An ideal pilgrimage would allow you to go thru all the experiences that all the early Muslims and our beloved Prophet (pbuh) had gone thru. At least for the Muslims, Hajj is a type of Jihaad where you are supposed to leave behind all the luxuries and just engage yourself in worship...and having booked an air conditioned hotel room where I'd be served all the dishes I'd ever want to taste in my life would indeed encourage my 'nafs' even more and that would take over the real objective of Hajj.
Yes I do agree that things should be made easy for the pilgrims, but come on, when I go on a holiday to a certain place, don't I try to actually adapt to what is locally done and accepted? We all want to seek peace of mind which is far more important and essential than peace of your body. When you leave your home and come Mecca, and perform Hajj, adapting with the food and the slightest struggle you do in the path of Allah is also a part of your worship, definitely benefiting you spiritually more than you can think. I believe God has it upon Himself the responsibility of Mecca-Medina and I'm sure no human power, no matter how strong, can do anything
that much to it.
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The reason why really opened up this topic is cos I wanted us to reflect upon the way we're literally endangering our own religious values and morals. And before we know it, we'll see we've demolished our own selves. May Allah Protect us. Ameen. Peace.
