قصة ملهمة في الصبر والوفاء تُسطرها "ربى بنت مساعد المالكي"؛ واجهت مرارة الغربة ووفاة زوجها بالسرطان، ثم فقدت والدها وكابدت مرض والدتها المقعدة
وبالتكاتف والرضا، تُوجت هذه المعاناة بأجمل ثمرة: ابنتها "بيلسان الشمري" تُتم حفظ كتاب الله وتُهديه لروح والدها وجدها.
نشكر المولى عز وجل أن شرّفنا بخدمة الحرمين الشريفين، ورعاية حجاج بيته الحرام، سائلين الله أن يتقبل من الحجاج حجهم ونسكهم وطاعاتهم.
ومع حلول عيد الأضحى المبارك، نهنئ شعبنا في هذا الوطن المبارك وأمتنا الإسلامية بهذه المناسبة، وندعوه سبحانه أن يجعله عيد خير وسلام واستقرار على أمتنا والعالم أجمع.
وكل عام وأنتم بخير.
Pilgrims today no longer have to endure the extreme hardships that our forefathers once faced. Saudi Arabia has named this Hajj the “Digital Hajj.”
Upon arrival in Mina at 10 PM, pilgrims are provided with clean white sheets to spread on the ground. They are required to stay there until Fajr the next morning. Each pilgrim is allocated a space barely the size of a grave. The only difference is that in a grave the ground is hard, with no pillow and no air conditioning.
Yet in this moment, all the pilgrims are dressed in two pieces of Ihram, fully engaged in the worship of Allah. Some are resting, exhausted from the journey, while others remain absorbed in the remembrance of Allah.
The restrictions of Ihram are very strict even a small mistake can make a compensatory sacrifice (dam) obligatory.
Here, there is no distinction between the rich and the poor. Everyone lies on the ground side by side.
Seeing this scene, it is said that Allah asks the angels, “Tell Me, why have these people gathered here?” The angels reply, “O Most Generous Lord, You know better than us. They have all gathered here only to please You.”
Then Allah, with a smile, says to the angels, “Bear witness that I am pleased with all of them.”
May Allah be pleased with us all. Ameen