Yusuf Circle Sheffield

The sacred Harams (S1) The sacred haram had an effect even on the noble prophets (a.s): When the messenger ﷺ reached Hudaybeeyah to perform the umrah, his camel stopped. “She has been made to stop by The One Who caused the elephant to stop! The haram (I.e. Makkah) is heavy upon her, and heavy upon me”. The noble prophet and ancient grandfather of our messenger ﷺ, Ismaaeel (a.s) once complained to Allah ﷻ about the heat of Makkah. Allah ﷻ revealed: “I will open a door of paradise in your grave, which will blow cool air onto you until Qiyamah”. Ibn Abaas رضي الله عنه: “Whoever bears the heat of Makkah for 1 hour, Allah ﷻ keeps him away from the hellfire the distance of 70 autumns”. Makkah being a desert is a mercy: were it to be a beautiful oasis, people would travel ignorantly for reasons other than pilgrimage! Our beloved messenger ﷺ in the auspicious Makkan days would align the Kabah to masjid al aqsa, the original Kiblah. He would do this by standing between the Yemeni corner and the black stone!