The Effect of Hajj on a Muslim

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The Effect of Hajj on a Muslim

Hajj as a whole will inspire a Muslim to do better for themselves, God

and the community. Each event symbolises a key way on how a Muslim can

change for the better and keep on the straight path for life. Though

some Muslims will not change after coming back on Hajj, some may feel

that it was not inspiring or helpful, others may feel that they are

already the 'perfect' Muslim. Hajj has made great improvements in life

for lots of Muslims.

A good example of how Hajj might affect the life of a Muslim is

Malcolm X. He was born Malcolm Little in 1925. His father was

constantly harassed by the Ku Klux Klan and in 1931 his father was

purposely hit by a tram. When Malcolm was a teenager he began to get

involved with dangerous people, he started to sell drugs and steal. It

was 1946 when Malcolm was arrested and sentenced to eight years in

prison.

While in prison he had joined a group called the Black Muslims. They

believed that white people were the Devil and that God was black.

Malcolm left prison and went on Hajj, he realised that all kinds of

different people took part. Not only were Arabs or black people there,

white people also took part.

This shows in a letter he wrote to his wife. It said that he had been

with all types of people 'They were of all colours, from blue eyed

blondes to black skinned Africans.' He told his wife that the oneness

of the community made no separations and that all pilgrims were seen

as the same. In his letter he explained 'I have eaten from the same

plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug while

praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the

bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blonde and whose skin

was the whitest of white.' He also said 'we are truly the same because

their (white people) belief in one God had removed the white from

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