4.  A call was made to perform Hajj to people

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاتة

ِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِٱلرَّحِيمِ

And [mention, O Muḥammad (SAW)], when We designated for Ibrahim (AS) the site of the House, [saying], ".....purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate". [22:26]

And proclaim to the people the ḥajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass. [22:27]

According to the tafsir of Ibn Khathir, Allahuthala asked to Ibrahim (AS), "Announce the pilgrimage to mankind and call them to perform pilgrimage to this House which We have commanded you to build."

It was said that Ibrahim (AS) asked: “O Lord, how can I convey this to people when my voice will not reach them”. It was said: “Call them and We will convey it.” So Ibrahim (AS) stood up and said, “O mankind! Your Lord has established a House so come on pilgrimage to it.”

It is said that the mountains lowered themselves so that his voice would reach all the regions of the earth, and those who were still in their mothers’ wombs and their fathers’ loins would hear the call.

The response came from everyone in the cities, deserts and countryside, and those whom Allah has decreed will make the pilgrimage, until the Day of Resurrection: “At Your service, O Allah, at Your service.”  [ Source: Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr and others among the Salaf[.

                          And Allah knows best.

 الحمدلله