The light of the day · Thursday 15 October
Hajj done cleanly returns a person to day one
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever performs the pilgrimage and does not speak or act obscenely, and does not commit wickedness, returns as he was on the day his mother bore him. The two named faults are worth noticing. Neither is a ritual error. They are coarseness and losing your temper with the people around you, which is the likeliest thing to happen to anyone who has spent five days in a crowd of millions in great heat, sleeping on the ground and queueing for water. The hardest part of the pilgrimage is not the walking, and the condition attached to the reward is conduct rather than technique.
Abu Hurayra · the pilgrimage
Source · Bukhari 1521, Muslim 1350
Thursday 15 October 2026 · 3 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
The word · The heart
المَحَبَّة
Mahabbah
Love of Allah, measured less by what it feels like and more by what it follows.
The Qur'an says those who believe are strongest in love of Allah (Qur'an 2:165), and gives the test plainly: if you love Allah, follow the Messenger, and Allah will love you (Qur'an 3:31). Its signs are usually listed as preferring what He loves over what you want, ease in remembering Him, and love for the people who love Him. Sufi writers dwell on this station at length, but it is not a Sufi invention. It is in…
The Path · chapter 62 of 71
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A soft wind takes the soul of every believer.
The apocalypse is not addressed to the believers, mercy evacuates before wrath performs
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