A poet once looked upon the crowd of pilgrims, and wished that, just as they had turned their faces towards the Kaʿbah, they would also turn their attention towards the *first qiblah: al-Masjid al-Aqṣā!* The poet is not telling you to cancel your ḥajj. Rather it is some food for thought that whilst you make ṭawāf around the Sacred House, your third most holy site is under the control of the Zionists. You stand at ʿArafah whilst they desecrate the place where thousands of Prophets prayed behind our Beloved Prophet ﷺ. You depart for Muzdalifah whilst the Zionist gangs rush to the courtyards of al-Aqṣā to destroy it and butcher the believers guarding it.