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Honoring and respecting others during Hajj

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Honoring and respecting others during Hajj

 

One of the most important and important duties and responsibilities of a believer is to value and respect other believers and Muslims, to honor their existence, and to avoid insulting them or belittling them.

 

A pilgrim to the Divine Sanctuary must be particularly attentive to this important matter regarding others, and to honor everyone, whether younger or older than himself, and not to hesitate to honor them in any situation.

 

A pilgrim must pay attention to the fact that other pilgrims, in addition to being believers and Muslims, are also guests of God, and they participate in God's banquet, and they should enjoy greater honor and respect.

 

The pilgrim should consider those younger than him as less sinful and consider those older than him as superior to him in worship and service; thus, he should consider respect and honoring those younger than him and those older than him as a moral obligation and should not fail to honor all of them in the slightest.

 

Honoring a believer and respecting others is sometimes achieved with a single kind word; as narrated from Imam Sadiq (a.s.):

 

“Whoever says to his believing brother: ‘Welcome, [May Allah grant you prosperity and ease], Allah Almighty will record for him a welcome and ease in his deeds until the Day of Resurrection.”

 

And again, the Imam said:

 

“Whoever is approached by his Muslim brother and he respects his Muslim brother, has undoubtedly respected Allah Almighty.”

 

Imam Sadiq (AS) said to Ishaq ibn Ammar about doing good:

 

"O Ishaq! Do good to my friends as much as you can, and treat them with honor and respect. If a believer does good to another believer and helps him in his affairs, by this act he hurts the face of Satan and fills the heart of that cunning enemy with constant sorrow."

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