Allah! There are even sinners amongst them.” Allah states, “Indeed, I have forgiven them too.”^[1]

The jihād of the weak

The martyr of Karbala, Imam Ḥusayn رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ reports:

“O Messenger of Allah!”, a person once said, “I am very weak and cannot perform jihād.” It was said in reply, هَلُمَّ اِلٰى جِهَادٍ لَا شَوْكَةَ فِيه:الْحَجِّ ِ - “Strive towards the jihad in which there is no fear of even a thorn: the ḥajj pilgrimage.”^[2]

An accepted ḥajj

The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم announced:

وَ حَجَّةٌ مَّبْرُوْرَةٌ لَيْسَ لَهَا جَزَاءٌ اِلَّا الْجنَّة حَجَّةٌ مَّبْرُوْرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

An accepted ḥajj is better than the world and everything in it. Along with this, the reward of it is nothing other than Paradise.^[3]

What is an accepted ḥajj?

A ḥajj mabrūr (accepted ḥajj) refers to one which does not contain sin or a ḥajj free from showing off. It can also refer to a ḥajj after which the pilgrim refrains from sin until they die. Until then, they avoid any action which would ruin or invalidate their previous ḥajj.[4]

Dying during ḥajj

The final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم explained: