09-05-2003, 06:21 PM
As Salam Alykom
What I usually cann't help thinking about deeply, is Hajar’s feeling when her husband came to tell her that he is taking her with her little infant to the desert and leaving them there. What was her reaction? She said did You Lord command u so, he said yes, positively she answered, certainly He will never abandon us. My mother has a very nice comment on this situation. She says wow if it was one of the modern women, she would tell her husband, man it seems that you grew old enough to loose your mind. Then while doing the saa- iy (shuttling between safa and marwa) I just keep on remembering how she did it, under which conditions. We are doing it at ease, making dua, part of a ritual, we even do it with much tranquility. While she was in a terrible state of anxiety. She was desparately looking for water to give to her almost dying baby of thirt. With no trace of any human assistance, she never lost her hope in Allah, she had to mount at both mountains. Today we may just reach as much as we can and turn on. Wow, we are doing it under shade, she was doing it in the sun. La ilah ila Allah, may Allah never tries us this way.
Plus the idea that our beloved Prophet once stepped into this area also takes my heart away. But still I just can not help comparing. We are making our prayers and tawaf either on cooled marble or well carpeted area. La hawala walaqowata ila billah, while he was doing so on stones, not only this, but sometimes with Kafirs putting dirt on his back. Sobhan Allah.
I still have more, will come back later Insh aAllah