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According to another Tradition: “There is a bounty for you in every hair of its hide,
and every drop of blood counts as a good deed to be weighed in the balance, so
be of good cheer!” The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, also said: “Seek
the aid of your sacrificial offering, for they will be your mounts on the Day of
Resurrection.”
Equanimity
10. The Pilgrim should face with equanimity the expense he incurs to provision
himself and acquire as offering, as well as any financial or physical loss or
mishap that may befall him, for that is one of the signs that his Pilgrimage is
accepted. Misfortune on the way to Pilgrimage is equated with expenditure in the
cause of Allah, every penny being worth seven hundred. It is comparable to the
rigors encountered en route to the Jihad, so for every hardship endured and for
every loss suffered there is recompense and nothing is lost in the sigh of Allah,
the Almighty.
One indication that a Pilgrimage has been accepted, they say, is when a Pilgrim
abandons his sinful ways, exchanging his idle companions for righteous brothers,
and every drop of blood counts as a good deed to be weighed in the balance, so
be of good cheer!” The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, also said: “Seek
the aid of your sacrificial offering, for they will be your mounts on the Day of
Resurrection.”
Equanimity
10. The Pilgrim should face with equanimity the expense he incurs to provision
himself and acquire as offering, as well as any financial or physical loss or
mishap that may befall him, for that is one of the signs that his Pilgrimage is
accepted. Misfortune on the way to Pilgrimage is equated with expenditure in the
cause of Allah, every penny being worth seven hundred. It is comparable to the
rigors encountered en route to the Jihad, so for every hardship endured and for
every loss suffered there is recompense and nothing is lost in the sigh of Allah,
the Almighty.
One indication that a Pilgrimage has been accepted, they say, is when a Pilgrim
abandons his sinful ways, exchanging his idle companions for righteous brothers,