A Heart's Journey | Day 01
The following posts will be about my trip to Makkah, Medina, and my experience during Hajj. I pray that it will be a benefit to you all...my homies, Muslim brothers and sisters, as well as non-Muslim readers.I will be posting images as well as gems and the beautiful experiences I had there :)
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I wasn't the only one feeling these emotions. You can see the tears in the faces of people to see the light coming from the Prophet's masjid from the air plane. It was almost like the full moon in the night sky. The brightest structure on the ground among the other lit buildings.
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What was special about this moment?
It was a moment that was indescribable. Everyone on the plane was emotional for the same reason...men women, and children. They all wanted to go to the city of the greatest man that ever lived.
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It was a moment that was indescribable. Everyone on the plane was emotional for the same reason...men women, and children. They all wanted to go to the city of the greatest man that ever lived.
We landed and proceeded to the checkpoints. One of the security guards after looking at my passport said, "Asalaamu Alaikum Belal"
I replied, "Walaikum Asalaam"
security said, "Takallama arabiyyah?"
I replied, "Nah"
security guard said, "Welcome to Medina"
I smiled and replied, "Jazakallahu Khairun"
security guard smiles back and says, "Kayfa takallama arabiyyah?"
I'm thinking to myself, "werd...I just learned some arabic" :P
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One of the goals I had made before leaving for hajj was that I want to learn some Arabic. When I said, "nah" it was against my goal mentality...this brother basically reminded me of that.
Hajj is about having a positive attitude. Look at the opportunities in front of you and take em by the horns
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After we exited the checkpoints, we were greeted by one of the hajj group coordinators...Br. Gamal. When he saw me he said, "Asalaamu Alaikum Belal".
I'm thinking, "I know this man from some where...he looks waaay to familiar, and his persona was just very welcoming."
We got on the bus around 4am, and waited to get all the paper work for the hotels reservations. While waiting I leaned my head on my mom's shoulder and went to sleep...
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If any of you wish to learn a little bit about Medina. Check out the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina
posted by AlBaraa @ 1/11/2007 12:09:00 PM
4 Comments:
asalamualykum belal! :-D
walaikum asalaam Amir Sahib :-)
When I went to Madinah alhamdulillah, we drove in at night so it truly was Al-Munawwarah. Being there for the first time and just leaving Makkah--we had a grueling bus ride but alhamdulillah it was more than worth it seeing Rasul Allah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam's masjid..more than worth it.
Whenever I think of Madinah I just can't help but smile, I think its the only place I can say that the air was sweet. subhanAllah.
And the masjid itself is so beautiful, my favorite memory was after salatul fajr and all of a sudden the roof opened up and we were sitting right under it. We stayed there until shurooq and then went to the rawdah. It's surreal just knowing that you're steps away from rasul Allah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, Abu Bakr and Umar radiAllahu anhuma.
Madinah is such a beautiful city with Mount Uhud in the backgroud.
I can keep going on and on about Al-Haramain, and the best part out of all was being woken up by the adhan for fajr...Alhamdulillahi Rabbil alamin.
InshaAllah patiently waiting for more posts.
Asalamu Aleikom
Just passing by this blog. I went to Hajj this year.Alhamdulliah. That feeling you get when you come back still didn't wear off.
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