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crying: “Yemenis, back to Yemen! Syrians, back to Syria! Iraqis, back to Iraq!
For the same reason Umar was careful to prevent people from excessive
circumambulation saying: “I am afraid people will get too familiar with this
House.”
Two, nostalgia stimulates a yearning to return. Allah, the Almighty has made the
House a concourse secure for mankind i.e. a place where they should
congregate, returning to it time and again and never ceasing to aspire to it.
Someone said: “That you should be in another town, with your heart yearning for
Makkah, attached to this House, is better for you than being there, bored with
long residence and hankering after another town.” As one of the elders said:
“Many a man in Khurasan is closer to this House than those circuiting it!” It is
even said that Allah, the Almighty has worshipers so close to Him that the Ka‟bah
revolves around them.
Three, fear of committing errors and sins there. That is a grave peril, likely to
excite the anger of Allah, the Almighty, on account of the nobility of the place.
For the same reason Umar was careful to prevent people from excessive
circumambulation saying: “I am afraid people will get too familiar with this
House.”
Two, nostalgia stimulates a yearning to return. Allah, the Almighty has made the
House a concourse secure for mankind i.e. a place where they should
congregate, returning to it time and again and never ceasing to aspire to it.
Someone said: “That you should be in another town, with your heart yearning for
Makkah, attached to this House, is better for you than being there, bored with
long residence and hankering after another town.” As one of the elders said:
“Many a man in Khurasan is closer to this House than those circuiting it!” It is
even said that Allah, the Almighty has worshipers so close to Him that the Ka‟bah
revolves around them.
Three, fear of committing errors and sins there. That is a grave peril, likely to
excite the anger of Allah, the Almighty, on account of the nobility of the place.