Alhamdulillah, for the journey to and fro for my Umrah. And yes, a big thank you too, for I manage to perform the ever-anticipated event in my life, when I have the opportunitity to do so for the 2nd time.
In brief, all I can say is that the experience I had was beyond magical. There were ups and downs during the whole trip. But yes, that was Allah, testing me throughout my pilgrimage. And, with that, I am still ever thankful. :)
The first four days of my trip, we headed to Madinah and me stayed at a very comfortable place not far from Masjid An-Nabawi. All the hotels are usually of walking distance to the mosque, which makes it easier for everyone to perform solat at the mosque as much as possible as one can.
The weather was hot and beautiful too. About 50 deg cel. at Madinah & abt 45 deg. cel. at Mekkah. The moment I first laid my eyes on the Masjid An-Nabawi from afar, the architecture of the building blew me away! MasyaAllah.
The desert travel from Madinah to Makkah by coach , The rocky mountains, the scorching heat, and the plain desert land with nothing in sight could have only been an extremely arduous journey. It was the anticipation of seeing the Kaa'bah that was eating away at me; it was the excitement as well as the nervousness.
Upon seeing the Ka'bah, I could not help but starts crying. I had seen it when I visited Makkah before but for a strange and unexplainable reason, the emotions were as raw as ever. It is difficult to describe the exact feelings that one has when facing the house of their God, only someone who has been there will be able to understand exactly what I mean.
I managed to do 3 umrah, Alhamdulillah. Miqat at 3 different places.
InsyaAllah, if health and wealth permits. I will do a visit again. I would love to.
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