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Hadrat Sayyiduna Ali bin Mu’waffiq – may Allah be pleased with him – narrates:

 

One year, after completing the Hajj, I decided to rest in between Masjid Kaif and Mina. I saw two Angels come from the heavens. One of them said to the other, “O Slave of Allah! Are you aware of how many people had come to visit the House of Allah this year to perform the Hajj?”

 

The other Angel replied that he was unaware.

 

The first Angel replied, “Six hundred thousand had come this year.”

 

The first Angel asked, “Are you aware of how many peoples Hajj was accepted?”

 

The second Angel replied that he was unaware.

The first Angel replied, “At this time, the Hajj of only six people were accepted”.

 

They then returned to the heavens. I was completely engrossed in the words of these Angels. I then said to myself, where is it possible that I would be among those six people. When I reached the plains of Arafat and spent the night in Muzdalifah, I again saw the same two angels coming from the heavens.

 

The first Angel asked the second “O Slave of Allah! Are you aware of what Decision Allah Almighty has made on this night?”

 

The second Angel replied that it was unaware.

 

The first Angel then replied, “Through the Barakah of each one of them, Allah Almighty had accepted the Hajj of one hundred thousand people. Therefore, the Hajj of all of them had been accepted.”

 

When I awoke from this dream, I was so delighted and joyous that no one knew about this happiness of mine except Allah Almighty. In fact, such is the Immense Mercy of Allah Almighty that no one was robbed of His Divine Grace.

 

It is mentioned that once Sayyidah Rabia Basariyyah – may Allah be pleased with her – travelled for Hajj bare feet. Whatever sustenance was given to her by Allah Almighty, she was satisfied with that. When Sayyidah Rabia Basariyyah – may Allah be pleased with her – arrived in front of Ka’ba, she fell unconscious. When she regained her senses, she placed her forehead on the walls of the Ka’ba and pleaded, “This is indeed a place of safety for Your servants. You love these slaves and today, my tears have dried up.”

 

She then performed the Tawaaf, the Sa’ee and was about to travel to Arafat, when she suffered from her monthly menses. She then wept and said, “O my Lord! If this was something which came from another besides from Your Divine Court, then certainly I would have complained in Your Court.  Now when everything is according to You Divine Decree, how can I complain about this?”

 

Suddenly she heard a voice saying to her, “O Rabia! Through you, the Hajj of everyone has been accepted and through this physical weakness of yours, the weaknesses of everyone else had also been nullified.”

 

Hadrat Sayyiduna Mohammed bin Munakdar – may Allah be pleased with him – narrates that he had completed thirty three Hajj and when he had completed his final Hajj, he made Du’a on the plains on Arafat as follows, “O Allah! You are aware that I have stayed on the plains of Arafat thirty three times. On one occasion for myself, on one occasion for my father, on one occasion for my mother. O Allah! I make You a Witness I have given the balance of thirty Hajj as a gift to all those who stayed at Arafat but their stay was not accepted.”

 

It is mentioned that when this great Saint arrived in Muzdalifah, he saw a dream in which someone was saying to him, “O ibn Munakdar! Are you trying to do a favour on Him Who has created favour. Are you trying to be kind to Him Who has created kindness? And yet, the Allah Almighty informs you that, ‘I swear by My Divine Power and Greatness, I have pardoned and forgiven those who stay at Arafat two thousand years earlier.’” (Ar Rouad Al Faa’iq)