Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 90
91 their worldly ties and connections. Or else they give precedence to the love of the world over that of God and hence open the gates of hell for themselves with their own hands. The seventh promise made to Hadrat Ibrahim as was that the Hajj would remain obligatory not only for your progeny; rather a Prophet would be raised here who would be given a universal shariah, and after the advent of that shariah the Hajj would be made obligatory for all the peoples in the world. Hence, this House of Allah would be made a hub for all the peoples in the world. We can see that this promise was not fulfilled before the advent of the Holy Prophet sa. But when the Holy Prophet sa appeared and the Quranic shariah was revealed to him, then, through this shariah, Allah the Exalted made the Hajj obligatory for all mankind. Allah the Exalted says in surah Al-Baqarah: 46 That is, O, mankind! Remember, the months of the Hajj are well known; so whoever, therefore, considering the Hajj obligatory upon himself determines to perform it, he is not allowed to indulge himself in any amorous talk, or any transgression, or any quarrelling during the [Hajj] days (equally as in other days). And then said, whatever good you do, Allah will surely value it. He will not discriminate between you on grounds of race and colour. No matter what people or land you may belong to, if responding to the call of Allah you take the Hajj as an obligatory