Omar Suleiman
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1,922 appearances
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first heard Jan 2023
last heard Feb 2024
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And there's a story and a history that comes from that.
But ultimately, Mecca is the center.
Mecca is where we turn towards for prayer.
Mecca is where we perform the pilgrimage, the Hajj pilgrimage.
Once in our lives, at least if we can, physically and financially, if we find ourselves capable, we at least perform the Hajj pilgrimage once in our lifetimes.
but there are other pilgrimages throughout the year you can go.
At any time of the day, any time of the year, you will find people that will be performing the pilgrimage, an iteration of the pilgrimage in Mecca.
And it's an incredible practice.
It really is a place where
you feel like you're no longer in this world.
I mean, it's incredible.
So we all go there donning what's known as the ihram garb.
So the men will wear just these white garments, which are resembling, or they resemble the garments that we will be buried in.
And whether you're a king or a prince or a peasant in classical terms, whoever you are, whatever distinction you have, you're all the same.
And the women will wear a simple garment as well.
So you go there, you relinquish all of the pretensions and concerns and superficial barriers and distinctions.
that exist in this life.
And we do what's called tawaf, circle around the Kaaba, symbolically putting God at the center of our lives.
We do seven rounds between Safa and Marwa, the two mountains, where Hagar
When she once ran between those two mountains with her baby Ishmael, looking for water, trusting God, was provided for.
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