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Esra NEWS Agency: The series of lectures of Hojjat al-Islam Wa Al-Muslimeen professor Morteza Javadi Amoli in the month of Dhul-Hijjah with the titled "Rites of Hajj" will be broadcast on Esra's internet television at the www.tv.esra.ir.
Hojjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Morteza Javadi Amoli expressed in the second meeting of this series of meetings, “The first and most noticeable problems that can be mentioned in the first steps of Hajj is the Miqat; Miqat, which is a place where a special act is performed, and that act is Ihram; this means, the person who wants to enter the Divine Sanctuary must first pass through these places and secondly pass through these places with Ihram, whether during Hajj, Umrah, or any other journey that is going to the House of God, when one is going to Mecca.”
By stating that all aspects of Hajj are provided by revelation, he said, “ everybody must know that Hajj is not a story created by human thought, even it is not like Ibrahim Khalil or the prophets of Allah or even the beloved Messenger of Islam, but all of them are based on the command of God who said, ﴿وَ لِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَیتِ مَنِ اسْتَطاعَ إِلَیهِ سَبیلاً﴾ [1] The beloved Prophet himself is also agent of Allah, just as the founder and the operator of Hajj, His Excellency Ibrahim Khalil had this obedience to Allah’s order. Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala ordered Abraham to announce ﴿وَ أَذانٌ مِنَ اللَّه﴾[2] In fact, it is a divine declaration that everyone should have the Hajj which means the intention of the House of God based on this divine declaration, but how does this happen? The first step is for a person to pass the miqat.
He expressed that Miqat is one of the divine rituals that should be considered great, said, “Miqat is one of the divine rites that should be considered great and respected, and everyone from any region should pass through “Miqats” which is the place for Ihram. The position of these places is a position of revelation, which is all determined from the position of revelation. When a person attains the dignity of ihram at this places and he becomes “Muhrem” and has the intention of visiting the House of Allah, from then on he is not an ordinary person, he is a person who is has intention of going to the House of Allah and must pay attention to the divine affairs.”
This professor of Howzeh and university continued, “We must note that "Miqat" is actually a starting point for reaching a very high and transcendent destination called the Kaaba, which has been determined by the Almighty Allah. If someone wants to find this truth and reach that deep sea, it is not possible without such rituals and passing through such bridges.”
[1] Surah Al-Imran, verse 97.
[2] Surah Towbah, verse 3.
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