Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Is Hajj Difficult Hajj 2015 Reflections

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.