Ya Tayba
When we were going to travel from Iran to Medina. We found out that, in Tehran they had made a special hujjaj airport.
It was filled with hujjaj and their families. Mashallah. Now finally after lots of stress with the passports and tickets. 12:00 am we were sitting on the plane on our way to Medina, al tayba. On the airplane, people were reading dua together, doing salawat and reading the quran
it was very nice and special. Never experienced anything like that before.
We reached Madina airport I think around 4 oclock in the morning. It took us more than an hour to get pass security and passport check.
And I dont know why but they checked my laptop several times. After going on a hunt looking for our luggage we finally were sitting on the bus on our way to Medina. It was so strange to see how Medina looked like, cause its actually full of rocky mountains. The first mosque I got to see was Masjid Bilal. Its design was so special. (I dont know maybe becuase I hadnt slept in two days, but all seemed like I was Alice in wonderland. all seemed so strange).
After getting some sleep at the hotel, we went to do our visit to Masjid il nabawi.
The first site you get of it, it takes your breath away.
You see the doors for the entrance to the mosque open for you, and you see this beautiful minar infront of you. You just feel so happy, of all ppl, you have the honor to visit The Prophet (pbuh) and you ask God, and the angels and the prophets the permission to enter this holy mosque. Where on this place the Prophet himself walked and prayed upon. You just feel so humble and small when you walk around this enormous, beautiful mosque that is filled with glory.
I couldnt take my eyes of the mosque when I was walking. You see if you want to go to the Prophet's green dome. you have to go all around masjid il nabawi. Its in the back of the entrance we enter from.
But your overwhelming feeling of humbleness and happiness gets spoiled when you get ready to do your Ziyarat il Nabi (pbuh) and Fatima(as). Cause the guards wont let you do that. They will keep on saying to you, you cant sit here, or prepare for salat. Anything to make you stop from doing your ziyarat.
You just keep thinking, after all this decades, they still wont let the followers of ahlulbayt be free.It got worse when the whole hajj group gathered after sunset to go do Ziyarat for the Prophet and al Baqi3. But it was impossible, they were driving these Land rover cars, and they even threatened us with calling the police. And since we were on hajj we couldnt say much or get angry.
But you dont get angry, you just feel sad. That till today we are not allowed to show our love and respect for ahlul bait. it just rips your heart out. And you cant do anything but to cry. Cause in this moment, you get to feel just a small hint of how they must have felt. How Zainab must've felt not allowed to bury her family.
So you look again towards his dome and you tell him "look what they are doing to your ancestors".
I remember when I heard the dhohr prayer when I was in masjid il nabawi.It gave me goosebumps. When he says "Allahu Akbar", at that moment you really feel how great God is. The adhan just fills your body and mind. You just close your eyes and feel how powerfull God is. And when he says "La illaha illa Allah" you can feel his divine, his love, his power. If there is one thing on this earth that I find total peace in, that would be when I hear the adhan. It reminds you of what really matter in this world. And that it is a call for your heart to approach God and talk with Him.
You cant help but saying hamdilla wel shukr all the time, cause I am so lucky to witness all this, lucky to be muslim.
We went to visit il baqi3, and what they had done is that there were a special entry for men and special entry for women. So me and my mother went to the womens entry, but they wouldnt let us in. They said come tomorrow after salat il fajr. And so we did that but still they wouldnt let us. So they said come after salat il dhohr. And we did, but they wouldnt let us in. And this continued all through the time we were there. Never got to visit il baqi3.
But at least I got to see it from a distance.
What annoyed me most, is that the same place as the baqi3. They had made these small
stores. Which I found so insulting. Not only do they put only stones to their grave, but they insult them in such a way that
they put stores in the same place!!!
It was filled with hujjaj and their families. Mashallah. Now finally after lots of stress with the passports and tickets. 12:00 am we were sitting on the plane on our way to Medina, al tayba. On the airplane, people were reading dua together, doing salawat and reading the quran
it was very nice and special. Never experienced anything like that before.
We reached Madina airport I think around 4 oclock in the morning. It took us more than an hour to get pass security and passport check.
And I dont know why but they checked my laptop several times. After going on a hunt looking for our luggage we finally were sitting on the bus on our way to Medina. It was so strange to see how Medina looked like, cause its actually full of rocky mountains. The first mosque I got to see was Masjid Bilal. Its design was so special. (I dont know maybe becuase I hadnt slept in two days, but all seemed like I was Alice in wonderland. all seemed so strange).
After getting some sleep at the hotel, we went to do our visit to Masjid il nabawi.
The first site you get of it, it takes your breath away.
You see the doors for the entrance to the mosque open for you, and you see this beautiful minar infront of you. You just feel so happy, of all ppl, you have the honor to visit The Prophet (pbuh) and you ask God, and the angels and the prophets the permission to enter this holy mosque. Where on this place the Prophet himself walked and prayed upon. You just feel so humble and small when you walk around this enormous, beautiful mosque that is filled with glory.
I couldnt take my eyes of the mosque when I was walking. You see if you want to go to the Prophet's green dome. you have to go all around masjid il nabawi. Its in the back of the entrance we enter from.
But your overwhelming feeling of humbleness and happiness gets spoiled when you get ready to do your Ziyarat il Nabi (pbuh) and Fatima(as). Cause the guards wont let you do that. They will keep on saying to you, you cant sit here, or prepare for salat. Anything to make you stop from doing your ziyarat.
You just keep thinking, after all this decades, they still wont let the followers of ahlulbayt be free.It got worse when the whole hajj group gathered after sunset to go do Ziyarat for the Prophet and al Baqi3. But it was impossible, they were driving these Land rover cars, and they even threatened us with calling the police. And since we were on hajj we couldnt say much or get angry.
But you dont get angry, you just feel sad. That till today we are not allowed to show our love and respect for ahlul bait. it just rips your heart out. And you cant do anything but to cry. Cause in this moment, you get to feel just a small hint of how they must have felt. How Zainab must've felt not allowed to bury her family.
So you look again towards his dome and you tell him "look what they are doing to your ancestors".
I remember when I heard the dhohr prayer when I was in masjid il nabawi.It gave me goosebumps. When he says "Allahu Akbar", at that moment you really feel how great God is. The adhan just fills your body and mind. You just close your eyes and feel how powerfull God is. And when he says "La illaha illa Allah" you can feel his divine, his love, his power. If there is one thing on this earth that I find total peace in, that would be when I hear the adhan. It reminds you of what really matter in this world. And that it is a call for your heart to approach God and talk with Him.
You cant help but saying hamdilla wel shukr all the time, cause I am so lucky to witness all this, lucky to be muslim.
We went to visit il baqi3, and what they had done is that there were a special entry for men and special entry for women. So me and my mother went to the womens entry, but they wouldnt let us in. They said come tomorrow after salat il fajr. And so we did that but still they wouldnt let us. So they said come after salat il dhohr. And we did, but they wouldnt let us in. And this continued all through the time we were there. Never got to visit il baqi3.
But at least I got to see it from a distance.
What annoyed me most, is that the same place as the baqi3. They had made these small
stores. Which I found so insulting. Not only do they put only stones to their grave, but they insult them in such a way that
they put stores in the same place!!!
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