Hajj: A Holistic Homecoming for Humbled Muslims
' Hajj: A Holistic Homecoming for Humbled Muslims:- The sacred journey of hajj is an extremely fulfilling one that imparts a pilgrim lifelong lessons and poignant memories, the effect of which stay in their lives long after the echo of “labaik allahumma labaik” has faded from their ears. Hajj: Economic Empowerment for Entrepreneurs:- Most of the millions of Muslims, who gather in the cities of Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah for the Hajj, comprise of the able-bodied and well-off among the global Ummah. This automatically offers tremendous opportunities for local business men and traders, who customarily witness an upsurge in their sales during hajj season. For this reason, Allah has allowed a pilgrim to continue doing trade or business during his or her hajj journey: (2:198) Since the advent of the Prophet, till a few decades before today, traveling to perform hajj and staying there was extremely difficult. The weather was extremely hot and and the Hajj left many pilgrims weak...