Why aren’t Ismailis required to perform Hajj? The truth will blow your mind!

Описание: The hajj as interpreted by Sunni Muslims is made to the physical Ka‘bah in Makkah, which is revered as the House of God. However, there are four major Qur’ānic facts about the establishment of the physical Ka‘bah as the House of God according to the Qur’an:

The Ka‘bah was purified by Abraham and Isma‘il (2:125-128) and again by Prophet Muhammad and ‘Ali; therefore, the purity, sanctity and holiness of the Ka‘bah depends upon the purity, sanctity, and holiness of the Prophet Abraham, Prophet Muhammad and the Imams of their progeny, who are the People of the House (ahl al-bayt – declared to be purified by God in Qur’ān 33:33).

If the Ka‘bah is called Bayt Allah (House of God) in the Qur’an, then the Family of Muhammad are called Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House).

The Prophet or Imam are those who “raise up” the physical House of God, by God’s permission (iḍn Allāh) as stated in 2:125-128 and 24:36.

The original Ḥajj, in its Qur’ānic origins, is a pilgrimage to both the physical Ka‘bah and the Prophet of the time and his family. The Qur’an says to Abraham about the original hajj that “And proclaim the ḥajj among mankind: they will come to you (yatūka) on foot” (Qur’an 22:27).

In addition to the Ka‘bah, the exoteric (zahiri) House of God, there is also exists an esoteric (bāṭinī) House of God (Bayt Allāh). According to the Qur’ān, everything in the physical world and the realm of sharī‘ah is an exoteric symbol for a spiritual counterpart or symbolic meaning (mamthūl) in the spiritual world of the ṭarīqah. This is the meaning of the “pairs” that God has created out of all things:

And of all things We have created in pairs, so that you may reflect.
– Holy Qur’ān 51:49

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