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Spiritual_Roadmap_by_Ghazali, page : 101
Next, there arose in me a prompting to fulfill the duty of the Pilgrimage, gain the blessings of
Mecca and
Medina, and perform the visitation of the Messenger of Allah Most High, peace be upon
him, after first
performing the visitation of al-Khalil, the Friend of Allah, may Allah praise and give him peace.⁶
I therefore
made the journey to the Hijaz. Before long however, various concerns, together with the
requests of my
children, drew me back to my home (country); and so I came to it again, though at one time no one
had
seemed less likely than myself to return to it. Here, too I sought retirement, still longing for
solitude and the
purification of the heart for the recollection of Allah. The events of the interval, the anxieties
about my family,
and the necessities of my livelihood altered the aspect of my purpose and impaired the quality of
my solitude,
for I experienced pure ecstasy only occasionally, although I did not cease to hope for itt;
obstacles would
hold me back, yet I always returned to it.
Mecca and
Medina, and perform the visitation of the Messenger of Allah Most High, peace be upon
him, after first
performing the visitation of al-Khalil, the Friend of Allah, may Allah praise and give him peace.⁶
I therefore
made the journey to the Hijaz. Before long however, various concerns, together with the
requests of my
children, drew me back to my home (country); and so I came to it again, though at one time no one
had
seemed less likely than myself to return to it. Here, too I sought retirement, still longing for
solitude and the
purification of the heart for the recollection of Allah. The events of the interval, the anxieties
about my family,
and the necessities of my livelihood altered the aspect of my purpose and impaired the quality of
my solitude,
for I experienced pure ecstasy only occasionally, although I did not cease to hope for itt;
obstacles would
hold me back, yet I always returned to it.