HOW TO GET REWARDS OF HAJJ WHILE AT HOME.(part 2)

Assalam Alikum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatouh

Imagine you entered a masjid on Friday and there was 1500 people praying. Suddenly you hear an angel calling from the sky saying: only three from the 1500 will be forgiven from their sins and the angel starts to mention their names….my dear sister and brother won’t you want to be one of those three??!

I am sure you would love to be the chosen one.

The Muslims population now is about 1.5 billion which is 1500 million people and the ones who will go to Hajj this year are 3 million, so that is 3 million out of 1500 million. So if Allah chose you this year to be from the people who will go to hajj then you are from the winners ( the 3%).....so don’t you wish to be among them?

We spoke last time about the great reward of Hajj which we all cannot afford to miss.

I know we all wish to go to Hajj and we can’t wait for the chance to come. Allah SWT knows how his servants are in need of the reward of hajj that is why he granted a chance to those who are not able to go to hajj. He gave us deeds which if we do; we get the same reward as the Hajj….Subhana Allah Al Kareem

Last time we covered three deeds if you do you can get the reward of hajj while you are at your home country….so let’s continue

Hajj no. four:

The Prophet PBUH said: “Whoever goes to the Masjid for the purpose of learning or teaching Knowledge, receives the reward of a Haji whose Haj was perfect.

(Tabarani, hadith:7473 with a sound chain. See Targheeb vol.1 pg.104 & Takhreejul Ihyaa, hadith:4253)

Imagine Allah grants you the reward of Hajj just because you went to listen to a lecture and acquired knowledge. This shows you how Allah SWT loves Eilm and knowledge so we should always strive to acquire as much knowledge as we can and never have enough of it.

Hajj no. five:

Is the most beautiful hajj because you won’t be alone doing this hajj…it is a hajj filled with love and great feelings. Read this hadith

Hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas (R), Umm Sulaim (R) came to Prophet (S) and said, ‘Abu Talha and his son have both went for Hajj and they left me.’ The Prophet(S) said, ‘O Umm Sulaim, Umrah done in Ramadan equals Hajj done with me.’ (Ibne Hibbaan).

Ya Allah, can you imagine, going to Hajj with the Prophet (Sallah Allah alaihi wa Sallam)??
This would be the most beautiful hajj ever.

I know most of you would think, I still have to wait for next Ramadan to come, I really want the reward now. !!!
You can get the reward now. Have the intention and plan to go to Umrah next Ramadan and you will get the reward from now with your neyya even if you die before next Ramadan …..Allah SWT Kareem and he knows what is in your heart and will reward you for the intention Subhana Allah.

Hajj no. six:

I call this Hajj as the hajj of the intelligent and smart ones. How?
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala rewards us for our intentions. So if you can’t go to hajj for some reason but have money, pay for someone to go instead and you will have the same reward in shaa Allah.

The Prophet PBUH said: "Actions are according to intentions, and everyone will get what was intended.

Another smart Hajj, if you can’t go and you don’t have the money to send someone to do Hajj, encourage someone who can to go and tell them the great reward of Hajj and in shaa Allah you will get the same reward.

The Prophet PBUH said: Whoever directs someone to a good, then he will have the reward equal to the doer of the action. [Muslim (1893)]

Also pray in secret for people to go to Hajj, (Oh Allah send so and so to go to hajj this year) and you will get the same reward and an angel will answer Ameen and pray for you too.

Pray to Allah to accept the Hajj of the hujaaj and you will get the same reward in Shaa Allah.

The Prophet PBUH said: “He who supplicates for his brother behind his back (in his absence), the angel commissioned (for carrying dua to his Lord) says: 'Ameen, and it is for you also.'” [Sahih Muslim]

Hajj is the happiest moment of life…only the Hujaj feel it….

Remember if you have the ability to go to Hajj and you don’t go, you are sinning and you need to repent and plan your hajj as soon as possible. It is one of the pillars of Islam and without it your Islam is incomplete. Allah knows your ability so you are only fooling yourself if you can go and you don’t go….none of us know when we will die….and we will be questioned by Allah if we had the ability and didn’t go.