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Al-Hasan al-Basri is reported as saying: “One day of fasting in Makkah is worth a
hundred thousand days, one cent in alms is worth a thousand dollars, and any
other good deed is likewise worth a hundred thousand times its value
elsewhere.” It is said that to circumambulate seven times is equal to one
Visitation, and that three Visitations are equal to one Pilgrimage. According to
authentic Tradition: “A Visitation in Ramadan is like performing a Pilgrimage with
me.”
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “I shall be the first for whom
the earth will split open, then I shall go to the cemetery called al-Baqi (in
Madinah) and its occupants will be gathered up with me, then I shall go to the
people of Makkah and I shall be resurrected between the Two Sanctuaries.”
According to another Tradition: “When Adam had performed all the rites of
Pilgrimage he was met by the angels who said: „Blessed be your Pilgrimage
Adam. We made Pilgrimage to this House two thousand years before you did‟.”
We have it from an early source that Allah, the Almighty surveys the people of
hundred thousand days, one cent in alms is worth a thousand dollars, and any
other good deed is likewise worth a hundred thousand times its value
elsewhere.” It is said that to circumambulate seven times is equal to one
Visitation, and that three Visitations are equal to one Pilgrimage. According to
authentic Tradition: “A Visitation in Ramadan is like performing a Pilgrimage with
me.”
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “I shall be the first for whom
the earth will split open, then I shall go to the cemetery called al-Baqi (in
Madinah) and its occupants will be gathered up with me, then I shall go to the
people of Makkah and I shall be resurrected between the Two Sanctuaries.”
According to another Tradition: “When Adam had performed all the rites of
Pilgrimage he was met by the angels who said: „Blessed be your Pilgrimage
Adam. We made Pilgrimage to this House two thousand years before you did‟.”
We have it from an early source that Allah, the Almighty surveys the people of