Writer: Nur Shahirah binti Anuar (A169683)
Nabawi Mosque
The most long journey trip that I went through
is performing umrah with my parents after I finished my SPM because I scored
perfectly, dad bought me a camera one week before performing umrah. It’s one of
my greatest achievements because at that moment, I couldn’t believe I can
perform umrah at such very young age. Sure it takes a lot of
preparations such
as we have to attend almost 3 days talk session about umrah on how to perform
it, buy umrah stuff-my mom is very excited about that part and also make family
gathering which is reciting Yassin and du’as before we go there. At first, I felt
little bit bothered about performing umrah because I am not fully ready yet,
but my mom did convince me a lot. She said, there’s no such a perfect people do
exist in this world. Performing umrah is just one of signs how devoted we are
in the journey of seeking God’s forgiveness- my mom is very emotional woman.
From that moment, I know that I can do it. I am not remember the name of that
travel agency that my parents registered to, but what I am so sure is, the
owner that travel agency is my mom’s friend. Our plane’s schedule was during at
12 noon and it takes almost 8 hours. That also was my very first time to take
flight and have my own passport. 8 hours is very long journey for me. I
couldn’t imagine how people take flight from Kuala Lumpur to London. My back
ached a lot really but meals that prepared by Saudia Airlines are very worth
it. I love how the biryani chicken tasted.
Upon arrival at Jeddah, the visa process and also
immigration process, it take forever hours with very long queue and I can see
different human’s behavior that come from different countries but with only one
intention- performing umrah.
The umrah journey takes almost 14 days and the
very first week at there, I faced a lot of struggles to fit with the weather
and also felt homesick sometimes. During at that time, there’s sandstorm, so I
wear ‘purdah’ to avoid difficulty in breathing. My mom bought a lot of jubbahs,
I think for entire of my family I guess including my cousins, my aunts and also
uncles. While me? I love taking photo, the environment and also the food especially
biryani rice. I did got visited Raudhah twice with my mom even though most of
the time, they pushing each other. So,
it’s very miracle if you can get to pray at very long time in front of
Muhammad’s tomb. You have to be prepared mentally and physically ready because
they will push you just for their sake. I love about performing umrah at
Mecca’s part because yes it required your energy to walk. As soon as we arrived
at Mecca, we already prepared to perform our umrah. But surprisingly, it
doesn’t take too much time to perform it except for tawaf thing. I think tawaf
is the most challenging part when it comes for umrah. But I guess if you
focused to do it properly, if God will, you can do it with ease. After finished
our umrah, on the next day my mom asked me to come with her to buy some dates
with group of her members at there- because we went umrah by grouping under the
same travel agent. Our hotel is not that far from Masjidil Haram, so when the
time for praying comes, we perform our daily prayers at there too and also
collecting Zam Zam waters.
I guess that’s the most fun part about my lifetime
in travelling. I really hope I can go at there again with my whole family. I
think that’s more fun because we can face the hardships together. I guess this
is the end. Thank you for reading my story.
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it is enlightening. thanks for sharing.
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