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Saba Irshad
t is related that a noted Muslim scholar Abdullah bin Mubarak, had a
dream while he was sleeping near the Holy Kaaba in Makkah.
Abdullah bin Mubarak saw two angels’ descend from the sky, and start
talking to each other.
One of the angels asked the other: “Do you know how many people have
come for Hajj this year?”
The other angel replied: “Six hundred thousand have come for Hajj.”
Abdullah bin Mubarak had also gone for Hajj that year.
The first angel asked: “How many people’s Hajj has been accepted?”
The second angel replied: “I wonder if anyone’s Hajj has been accepted at
all.”
Abdullah bin Mubarak was grieved to hear that. He thought, “So many people
have come from all over the world, crossing so many obstacles like rivers,
jungles, desert and mountains, suffered so many hardships, and meeting
so many expenses. Would their effort be wasted? Allah (SWT) does not let
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