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Almighty. The moment of talbiya (calling „Labbayk‟) is the real starting point; this
is the critical instant. Sufyan ibn Uyayna said: “Ali, the son of al-Husayn once
went on Pilgrimage. When he had put on his ihram and his camel was ready for
him to ride, he suddenly turned pale and began to tremble. He shivered and
quaked and could not utter „Labbayk‟, and when they asked him what was wrong
he said: “I dread being told: “No favor or fortune for you!” When he did eventually
cry „Labbayk‟, he fainted and fell from his camel. This kept on happening to him
until he had completed his Pilgrimage.”
Ahmad ibn Abil Hawari said: “I was with Abu Salayman al-Darani when he
wished to enter the state of consecration. He did not utter „Labbayk‟ until we had
traveled a whole mile. He fell in a swoon, saying when he came round: “Ahmad!
Allah, the Almighty, inspired to Moses: „Tell the wrongdoers among the Children
of Israel to remember Me seldom, for I shall remember with a curse those of
them who remember Me.‟ Alas, Ahmad, I have hear that to those who make
Pilgrimage on ill gotten gains, Allah says: „No favor or fortune for you, until you
return what you have in hand.‟ And we cannot be sure that this will not be said to
us.”
is the critical instant. Sufyan ibn Uyayna said: “Ali, the son of al-Husayn once
went on Pilgrimage. When he had put on his ihram and his camel was ready for
him to ride, he suddenly turned pale and began to tremble. He shivered and
quaked and could not utter „Labbayk‟, and when they asked him what was wrong
he said: “I dread being told: “No favor or fortune for you!” When he did eventually
cry „Labbayk‟, he fainted and fell from his camel. This kept on happening to him
until he had completed his Pilgrimage.”
Ahmad ibn Abil Hawari said: “I was with Abu Salayman al-Darani when he
wished to enter the state of consecration. He did not utter „Labbayk‟ until we had
traveled a whole mile. He fell in a swoon, saying when he came round: “Ahmad!
Allah, the Almighty, inspired to Moses: „Tell the wrongdoers among the Children
of Israel to remember Me seldom, for I shall remember with a curse those of
them who remember Me.‟ Alas, Ahmad, I have hear that to those who make
Pilgrimage on ill gotten gains, Allah says: „No favor or fortune for you, until you
return what you have in hand.‟ And we cannot be sure that this will not be said to
us.”