What is the rite? It is the place where the man performs worship; we say: rituals of Hajj are as mentioned in these verses.

( فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ آبَاءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا ۗ  ) (remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance..): Remember Allah (swt) as much as you remember your fathers. As we said, before Islam the Arabs used to remember their fathers in the Hajj season, however, since we are here in a rite, and the rite is the place where the worship is performed; the rite of Arafat, the rite of Muzdalifah, and the rite of Mina. So if you have completed these rites, then (remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance..). Hence, the meaning is to live with the remembrance of Allah (swt). Remembrance of Allah (swt) is the opposite of forgetfulness. Remembering something is contrary of forgetting it. When you say, I remember Ahmad, for example – for Allah belongs the loftiest similitude- you may that you have forgotten Ahmad, so you bring him to your mind. This is the meaning of remembrance here. Allah (swt) commands His remembrance in every verse of Hajj:

 {وَاذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَاكُمْ }

(And remember Him, as He has guided you.)  (Al-Baqara: 198)

After you have finished the rituals that you have performed, remember Allah (swt) like your remembrance of your fathers, be attached to Allah (swt), live with Allah (swt), and be with Allah (swt); because these rituals that you have performed and stayed in are one of the most memorable journeys of a lifetime. It is the journey of the spirit, and its levitation, elevation and ascension to its Creator, as the Prophet (saws) said:

“Whoever performs Hajj for Allah’s pleasure and does not have sexual relations with his wife, and does not do evil or sins then he will return (after Hajj free from all sins) as if he were born anew.”[1]

So, you have to be with the Creator. When the human beings live with the Creator or remember Him, the blessings come upon them sequentially from their Creator.

( فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ ) (And among the people is he who says, “Our Lord, give us in this world,” and he will have in the Hereafter no share.): There are two types of people; the first one supplicates only for the worldly material needs. But when you want to supplicate, ask for worldly in addition to the Hereafter good. For example, if you want a request from someone, the higher the rank and value of this person, the higher the demand would be. If you ask a normal person for money, you may ask him for a hundred pounds, but if you ask a wealthy person, you would ask for more than that, you may request a hundred thousand Pounds or more according to the position of this person, his importance, his ability and his possession, so is the case in this world among humans.  Thus, there are two types of people; some of them say: Our Lord, give us in the world, those only ask for this world, and they only want this world “Allah puts his poverty right before his eyes”.

[1] Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Hajj (Pilgrimage), Chapter: The superiority of Al-Hajj-al-Mabrur, no. 1449.