Hajji - fakir... Dawud

bismiLlahir Rahmanir Rahim:

Allah Qabul; our duty is the fardh (reflexive to arabic speakers, but we should not worry about 'making our ibada acceptable', only on struggling for full propriety and awareness - 'khushu wa khuzu', consciousness and coherence of the Sunnah;

this remains undigested: while i read and thought over Hajj, and have actually written (digitized? particle-ized?) text on Hajj, some elements remain overwhelming:

- incredible, Allah accepts our actions despite our weaknesses: some (1 million) had to go without official sanction (paperwork, visas, et al) as well as the otherwise well-dispensed water and tents - but those sleeping in the area between the Jamrat and the 'tent city' of Mina seemed accepting, even enthusiastic

- some of us were criminally comfortable by comparison; (though not without compensation and effort through walking, heat, and the practice of patience...)

Why should we be jealous of those sleeping outside? Those without money, paperwork, proper bedding? those walking all the way? those whose sleep, eating, and health were sacrificed, so that the few goods on their back were their only accompaniment, their ihram their testimony to their willigness to sacrifice themselves, their 'nufus' (selves) to Allah's Mercy and Acceptance;

We deserve nothing - 'if even a little comes to you, concerning that which might be your right to take, do not consider it as something you have earned' (my paraphrase of a wise teacher from Istanbul) - please acknowledge that this fakir/'poorman' (lacking in wisdom what he's earned in folly) can't be more literate than anti-muslim hacks, but has learned that Hajji Malik 'Omowale' al-Shabazz was a sadiq and shahid for testifying to the unity of those who sleep with two unsewn white cloths, snoring their testimony to One Creator of their One Humanity...

II things:
i) officials and police were mostly useful and if not communicating in the native languages, they weren't arrogant or heavy-handed - credit to the organizers
ii) non-muslims have to taste this to know Islam - that is the submission which makes both suffering and comfort not a black/white issue;

end for now with two hadith, wa Allahu alim: 'late before the Day (of Qiyamah), wealthy people will make the Hajj for tourism, tradesmen for business, and poor people for begging' & 'the reward for a well-done Hajj is Paradise' - accept Mercy...

Allah Ghaffurur Rahim

my complete post on the matter will await (i've been negligent, even those who've turned on me have indicated that - aywaLlah)

for the time, make du'a - for this Ummah, for our souls, and for the Peace which is Hu's Ridha to replace our "abandomnent" of Allah

Amin, bi hurmati sayyid-ul-mursalin