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و صلى الله على سيدنا محمد و على آله حق قدره و مقداره العظيم

"While circuiting around the Kaʿba, did you think of your spirit (rūḥ) going around the heart of your self? If not then you haven't made Ḥajj, and you must go back. While going between [the hillocks of] Ṣafa and Marwa, did you think of your self going back and forth between Allāh's majestic (jalāl) and beautiful (jamāl) Attributes? If not then you havent made Ḥajj, and [thus you must] go again. Did you think of searching for "water" of Zamzam [as] looking for the drink of knowledge of Allāh ﷻ (maʿrifa) going in between Ṣafa and Marwa? While shaving your hair, did you think of your sins and the being of your self falling off of you? If you didn't, then you haven't made Ḥajj and you need to go again."

—Shaykh Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Ilāh Niasse al-Kawlakhī