Travelog Umrah Day 4 & 5
Early morning, after Subuh and breakfast, the agency planned for a ziarah to Arafah for our group. First stop before Arafah, was Jabal Tsur. Then in Arafah, we were dropped by Jabal Rahmah. Then, we were driven pass Muzdalifah and Mina. We drove through the 4 (or was it 5) level Jamrat complex and the infamous Muassem Tunnel.
By 12 we stopped by Ja'ranah mosque so those who wants to performed their Umrah can get into their ihram and say their niyah. We arrived back at the hotel around 1 pm, had lunch, prayed Zuhr and gathered back at the lobby by 2.30 to start our Umrah with one of the Mutawwif. Tawaf after Zuhr was less congested. We finalize the 7 rounds under an hour and head for Saie. When we break for Asr prayer, we're coming into our fourth round. This time it's not too bad for me, because the Asr prayer had allowed my back to recuperate and 'regroup' ;-). By 5 we've completed our Umrah and performed our tahallul. Perhaps this going to be my last umrah this time around :-( May Allah blessed us all to be given the chance to come back.
We head back to the hotel after that, to clean up and take some rest. Then we were off to Masjidil Haram for Isya'. My father stayed back for he was too exhausted to walk back to the Haram. After Isya' and Solatul Jenazah, the Imam - Imam Syed Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais announced something. I don't really understood what it was. Back at the hotel, after dinner, while we were discussing with a couple of people from our ziarah trip about who the Imam for Isya' was, one of the guys told me that the Imam was announcing calls for Istisqa - calls for rain prayer tomorrow but he's not sure when. So with that discussion over, I went back to my room to sleep.
Come the next morning, we were off for Subuh before the first Azan and stayed back for Dhuha. While waiting for Dhuha, suddenly the Imam was announcing something and I caught the word Istisqa again. Within minutes, he'd start off the prayer with the multiple takbirs. Alhamdulillah, both of us was given the opportunity to offer it too - The first in our lives, led by Imam Syed Abdurrahman Al-Sudais. He gave his second khutbah in tears.
We're off later to the hotel and out and about again by 11. After Zuhr my sister and I did the Tawaf Sunat and somehow I lost her at the end of the 7 rounds. I looked for my shoes sack but I couldn't find it so I decided to just go back to the hotel. I stopped to buy a 5 riyal slippers and off I was to the hotel.
My sis apparently stayed back till Asr, thinking I am still there at the mosque. But later I managed to send her a text of my whereabouts through my father's phone once I am back at the hotel. My phone has no function here, except where there's WIFI haha... I guess, in Makkah, a lot of time one has to improvise. But I still feel bad for those elderly first timers that came without their children or any other family members. Some got lost, had difficulties managing elevators, escalators and some got too tired, became unconscious and had to be escorted back in an ambulance. So loosing or misplacing a pair of slippers is really in comparison - nothing much ;-)
By 12 we stopped by Ja'ranah mosque so those who wants to performed their Umrah can get into their ihram and say their niyah. We arrived back at the hotel around 1 pm, had lunch, prayed Zuhr and gathered back at the lobby by 2.30 to start our Umrah with one of the Mutawwif. Tawaf after Zuhr was less congested. We finalize the 7 rounds under an hour and head for Saie. When we break for Asr prayer, we're coming into our fourth round. This time it's not too bad for me, because the Asr prayer had allowed my back to recuperate and 'regroup' ;-). By 5 we've completed our Umrah and performed our tahallul. Perhaps this going to be my last umrah this time around :-( May Allah blessed us all to be given the chance to come back.
We head back to the hotel after that, to clean up and take some rest. Then we were off to Masjidil Haram for Isya'. My father stayed back for he was too exhausted to walk back to the Haram. After Isya' and Solatul Jenazah, the Imam - Imam Syed Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais announced something. I don't really understood what it was. Back at the hotel, after dinner, while we were discussing with a couple of people from our ziarah trip about who the Imam for Isya' was, one of the guys told me that the Imam was announcing calls for Istisqa - calls for rain prayer tomorrow but he's not sure when. So with that discussion over, I went back to my room to sleep.
Come the next morning, we were off for Subuh before the first Azan and stayed back for Dhuha. While waiting for Dhuha, suddenly the Imam was announcing something and I caught the word Istisqa again. Within minutes, he'd start off the prayer with the multiple takbirs. Alhamdulillah, both of us was given the opportunity to offer it too - The first in our lives, led by Imam Syed Abdurrahman Al-Sudais. He gave his second khutbah in tears.
We're off later to the hotel and out and about again by 11. After Zuhr my sister and I did the Tawaf Sunat and somehow I lost her at the end of the 7 rounds. I looked for my shoes sack but I couldn't find it so I decided to just go back to the hotel. I stopped to buy a 5 riyal slippers and off I was to the hotel.
My sis apparently stayed back till Asr, thinking I am still there at the mosque. But later I managed to send her a text of my whereabouts through my father's phone once I am back at the hotel. My phone has no function here, except where there's WIFI haha... I guess, in Makkah, a lot of time one has to improvise. But I still feel bad for those elderly first timers that came without their children or any other family members. Some got lost, had difficulties managing elevators, escalators and some got too tired, became unconscious and had to be escorted back in an ambulance. So loosing or misplacing a pair of slippers is really in comparison - nothing much ;-)
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