After Completing Our Umroh

Alhamdulillah, we finally completed our Umroh last night. Arrived at Mekkah at 9 pm, and after had our dinner and took a bit of rest, we began the process by 12 midnite and finished at 2 am. It was relatively hassle free and less hard as at night the weather was more friendly.

Madinah, Kota yang Bercahaya

Saat saya menulis ini, saya sedang dalam perjalanan menuju Mekkah Al Mukarommah, destinasi terakhir dalam prosesi umroh yang sedang saya jalani. Sebelumnya selama tiga malam, kami sekeluarga menginap di Madinah, sekitar 500 km dari Mekkah, kota yang menjadi basis Nabi Muhammad SAW melakukan syiar agama Islam. Sebelumnya Rasulullah memulai ajaran Islamnya di kota Mekkah, namun…

On the way to Makkah

As precautionary to my father-in-law’s health, we decided to rent a van instead of taking the group bus, as we may need to stop along the way his treatment. Well it’s kind of comfortable though having our own car complete with the muthowif to take a long 6 hours drive to Makkah. Labbaik Allah huma…

Miqot in Bir Ali

We begin our umroh proceeding today. Leaving Madinah after staying there for 3 nights, we stopped in Bir Ali to get our ‘miqot’ as a mark to start our umroh. Next is to drive for 6 hours to Makkah Al Mukaromah. Rafif was posed in front of Bir Ali mosque shortly after he finished his…

Our Bus in Madinah

This is our bus that take us around of Madinah. We stopped at Qurma plantation shop, selling delicious qurma and chocolates in relatively cheap price. Nice gifts from Madinah!