Leaving for Hajj

We exited from California around 6:30 am, and took us 5 hours to achieve Washington D.C. (We were
going from here to Washington D.C., to Frankfurt to Jeddah. The flight was 27 hours.) In Washington
D.C. we were in the air terminal for 5 hours sitting tight for our flight to Frankfurt. (Ain't fun at all to be
in that airplane terminal when you're wearing niqaab… sheesh.) Anyways at last at 6:30pm we loaded
onto the plane, and the plane took off securely alhamdulillah. And afterward this individual required
therapeutic consideration. There was a specialist on the plane, yet the individual expected to get to a
clinic. The plane was at that point in air for 30 minutes when this happened, so we needed to pivot and
land in New York's Kennedy Airport. That took a hour cuz the pilot must be guided around and it to
arrive in a vacant region, and so forth. Bleh. Anyway, at that point after the plane landed it needed to re-
feul, the pilots needed to re-course, and do all that stuff. It required 3 hours by the investment we took
off for the second time. The considerable thing was that when we got to Frankfurt, we didn't need to
lounge around in the air terminal sitting tight for our plane. Our corresponding flight was 20 minutes
after we touched base there, so we got the opportunity to load up promptly. ^_^ From there to Jeddah
was 11 hours.

We touched base around 8pm or something in Jeddah (I can't be relied upon to recollect correct
timings, sheesh, fluffy numbers ppl. ) Things were somewhat simpler for us since we were not with
whatever is left of our gathering. The 'issue' with the gathering is getting from Jeddah to Madeenah
you'd as a rule need to sit tight a lonnnnng time sitting tight for a transport where all the gathering
individuals will fit in. Since there was just my sister, sibling, and I they could put us on any transport.
Also, we figured out how to get a transport in a couple of hours. (It wouldn't have made a difference
holding up in the Hajj Terminal, yet we lucked out..) It took 8 hours from Jeddah to Madeenah… figured
it would longer, yet whatever. The drive was wonderful. I nodded off before all else, however then
transport driver turned the Quran radio station on, and we were driving through the abandon under the
calm moonlight tuning in to Sheik Shuraim. It was the most lovely, quiet minute ever.

We touched base in Madeenah around Fajr time. (The transport drove past Masjid Al Nabawi in transit
from the Muasassa place to the inn, and we could hear Sheik Thubayty saying "asalaamu alaikum wa
rahmatallah… " bleh..) Anyways, the transport driver got lost a few times and wound up orbiting
Madeenah a couple of times (looool) and after that at long last dropped us off at our inn. All things
considered, it was great that he got lost, cuz then he needed to back to the Muasassa place, and after
that we understood in light of the fact that whatever is left of the general population on the transport
were from Syria, our international ID would wind up being in the wrong Muasassa. So while the
transport driver motivated somebody to enable him to discover the inns effortlessly, we addressed one
of the general population there to have our travel permits exchanged to the perfect place. At that point
the transport dropped whatever is left of the general population at their lodging. When we arrived and
checked in our inn it was 8:00 or 8:30. The lodging was appropriate inverse the Haram. We even had an
extraordinary room, cuz we could see the Haram minarats from the window. (Not that it truly made a
difference to us about the inn or the windows, cuz we invested the vast majority of our energy outside
the lodging at any rate. lol)

We went for Dhuhr salaah, and after that we went to offer salaam to Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi
Wasallam). I turned out poorly the region where you can see the entryways to where the qabr is.. (I
dunno… do they even let ladies there amid Hajj season? I know we can go to the Rowdah Mubarak… yet
would we say we are permitted by the qabr? Well… I wouldn't wanna go there Hajj time in any case, the
free for all individuals get into the nearer they get nearer to Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) is
mind blowing and somewhat terrifying..)

On Saturday, my sister and I culled up some boldness and chose to get into the Rowdah Mubarak. My
siblings got in there moderately securely, so we figured it might be simple for us as well… I mean there
are just ladies, and you wouldn't anticipate that ladies will be wild, innit? Well the group was insane
there also, and I truly dunno how I made it in and out with no damage. I saw two or three individuals
tumble from being pushed. In any case, at any rate, normally the Rowdah Mubarak was excellent, and
we were appropriate by the column where Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) disclosed to Sayyida
Aysha (Radiallahu anha) that on the off chance that you make dua in this specific spot it will be
acknowledged. Also, better believe it, before you even ask, I made dua for all of you.

For the individuals who don't have the foggiest idea about, the Rowdah Mubarak is the zone that is in
the middle of the minbar and where Rasulullah's (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) house lay. When you're in
the Masjid Al Nabawi however, it's anything but difficult to recognize which zone is a piece of the
Rowdah Mubarak, in light of the fact that whatever remains of the covering is red, while the Rowdah is
olive greenish..

Anyway, that evening we went for Ziyarah of Madeenah with Qari my father knew from last time. He
truly completed an incredible activity. My kin and I kinda went nuts when we got in the auto at first
however. Cuz he spent the initial five minutes perusing dua after dua and after that began perusing
some Quraan.. What's more, we resembled… "Blunder, is he going to recount for us the entire way, or
calling attention to the critical zones?" :uncertain: He took us past the Masjids Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman,
and Bilaal (Radiallahu anhum). The masjids were initially worked by the Ottomons, cuz those were
where those Sahaba's lived, and the Ottomon's fabricate the Masjids there as stamping with the goal
that everyone would know where the Sahaba's lived. The Saudi's had destroyed the Masjid Bilaal
however quite a while prior, thus a Saudi agent purchased the land off and re-constructed the masjid
and put a strip mall beneath the masjid.

We additionally went by Masjid Quba, which was the principal masjid that was worked in Madinah after
the hijrah. In the Quran it was alluded to as Masjid Taqwa.

"There is a Masjid whose establishment was laid from the principal day on devotion; it is more deserving
of thy standing forward (for petition) in that. In it are men who love to be decontaminated; and Allah
loveth the individuals who make themselves unadulterated" [at-Tawbah; 9:108].

After that we went past the region where Sayyidina Salmaan al Farsi (Radiallahu anhu) used to live, and
past where his date valley was… his home was torn around the Saudi's… I get it was disintegrating
separated as it is in any case. I kinda do figure they ought to have left whats remaining. Just with the
goal that individuals could perceive what sort of house the sahaba's lived in, and what humble settings
they were in, despite the fact that they were offered the best of this world.

After that we went to Masjid Qiblatain. That was where Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) got the
order with respect to the Qibla changing from Bait al Maqdis to the Kabah. In this manner it has two
mihrabs, one facin Al Quds and the other confronting the present qibla, Makkah. I think he said it's
sufficiently huge to fit 2000 peopl at once… He likewise went up against the street which used to be the
trench amid the Battle of Khandaq, Masjid Fatah, the canal where the wine was poured down after the
ayah descended restricting it, Masjid Ijaabah where Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) made 3
dua's, and 2 were acknowledged and the third rejected.

In any case, quite a long while back, a nearby masjid here in Cali required an a Hafidh to educate the
children Quran. To make a long story short, they reached the Saudi Embassy, and the Saudi's supported
for a man from Madeenah to come and educate here. My sibling had just turned into a Hafidh by at that
point, yet he needed to enhance his tajweed, and everyone was stating his tajweed was essentially
faultless… in this manner my sibling went to learn by him. When he exited back for Madeenah he gave
my sibling his telephone number and all that and advised my sibling that we need to run for Ziyarah with
him, and so on. At any rate, on our second to a day ago in Madeenah my sibling rang him and inquired
as to whether we could meet in the Haram.. He demanded we go to his home, cuz he can't bring his
better half… the children will become ill cuz of the contamination with the transports and stuff. So we
concurred he'd lift us up after Asr Salaah. (He lives inverse of Jabal Uhud.) His better half was sitting
tight for us (I truly do express the excess, innit?!), and she figured me and my sister would remain with
her till after Isha, while the men leave for the Haram Maghrib time. She was pitiful that we just called
them on our last day, and that we didn't give her better half a chance to take us for Ziyarah.. (We
woulda called them sooner, yet my sibling lost his telephone number, and our folks just figured out how
to get it to us finally. We were cheerful however, cuz I'm certain he had enough activities in any case!)
Then she was discussing her children, and training, and stuff as a rule. Gotta give one thing to the
general population of Madeenah without a doubt, they're absolutely tasteful in the themes they discuss
and the way they treat their visitors… No talk, griping about anything, and that garbage alhamdulillah.
Oooh, and he has a child and little girl. We knew the child, cuz he was conceived in Cali, however I swear
the girl was the most valuable lil 2 year old I've at any point seen. (Also, I'm utilized to 2 year olds having
fits over nothing, however she was all sweet, adorable and enchanting, mashaAllah!)

At that point on a day ago or so we were meandering around Madeenah after Dhuhr salaah and on the
off chance that you go behind all the enormous lodgings and cross the road, 5 minutes down is the place
the more seasoned regions are. Implying that everything over isn't as popularized as it is ideal alongside
Masjid al Nabawi. I like the new structures… yet in the meantime it doesn't exactly do equity to the city
they're in, thinking about Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) and the Sahaba's so unyieldingly went
without luxury. Ya know… kinda appears to be peculiar to have five star very popularized lodgings
standing one next to the other Masjid Al Nabawi. P.S. We got our Hajj Package from Tripstudio.