A young man and an old man came together and they went for Hajj and as soon as they were embarking to go for Hajj, the old man said, 'Labbayk Allah Humma Labbayk.' As he said that, the young man heard a voice, 'Wa La Labbayk wa La Sa'adayk' meaning that this niyyah of Hajj was not accepted. That this old man's Hajj is rejected. So the young man was very very surprised, he said, 'O Uncle! Did you not hear this voice?' So the uncle said, the old man (the haaji) said, 'Yes! I heard it my Son, I heard It! I've been hearing this voice for 40 years, I've been doing Hajj for 40 years and every time I say, 'Labbayk Allah Humma Labbayk' I hear that rejection, I hear that voice telling me 'Wa La Labbayk Wa La Sa'adayk.'' That basically the Hajj is rejected and the young man was surprised, he says, 'O uncle, and you still insist in making Hajj? You still want to make Hajj for this?' And the old man said, 'O My son, think about this, think about this my son, is there any escape from Allah s.w.t., other than to Allah?' Meaning, if Allah rejects you, if Allah s.w.t. does not accept something, because of some fault, some shortcoming, some sin. Is there any other way, other than to Allah? Meaning can you escape from Allah other than back to Allah? You know there are things which we fear in our lives. We have things that we run away from in our lives. Every one of you, Brother, Sister, you have something that in your life, you fear and you wanna escape from. Akhi, Ukhti, where are you gonna escape from, from Allah s.w.t., other than to Allah? Allahu Akbar. There's nowhere else to go, except to making Tawbah to him. Except to repenting to him. Except to coming back to him.
- by Ustadh Gabriel Al Romaani
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