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Hajj
.”
Hajj
is an act of worship which puri-
fies man of all sins.
The Messenger of Allah [s],
“
Whoever performs Hajj for Allah’s
pleasure alone ... and does not do
any evil or sin, then he will return as
pure (and free of sin) as he was on
the day his mother gave birth to
him.
”
The
Hajj
has many other benefits.
These are a few:
Performing the
Hajj
is a way by
which Muslims show their com-
mitment to Allah and their readi-
ness to sacrifice all their worldly
comforts and pleasures for His
sake.
It is a way of saying to Allah, “
O
Allah we love you more and pre-
fer you over everything else
.”
A
Haji
leaves everything behind
when he leaves for
Hajj
. All he
has are two simple pieces of
