이슬람의 성지순례에 대한 연구

Abstract

The Five Pillars and Six beliefs in Islam sustain Muslims. The Five Pillars as duties are profession of faith(shahda), ritual prayer(ṣalat), tax on the community(zakāt), fasting during Ramadan(saum) are essential to Muslims in their daily life. However pilgrimage to Mecca(Hajj), the fifth duty, is obliged to make by every able-bodied muslim at least once in his or her lifetime. The pilgrimage to Mecca has been affected on the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to Allah. Each and every corner of Hajj is the embodiment of unity and solidarity among the believers where natural and contractual differences fade away and the significance of the true and mono-theistic unity and brotherhood is upheld. Each Muslim from all parts of the world performing Hajj devotes one's heart to Allah, striving in His name and path, can appropriately identify the ailments of the present Muslim world. From this every single Muslim during Hajj learns to promote Muslim unity despite one's dignity, sincere mind for peace, differences of culture and race, what Messenger of Allah Muhammad delivered in his last sermon. There is a huge crowd in white cloths in an impressive display of Islam's disregard for facial or national divisions in Hajj. People might be offended by other people but crowds are never a problem since one is entirely alone, caught up in the moment and oblivious to distractions; the faces of crowd remain mildly smiled being considerate of others only fearing Allah. The feelings in Hajj are hard to describe to not attend people to the pilgrimage. I haven't felt this experience never ever in my life. Still I feel overwhelmed by the experience looking back over the Hajj. It is an act of recollection and worship, but also a symbolic act representing the spirit's return to its homeland-one of the central elements of the Muslim life remembering and following the Messenger Ibrahim. Islam is to obey only one God. Thus Muslims are to worship none but one God through this Hajj rituals. The Holy Quran says that all the creatures are, ultimately, homing to Allah. Hajj is the journey of strong expression for a Muslim to return to Allah in a sprit of universal brotherhood. The shout of pilgrim flock is the pledge in front of Allah as a person and a member of Ummah to be completely obeyed and devoted to one God. There is only one goal in mind of pilgrims: to seek forgiveness from Allah to absolve them of their sins being clear of all trivial and ephemeral thought, so that the pilgrim can give Allah his undivided attention.