park.
Maybe no problem.
Allah allow us to all go over and over again.