Stone of khutba
.
Haj-atul-wida. .,
Stone on which prophet stood to deliver
Farewell haj sermon
In the history of humanity, no body can deny the
importance of the last sermon delivered
by Prophet Muhammad sallalla ho allihi wasalam on the eve of his lonely
and last haj at 10th
hijra.Before the declaration of the compulsory (farz) haj in 8th hijra,
a customary haj had been
performed by the people of Makkah and other tribes on 9th of zilhijah
every year. Prophet
Muhammad sallalla ho allihi wasalam performed many haj at
that time but after the Haj being
declared fraz prophet Muhammad sallallaho allihi wasalam found only two
occasion of haj .
Stone on which prophet stood to deliver Farewell haj sermon
khutba
At the time of first Haj on 9th hijra prophet
could not perform it due to some social and
political reasons. On that occasion prophet Muhammad sallalla ho allihi
wasalam appointed
syedna Abu bakar siddiq Raddi Allah ho talla anho, the leader (imam)
of muslimeen.
On the eve of second haj on10th hijra Prophet Muhammad sallalla ho allihi
wasalam performed
his first haj and that became his last and lonely farz haj. when
the prophet was performing his
last Haj, he had been knowing that it would be the
last haj of his life as in last Ramadan the
revelation of holy Quran had been completed and the
angle jibrael allihisalam got him sllalla
ho allihi wasalam recited it twice .In previous ramdans this pratice had
been done once. All
these things had been given indications to prophet Muhammad
sallalla ho allihi wasalam that
now the time is coming nearer to leave this world physically.
Realizing this fact prophet
Muhammad sallalla ho alli hi wasalam stood on a mercy mount
(jabal-e-Rahmat) in araft field
on haj day and delivered a historical khutba which purely based on
the safe guard of human and
humanity.
In his sermon he sallalla ho alli hi wasalam expressed his feeling and
said that perhaps it would be
the last haj of his life He sallalla ho allihi wasalam said that
from that day no white is preferable to
black and vice-versa. No arab is better than non-arab and no non-arab
is better than arab except
TAQWA (sincerity). He sallalla ho allihi wasalam declared forbidden
(Haram) the blood
(killing) of one to another.
During my ( waseem Ahmed siddiqui_pioneer AHLAN) visit to holy harmain
on 8th time in the
year 2004, i got honor to see the stone
or you may call it, the rock on which the prophet
Muhammad salllla ho allihi wasalam had stood to deliver
last historical sermon (khutba haj-
atul-wida). The authenticity of it is not very much confirmed but the
residents near bye and guides
show it with great respect .Some faithful had written their holy
remarks over that stone.
It is lying in Arafat field in the bottom of the mercy mount ( jabal-e-Rahmat).
if you faces towards
mercy mount and see to your right hand near the road , you may find
it. Lot of written holy
remarks may be seen on that stone or rock.
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