آيَاتٌ {signs}: Miracles.
Allah (swt) has put in this house miracles that indicate the sincerity of the message and indicate that it is the house of Allah (swt), and they are: {the standing place of Abraham}. However, the word (signs) denotes the plural, so what are the other signs than the standing place of Abraham which is only mentioned?
For that, we must search in the standing place of Ibrahim Al-Khalil for the miracles.
مَّقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ {the standing place of Abraham}: It is the place where he stood while he was raising the foundations of the House, in which we find many miracles:
- That the place of our master Ibrahim was carved on the stone. The one who wants to raise a large stone up the position of his feet must be fixed, so there was a divine fixation where his feet were gotten into the stone so that it would be fixed while raising the stones, and the trace of his feet remained in the stone to this day.
2- Although the stone was curved and the feet of Abraham (pbuh) got into it, he rose and raised the foundations. These are clear signs in the standing place (Maqam) of Ibrahim Al-Khalil (pbuh), and there may be other miracles that have not been revealed yet to us.
وَمَن دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا {And whoever enters it shall be safe.}: About this, the orientalists said that the Holy Quran has a wrong in it — Allah forbid — and they mentioned what happened in the days of Abdullah bin al-Zubair and the destruction of the Ka’ba with the catapult, and they said that there are people who die during the circumambulating the Ka’bah during Hajj, are stolen or even beaten, so where is the safety that the verse mentioned?
Their question is as a result of their lack of knowledge of the Arabic language. When I say who entered my house is safe, or honored, does it mean that the person who enter my house is honored by himself? No of course, but it means that I ask the people of my house to honor every visitor, and when Allah (swt) says:
{وَمَن دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا} {And whoever enters it shall be safe.}: It is a commitment order, as if saying: it is the duty of you who are responsible for the House to secure those who enter it. It is the duty of the people, not an act of the Lord of the mankind, and if there is an imbalance in safety within the sacred house, it is a failure of those who serve the sacred House, not in the words of Allah (swt).
وَلِلّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ {And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House}: Because the pilgrimage is for all the people, and the pilgrimage was before Islam, Allah (swt), however, imposed pilgrimage on all of us. Abraham (pbuph), when he raised the foundations, said:
{وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا }
{And show us our rites} (Al-Baqara: 128)
He is Abraham (Pbuh) who placed it, and after him, a lot of prophets came, and the Torah, the Zabur and the Bible were sent down, so the pilgrimage is determined for all people, so we find the pillars of Islam begins with: {يا أيّها الّذين آمنوا}, such as:
{ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصَّيام}
{O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting } (Al-Baqara: 183)
﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ (12) أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَن تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ فَإِذْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَتَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ﴾
{ O you who have believed, when you [wish to] privately consult the Messenger, present before your consultation a charity. That is better for you and purer. But if you find not [the means] – then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful (12) Have you feared to present before your consultation charities? Then when you do not and Allah has forgiven you, then [at least] establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah (13)} (Al-Mujadelah: 12-13)
Except for the Hajj, He (swt) says:
وَلِلّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً
{And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is able to find thereto a way.}
The Arabic word of (Hajj) means: The intent to the highly honored place.
مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً {for whoever is able to find thereto a way}: There is a way, and there is a possibility.
Way: The pilgrimage to all human beings, not just for the residents.
Ability: Road safety and food availability. If you do not achieve these conditions, then the pilgrimage Hajj is not obligatory for you until it is possible.
وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ الله غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ {But whoever disbelieves – then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.}: So whosoever disbelieve in judgment of Allah (swt) and deny rituals of pilgrimage, then he has disbelieved in the Existence of Allah and Allah is free from need of the worlds including Human, Jinns, and angels, so you worship Allah (swt) for you and not for Him, and you are the beneficiary of your worship, Allah (swt) does not benefit from your obedience, nor does your disobedience harm him.