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In Sūrat al-Aʿrāf, Allah the Exalted states:

«وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ فَٱدْعُوهُ بِهَا»

To Allah belongs the most beautiful names. So, call Him by them (al-Aʿraf: 180).

He states again in Sūrat al-Isrāʾ:

«قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ أيًّۭا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَى»

Say, “Call (Him by the name of) Allah or al-Raḥmān (the Merciful). In whichever way you call, to Him belong the most beautiful names (al-Isrāʾ: 110).”

Then, in Sūrat Ṭāhā:

«ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ»

Allah is the one with whom there is no other god. To Him belong the most beautiful names (Ṭaha: 8).

And lastly, in Sūrat al-Ḥashr:

«هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ»

He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Shaper. To Him belong the most beautiful names (al-Ḥashr: 24).

Each of these names denotes a good meaning, as ḥusn in the Arabic language is designated for goodness. When ḥusn is attributed to Allah, it conveys the meaning of perfection. Thus, each of these names denotes an attribute of perfection belonging to Allah the Exalted. Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī articulates this idea in his exegesis of the word asmāʾ. He states that “asmā’ are words indicating meanings, so they are only considered good through the goodness/beauty of their meanings. The meaning of goodness with respect to Allah is nothing but the mention of the attributes of perfection and majesty.”[1]

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عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ رضي الله عنه أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Religion is wanting good for others (naṣīḥah).”

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“O you who believe, obey Allah and His messenger and those of authority among you. Then, if you dispute in some affair, then refer it to Allah and the Messenger if you [truly] believe in Allah and the Last Day”. A pertinent question that arises in any discussion of authority and leadership is the criterion upon which any entity, whether an individual or a group, should be afforded power. What qualifies someone to hold the reigns of civilization, designate societal goals, and be trusted to take the appropriate steps to fulfill them? This piece does not aim to argue for the necessity of subservience to those already seated in leadership; it is questioning the philosophy that actualizes leadership altogether. At its essence, leadership is a system of delegating communal responsibility to a single entity for the sake of order. Society has an obligation to seek out the best possible model of existence and pursue it by making decisions that lead it there. For this to be achieved, and for chaos to be avoided, the responsibility of identifying successful parameters of living and the method of attaining it must be delegated to a single entity. A multiplicity of entities that wield decision-making power would be chaotic. The Qurʾan speaks to this reality: “Had there been [in the heavens and the earth] deities other than Allah, they (the heavens and earth) would have fallen in disorder” [al-Anbiyāʾ: 22]. Thus, it is incumbent to delegate the task of leadership to one, rather than share it amongst many.

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«اللهم إني أسألك الهدى، والسداد»

"O Allah! I ask you for guidance and steadfastness."

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“We are witnessing how the Prophet ﷺ took [Abraham’s] ancient foundations [and] instituted them as a source for us as a part of our sacred law and completed them with hisﷺ own perfect character.”

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“[On the Day of Resurrection] Human beings lose their senses, they lose the purpose of their existence, and mothers lose total compassion from themselves. So, what is the relationship between this ending of the human beings’ existence and the idea of Hajj?”

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• The Ka’bah is ancient, as is Islam, from the time of Adam.

• The human has a fiṭrah (natural inclination), the religion fulfills the internal and external faculties so human can be in line with its true inclinations.

• Humans are created to worship, and no one worships Allah more than Muslims.

• Hajj is both logical and beyond human rationality, such that love becomes creative and not destructive.

• Islam is universal, and it is beneficial for the entirety of the world.

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عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏”‏ مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ ‏”‏ ‏يَعْنِي الْعَشْرَ ‏

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“There are no days during which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these days,” meaning the (first) ten days of Dhul- Hijjah.

In just a few days, we will witness the ḥujjāj (pilgrims) from around the world make their way to the Holy Lands. Abstaining from the pleasures of this world and draped in the remembrance of Allah, they will emulate our father, Ibrāhīm ﵇, and the Best of Mankind, Rasūlullah ﷺ as they perform the manāsik (rituals of Ḥajj).

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