Chapter Nine: Clarification of the Intent behind the Mention of the House and the Pilgrimage to it

Our Sheikh and Master, Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn bin Hamdan al-Khasibi (may Allah purify his person), mentioned the meaning of the Hajj [Pilgrimage] after mentioning the meaning of the Fast in his poem, saying:

From the Watery Poem of Al-Khasibi and the explanation of Al-Misriyyah The months of knowledge.. the sacred months.. the House... the Comer.. the spout and the water

The House, the Gate, and the Corner,

His Hajj is accepted.

The Hajj consists of Luminous Persons,

Whose personification is the declaration of "La ilaha illa Allah" [Tehlil].

It is not a plot of land or a wall,

Nor a building that leans.

Nor the throwing of pebbles,

Nor a circumambulation that goes around.

Nor the standing [at Arafat] and the running [Sa'y],

Nor a beautiful shaving of the head.

Nor the providing of water,