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in the past two weeks, as hajj approaches, some of our family and closer friends have been stopping by or having us over, to give us hajj salaams. taher and i are new to this tradition; apparently it's an old one, and our parents knew about it, but we were surprised when people starting doing it for us.
it's a pretty incredible tradition. when we were in san francisco, tubby bhai and maleka did it for us and we thought it was amazingly thoughtful. and then we came to chicago and some good friends did it. and my brother and some of my family. and others have said they want to make a point of doing it before we leave.
basically, the point of all this is that i feel very supported by the people who have made the effort to do this. it is not at all about the salaam itself, as we keep telling people when we try to refuse the cover and just accept the wishes. people are making individual efforts to wish us well, and they should know they will be remembered in our dua when we finally begin our hajj.
it's a pretty incredible tradition. when we were in san francisco, tubby bhai and maleka did it for us and we thought it was amazingly thoughtful. and then we came to chicago and some good friends did it. and my brother and some of my family. and others have said they want to make a point of doing it before we leave.
basically, the point of all this is that i feel very supported by the people who have made the effort to do this. it is not at all about the salaam itself, as we keep telling people when we try to refuse the cover and just accept the wishes. people are making individual efforts to wish us well, and they should know they will be remembered in our dua when we finally begin our hajj.
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YOu know why people do that right? I think it's a pretty selfish reason (ultimately) it's so that you remember them in your duas... hahahaha.
(if you want to think negatively about it... )
It's like doing salam to someone right before magrib/isha & vasheq... Dua ma yaad!
(I hope I didn't ruin the mood for you completely!) It's still really nice when people come and give a boost of encouragement. Either it may be your last trip cause you'll get trampled, or people want to feel the barakat that may be emanating off of you who are going (like noor radiating from you or something)...
oh lulua, so cynical! :) that isn't usually the way i think about things. and you can all do dua that no trampling occurs!
haha. That's not really how I feel, but sometimes I don't know where these thoughts come from. Although my usual everyday thinking never has so much cynicism, I can't help but think that that's how some traditions did get started. Like you said, it is a form of encouragement & support, isn't it?
And about the non-trampling dua--You got it!
Good luck, again. And don't forget your Ibprofen...
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