Joy & gratitude

A command received in a valley

Delivered to him at night and passed straight on.

أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي وَهْوَ بِالْعَقِيقِ أَنْ صَلِّ فِي هَذَا الْوَادِي الْمُبَارَكِ وَقُلْ عُمْرَةٌ وَحَجَّةٌ

Someone came to me tonight from my Lord and said: pray in this blessed valley, and say an ʿumrah within a ḥajj.

The full narration

Narrated `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Someone came to me tonight from my Lord while I was in the 'Aqiq (valley), and said to me, "Offer prayer in this blessed valley and say: 'Labbaik' for the (performance of) `Umra and Hajj

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 7343

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