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.
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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!
Visiting Quba Mosque
Today we visited number of historical landmarks and visitors place around Madinah. The first stop is Masjid Quba, the first mosque built by Rasulullah in Madinah. Another beautiful mosque we are blessed to see and pray inside.