The Book Summary Of Dr. Ali Shariati

This book is a summary of Dr. Ali Shariati’s own experience and understanding after three times doing hajj and once visiting Mecca. He starts his book with a question; what does hajj mean? Then he continues answering this question by the spiritual feelings that he experienced during his journey. He clearly expresses to readers that this is not a ritual training book instead its purpose is to show his perception of one of the most significant ritual in Islam.
According to Dr.Shariati, there is no annual and representative religious or cultural event all around the world which compares to hajj in terms of population and duration of the event. He states that hajj is man’s evolvement toward Allah and his return to him. To clarify this we can
Shariatic states in his book. At this time, the participants must change their clothes. Clothes that show uniqueness, status, preference and difference. They create unrealistic barriers that separate a man from others. At Miqat you accept your original shape as a “man”, just one of “children of Adam” who will die one day. The clothes of ‘Ihram is, therefore, the contrast to the “individualism”, it is called (kafan). You wear the kafan, the two pieces of cloth, just like everyone else. Every person is considered equal by wearing the same cloth and this is the beauty of the
This is the time you reflect upon yourself and your spirit by confessing your sins to Allah. After praying Fair early, you collect 70 sands there. The sands will be used against your enemy. Here you should act just as Ibrahim who fought against the whispers of Shaytan on his way to sacrifice his son, Isma’il. Throw seven stones at Jamrat-ul Aqabah when going back to Mena, while repeating Takbir each time. According to the book 63 stones remain which you should throw them over the next three days of Ayyam al-Tashriq (11th, 12th and 13th of Dhul Hijjah), 21 stones per