Fazaail e makkah

1. While departing from Makkah, Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) halted on a

plateau, faced the Qibla and said: “By Allah! You are the most beloved portion of Allah’s

earth to me, and verily you are the most beloved portion of the earth to Allah too.

Verily you are the best, spot on the face of the earth. And the most beloved to Allah. If

your people did not expel me, I would not have departed from you.” (Al-Muatta)

2. Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stated in a Hadith- “The best and the most

beloved city on the face of this earth to Allah is Makkah.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)

3. Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stated: “The earth was rolled out from Makkah.

Allah stretched (the earth) from underneath it. Thus it is called the mother of all cities.”

(Sahih Al-Bukhari)

4. “The first mountain that was placed on the earth was Abu Qubais.” (Ibn Abi Shiba, Ibn

Abi Hatim and Dailmi from Ibn Abbas.) (Abu Qubais is the name of a mountain near

Makkah.)

5. “The angels were the first beings to circumambulate around the sacred house, two

thousand years before Allah created Adam.” (Ibn Abi Duniya from Anas lbn Abi Shiba

from lbn Abass/ Shafi from Ka-ab Alqirti)

6. “Around the Ka’bah lies the graves of three hundred prophets.” (SahihMuslim / Bayhaqi)

7. “There is no city on earth to which all the prophets, the angels, the holy messengers

and all the pious servants of Allah, who reside in the heavens and on earth, including

the jinn, flocked to, except Makkah.” (Sunan Ibn Majah)

8. “There is no city on earth through which Allah multiplies one good deed by a hundred

thousand except Makkah.” (Sahih Bukhari , lbn Hibban)

9. “Whosoever offers a salat therein, then that salat is enhanced a hundred thousand fold

over.” (Sahih Muslim / Sunan Nisai)

“Whosoever gives one dirham therein in charity, Allah writes for him the reward of

having spent a hundred thousand dirhams in charity.” (Ibn Abi Zubair in the Jamul Latif from Sunan Tirmizi)

10. “Anyone who completes the recitation of the full Qur’an once therein, Allah records for

him the reward of a hundred thousand recitations.” (Baihaqi , lbn Majah)

11. “Whosoever glorifies Allah once therein, for him is recorded the rewards of having

glorified Allah a hundred thousand times elsewhere. Every good deed which a servant

enacts in the haram is equivalent to a hundred thousand deeds enacted elsewhere.” (Sunan Nasai)

12. “Each pious deed performed therein is multiplied a hundred thousand fold.” (Sunan Abu

Dawud)

13. “It is not known of any other city from which Allah will, on the day of Qiyamah,

resurrect as many Ambiya, Allah-fearing souls, pious people, truthful ones, martyrs,

religious people, Ulama, jurists, sages, ascetics, devotees, pilgrims, chosen ones and

mystics, both males and females as Makkah. Verily they will be resurrected in a state

wherein they will be safe from Allah’s punishment.” (Sahih Bukhari , Sahih Muslim)

14. Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stated: “The best, purest, holiest and closest

spot to Allah, is the place between the Marwah and the Maqam.” (Sahih Bukhari ,

Sunan Ibn Majah)

15. Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stated: “The space between the Ruknul Yamani

and the Hajre Aswad is a garden from the gardens of Jannah.” (Sahih Muslim, Sunan

Tirmizi)

16. Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stated: “A person who passed away while

performing the hajj or umrah will not be questioned (in the qabr) nor will any reckoning

be taken from him (on the day of Qiyamah). He will be told: “Enter Jannah in peace

with those who have attained salvation.” (Bayhaqi)

17. Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stated:”Anyone who observes the fasts of the

month of Ramadan in Makkah, Allah records for him the reward of a hundred thousand

months of fasting in any other city.” (Sunan Ibn Majah)

18. “The salat offered in Musjid-ul-Haram is increased by a hundred thousand salaah. For

verily one obtains one hundred and fifty million (150 000 000) rewards for a salaah

offered therein.” (Sahih Bukhari , Sahih Muslim)

19. “Anyone who falls ill in Makkah for one day, Allah renders his body and his flesh haram

(forbidden) from the fire of Jahannam.” (Sahih Bukhari)

20. Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stated: “Anyone who falls ill in Makkah for one

day, Allah records for that person the rewards of having done good deeds equivalent to

sixty years worship in any other place.” (Muatta)

21. “Anyone who endures the heat of Makkah with patience for an hour of the day, Allah

will distance that person from the fire of Jahannam by a distance of a journey of five

hundred years and bring him closer to Jannah by a distance of a journey of two

hundred years. Indeed Makkah and Madinah eject any impurities within them like

flames eject rust from iron. Understand carefully! Difficulties and calamities abounded

in Makkah right from its inception. Great stages are realised by enduring these

difficulties.” (Sahih Muslim)

22. “Anyone who endures any difficulty experienced in Makkah (with patience), I will

intercede and bear witness for him on the day of Qiyamat.” (Sunan ibn Majah)

23. “The best valley on the face of this earth is the valley of lbrahim(alaihis salaam).”

(Sahih Bukhari, Sunan Tirmizi)

24. “The best well on the face of this earth is the well of Zamzam.” (Sahih Muslim)

25. “For verily, anyone who touches the Hajre Aswad is cleansed of his sins just as he was

on the day his mother gave birth to him.” (Musnad lmam Ahmad)

26. “There is no city in the world in which one finds an object, which when touched by any

human being, cleanses him of his sins and leaves him in the same state as he was on

the day his mother gave birth to him, except Makkah.” (Muatta)

27. “There is no city on the face of this earth in which a person offers a salah in accordance

with a command which Allah issued to his Nabi Sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam except

Makkah.” (Sunan Ibn Majah)

28. “Anyone who offers salah behind the Maqam has attained safety.” (Sahih Bukhari,

Sunan Nisai)

29. “The most beloved spot to Allah is the area between the Maqam-e-lbrahim and the

Multazam.” (Sunan Tirmizi , Abu Dawud)