The Messenger of God performed the Hajj with a ragged saddle under him and a shabby plush that was worth only four dirhams; and he circumambulated the Ka’aba on a camel to let people see his method and customs. Then he said, “Learn from me your rites.”
-Secrets of the Hajj, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111)
I wish that KhairAllah had taught me to ride a camel by showing rather than making me learn by my own doing, for I might have been saved the error of thinking the Secrets of the Darb are found in fancy Camel Tack, as in the Sufi adage, The Saddle doesn’t cause your Sores, rather, Blame them on your Behind.