The niat : Sahaja Aku Mengerjakan Umrah dan Berihram aku dengannya kerana Allah Ta'ala.
My first time ever. Back in homeland, was so worried and always thought it would be difficult. But, got various advice at the end....., treat & pray it to be easy...., then IT DID BECOME easy.
Umrah in Ramadhan....., similar to performing actual Haj.
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tering Mekah from Madinah by land......, the miqat = Bir Ali (previously Zulhulaifah). Notice the silly hair....
The above pic is actually in full colour & not in B&W.
Notice the hair..... opps..... this pic must be out of sequence. Sorry, poor storytelling here..... This pic was from the second Umrah set. 1 set consists of all 5 rukun which ends with tahallul.....(buang rambut). Btw, location was infront of Gua Thur; the cave in which Nabi & Abu Bakar hide....yup, the one with the spider web. Try to spot the cave,.....mid way of the hill in the middle.
My first time ever. Back in homeland, was so worried and always thought it would be difficult. But, got various advice at the end....., treat & pray it to be easy...., then IT DID BECOME easy.
Umrah in Ramadhan....., similar to performing actual Haj.
En
tering Mekah from Madinah by land......, the miqat = Bir Ali (previously Zulhulaifah). Notice the silly hair....
The above pic is actually in full colour & not in B&W.
Notice the hair..... opps..... this pic must be out of sequence. Sorry, poor storytelling here..... This pic was from the second Umrah set. 1 set consists of all 5 rukun which ends with tahallul.....(buang rambut). Btw, location was infront of Gua Thur; the cave in which Nabi & Abu Bakar hide....yup, the one with the spider web. Try to spot the cave,.....mid way of the hill in the middle.
Anyhow, back to the 1st umrah story....,
Reluctantly, we had to tinggalkan Madinah.... Heavy heartedly performed the Ziarah Wida',...goodbye to Nabi SAW. I prayed hard, dipanjangkan umur to be given the opportunity again to visit Madinah.
Travelling by air-conditioned bus from Madinah to Mekah took us thru a 5hr ride across the dessert highway.
Outside the bus, weather was hot.... (p/s : avg 45deg celcious throughout the 2 weeks), the terrains were rocky & sharp...., hilly, dry, windy, sandy, stormy & with unrecognizable valleys. All sort of hurdles u might see in 4WD Paris Dacca rally.
And, this was exactly going back in time thru the path Nabi & Abu Bakar took to Hijrah from Mekah to Madinah. If I recall it correctly, the journey which took close to 12days to endure....
I'm so insaf with this.... & sad. I know that I can't endure it..... gimme 1 year belum tentu I survive the journey.
Even deeper, if I was there during those years....., would I had the hidayah and guts to follow Nabi....? Big question.....
So lets be content & syukur...... cut down complaining & whining.
