January 18th, 2012 I was blessed with the opportunity of visiting the holy city, Makkah for the very first time.
Seeing the Haram & the Ka'aba felt so surreal yet amazing (indeed we use amazing for everything but this was truly it) we were only there for a few hours due to our 18hr transit but it exceeded any wild expectations or images I've seen.
Seeing the Haram & the Ka'aba felt so surreal yet amazing (indeed we use amazing for everything but this was truly it) we were only there for a few hours due to our 18hr transit but it exceeded any wild expectations or images I've seen.
I've always known this, yet being in Makkah made me actually realise that Umrah & Hajj are really wonderful & humbling experiences. Everyone is dressed the same! There is no rich, poor, average or the millionaires. Males are dressed in a white cloth & females Abayas or anything long that covers.
It's the one time in which we truly realise that indeed we are all born & will die as equals, Allah Ta'ala knows no wealth nor looks, just sincere beings & hearts who live in the name of Islam & for HIS pleasure.
Everyone who enters the Haram Shareef is there for one common purpose; Ibadaat! Whether it be to request for something, plead for forgiveness or perform an Umrah or Hajj.
I pray that every individual be awarded the opportunity to visit the Haram & that we all experience that humbling moment that will last for a while if not eternally. I also pray that I be awarded the opportunity again, Insha'Allah.
It's the one time in which we truly realise that indeed we are all born & will die as equals, Allah Ta'ala knows no wealth nor looks, just sincere beings & hearts who live in the name of Islam & for HIS pleasure.
Everyone who enters the Haram Shareef is there for one common purpose; Ibadaat! Whether it be to request for something, plead for forgiveness or perform an Umrah or Hajj.
I pray that every individual be awarded the opportunity to visit the Haram & that we all experience that humbling moment that will last for a while if not eternally. I also pray that I be awarded the opportunity again, Insha'Allah.
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