The Pilgrimage to Mecca
History, Rites and Philosophy
Featuring: Al-Ghazali on the meaning of the Hajj
BY: Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah.
Featuring: Al-Ghazali on the meaning of the Hajj
BY: Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah.
Hajj (Muslim Pilgrimage) which outstanding feature is its annihilation of race and colour prejudices. In this book of Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah history of Kaabah and Pilgrimage is divided into three parts.
(1) Pre-historic antiquity.
This part covers the history of pilgrimage from Adam to Noah with various references
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(2) Pre-Islamic antiquity.
This part cover time of Abraham, rebuilding of Kabah with Ismail. In this part, Dr. Hamidullah also talks about Dhu al-Qarnayn, where he visited Kaabah or not. This also contains the story of the invasion of Kabah by Khuza’ah of Yemen and Christian Of Abyssinia.
(2) Pre-Islamic antiquity.
This part cover time of Abraham, rebuilding of Kabah with Ismail. In this part, Dr. Hamidullah also talks about Dhu al-Qarnayn, where he visited Kaabah or not. This also contains the story of the invasion of Kabah by Khuza’ah of Yemen and Christian Of Abyssinia.
(3) The Islamic epoch.
In this part, The biography of Muhammad(صلى الله عليه وسلم) and history of his tribe is mentioned.
This book contains terminology of Hajj, types of pilgrimages. text etc. In other words. this book covers each and every aspect of Hajj. Best quality of this book to rare photos and maps which included in this.
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