Sweetest Memories at Makkah

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone..


As you know, my family and i went to Makkah for two weeks, dated 16th April - 29th April 2009. I felt nervous at that moment.I do not know why.maybe it is because i thought that i may not do well in my prayers there. As i have arrived at the KLIA, i saw many peoples formed in many different groups with different travel services, packages and colours also.I thought their feelings were the same as mine. An hour for waiting there, my family and i heard an annoucement said "passengers flight SV 823 must be in the flight by 20 minutes". Without wasting our time, we went straightly to the aerotrain that headed to the flight department.


This journey took 8 hours to arrive at the destination.Oh God!!, only He knew my frightened feelings during the flight. I felt that i want to puke.The one that felt worse is my mother because she is afraid of heights. Eventhough i am like her, but she felt it more worse. In the flight, my father made some new friends. They are a family of four.They are very nice and friendly people from Sungai Siput, Perak.


After 8 hours of flight, i said "Alhamdulillah, we finally have arrived at Jeddah Airport". Of course, we are going to pass the foreigners passport section but the hard part is that we have to wait for two hours to get through it. It is true that if you say it is a the beggining of test for us. We were so tired that we just jump into the bus that will send us to Madinah and went to sleep.5 hours sleeping in the bus to Madinah Al Munawwarah are just not enough for us,then we have arrived at our hotel named Hotel Anwar Madinah Movenpick.It is a 4 or 5 star hotel.


Staying there for 3 days and 2 nights was like a heaven for us.The service was fine, the buffets was delicisious and the citizens in Madinah were very soft spoken and helpful. And praying in Masjid Nabawi makes me feel calm and peaceful.I like the feeling of that.Sometimes we have to be calm when we want to choose and find our spaces at the mosque. The second day in Madinah, my family and our group went straight to Masjid Nabawi to visit our prophet, Rasulullah S.A.W place that was gathered with his friends Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq and Saidina Omar. Our group was seperated into 2 paths. One is for the mens and the other is for ladies. I followed my mother, Aunty Chah and her daughter, Sis Shahida. In this part, we have to be very patient and learn to calm ourselves. Well, i do not know anything about the procedure for the mens to see the prophet's place. But for the womens',GOD!!.It was soo hard. We have to hold each other hands tight to proceed each part.The womens' there like to push,pull and also forced each other just to reach Raudhah .There are like 4 or 5 parts to get through and pray there. Alhamdulillah, God has gave and lead me to an empty space to pray solat sunat Dhuha'.I prayed so hard for all of us. I cannot stay there for long because there were more people wants to pray there. We were realived that we have got the chance to pray at Raudhah and say hi to Rasulullah S.A.W. After that, we decided to go back to our hotel and rest peacefully.(laugh)



The last day we in Madinah, we went to pray at the mosque for Subuh. Then, we have to say goodbye to our prophet's place. I felt sad because i wonder wether do i get the chance again to visit there.Only God knows about it. Sooner after that, we went straightly to our hotel, get back to our rooms and wear our ihram's.We also have not forget to take pictures as well. 6 hours in the bus could not make me sleep because i am not in the mood for it except the others. At the mean time, i took the chance to take pictures of cute camels. (laugh,got nothing to do took pictures laa).



Finally, we have arrived at Makkah Al- Mukarramah. We check in our bags and gathered in a 2 star hotel named Al- Firdous Palace. After that, we went straightly to Masjidiharam and do our 1st umrah. 7x of walking around Ka'abah from Hajarul Aswad to the end of it, 7x walking from bukit Safa' to Marwah and last,cutting our hair.i guess the boys who read this surely understand that they could have decide wether to cut their hair bold or not.(laugh).There were 3 flat of stairs to get through for reaching Ka'abah.The 1st flat i saw Ka'abah, i was stunned. The 2nd, i said 'OH GOD!!'(whisper).The last, my eyes was wide opened and i was soo realived that God lets my very own eyes to see Ka'abah.If i cannot see it, there is something wrong with me. Only God knows about it.



about our visits, my family and our group had visited Jabal Rahmah,Gua Hira',camel's farm,masjid Tana'im,masjid Ji'ranah,Museum Haramain,masjid Hudaibiyah,masjid Kiblatain and visited some other interested place.(sorry, i forgot the places name already).but whatever it is, i really enjoyed myself there.
I always pray to God that if i can go to visit Makkah again.I miss there soo much. Every saturday night if i have time, my family and i will pray maghrib prayers at Shah Alam Mosque. At that time, i will cry silently because i can feel again my peaceful feelings when i am at MasjidilHaram.Oh God, how i wish i can live here...

to everyone i friends with, if you want to experience it like me, all you need is to save a load of money and set your nice wish in your heart. InsyaAllah, God will lead your journey there.at least, go there for once in your life.hope you guys enjoy spending your life with useful. Anyway, have a nice day!!