BELOVED

The Prophet Muhammad(saw) said:

"Do not undertake a journey, but to one of the three Mosques: the Sacred Mosque, this Mosque of mine, and Al-Aqsa Mosque."

Glorified is He Who took His slave (Muhammad saw) for a journey by night from Masjid al haram to masjid al aqsa.

BELOVED

Eden lost to your brood! Prime sorrow among my sorrows:

In barricades embattled, fighting with delirium

Others donate you their lives, without doubts, without gloom,

My dreams where to behold you one day

Griefless the dusky eyes: lofty the upright brow:

Unclouded, unburied, unblemished, and unashamed!

For you, fair beloved! My fervent wishes, my constant yearning,

Rest for the weary brain and silence to my sorrow keen

Gives joy for sorrow and honor for shame

And to heaven I pray The Almighty blessed be

Rulers and masters shall see

That I shall not rest till I see you smile, inshaAllah

My beloved comes out like a queen of the ardent zone

A white pearl from the mud redeemed

Return, as the birds return

When the flowers are in bloom! Of celestial virtue give new life

To your health! Cries the soul,

O lovely; how lovely; to fall that you may rise!

To perish that you may live! To die beneath your skies!

And upon your enchanted ground the eternities to sleep!

And on fine evenings, when someone prays in my memory,

Pray also: O my beloved: that in GOD I repose.

Pray for all those who have fallen befriended by no fate:

For all who braved the bearing of torments all bearing past:

For our pitiful mothers, piteously breathing forth bitterness:

For orphans and widows: for those in tortured captivity

And yourself-- pray to behold your redemption at last.

Venue of hajj, one of the Pillar of Islam

Muslims from all corners of the world, wearing the same dress, respond to the call of Hajj in one voice and language: LABBAIK ALLA HUMMA LABBAIK (Here I am here I am O lord!).

The time, venue and even the invitation has been set by the One True God when Allah, the Almighty, said to Ibrahim: "You call, and I will convey your call."

A Prayer in this Masjid is a thousand times more excellent than a Prayer in any other masjid except the Sacred Mosque (in Mecca)."

Muhammad(saw) declared Medina to be as sacred as Abraham(saw) had declared Mecca to be.

"What lies between its (Medina's) two lava plains is sacred."

1. Land of Prophet's(saw) migration, it is his couch, and its people are his neighbors and supporters.

2. It is the abode of Faith, for to it returns Faith at the end of time. At its entrances, there are Guardian Angels. Neither Antichrist nor the Plague will be admitted to it.

3. It will be the last city in the world to be ruined.

4. Land of receiving Revelation [Wahi]. Madina places had Qur'anic verses or hadith revealed or said therein.

5. Whoever intends evil actions against Medina, Allah will wipe him out just as water dissolves salt. Muhammad(saw) made these supplications:

* O Allah! Make Medina as dear to us as You made Mecca dear or more.

* O Allah! Increase in Medina twice the blessing (Thou showered) upon Mecca.

* O Allah! Bless our Medina, bless us in our Sa` and Mudd, and make twice Thy blessing.

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Let him die in Medina who can do so. About ten thousand Companions buried in Medina.

Baqi` Of Al-Gharqad ("Baqi`" signifies soft land void of stones)
Muhammad(saw) said: "I am the first person for whom the earth will split asunder on the Day of Judgment. This means that I am the first to be resurrected. Then, I, Abu Bakr and `Umar will head for the people of Baqi` who will be resurrected and followed by the people of Mecca. Thereupon, I will be resurrected between the Two Mosques.

Supplications upon Visiting Baqi`

1. "Peace be upon you, O abode of Believers. What you were promised will verily come to you at a fixed time. We shall, Allah willing, join you. O Allah! Grant forgiveness to those who are buried in Baqi` of Al-Gharqad."

2. "Peace be upon you, O inhabitants of the graves. May the Almighty Allah forgive us and you all. You are our forerunners and we shall certainly join you."

3. "Peace be upon you, O abode of Believers. You are our forerunners and we will surely join you. O Allah! Do not deprive us of the reward of (supplicating for) them, nor lead us astray after them."

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