Re: Message from ATA…
Salaam,
This was a breath-taking experience. All the time I felt myself being the luckiest person on planet. All the time calling Allah, a wish of all the wishes to come true should be a visit Mecca and Medina.
115 Km before Mecca is Meeqat, where we need to do Gusal and wear EHRAAM. Saudi Government has done good arrangement for that and made a big area reserved for washrooms. After ghusal and wrapping with EHRAM, I need to go to the adjacent Masjid and prayed 2-rakaa’t nafil Salat with a niyyat of Umraah.
Now you are obligated to speak loud or low ‘Labbaik Allah Humma labbaik…” till you start Twaaf.
Before Mecca another city is TAIF. You will only see here the Rocky Mountains. The whole highway is made on or in the mountains within that city. Highway is wide and double-sided with 2-3 lanes each side. Mountains do resemble with Balochistani(PK) mountains with no or less greenery on it. While going all the way through TAIF, all I was thinking was that nasty behavior of TAIF people with our Prophet Muhammad :saw:, when they threw stones to the person for whom this whole Universe was made. Prophet :saw: was only giving them the way of life, and in return he gets stones on his body, But he never said a single word. Sky was all red hot and waiting for order of Prophet to destroy that nation. But he was THE Rehmat-al-alameen, he was there to give them life and way of life, despite he prayed to Allah to give them right insight to understand his teachings. Wow what a character. No matter his shoes were full with his own blood, but the MAN OF CHARACTER never tried to hide from those stones just to make those mushrikeen happy. This is what you call HEIGHT OF A CHARACTER.
Later every stone was saying “Allah-O-Akbar”. Just imagine how angry Allah would be when his own prophet was being stoned. When I saw the earth of TAIF, I realized they had nothing soft to throw on him :saw: but only stones. While passing TAIF I was weeping all the time remembering that incident. Whole land is full of rocks.
Then it comes to the holiest place on earth MECCA. What else a Muslim can wish for a place other than Mecca and Medina. Land is similar to Taif but a little different. Rocky mountains and soft soil mixture, here you can see greenery as well. A little hot in climate with sand in air. This is the birth place of Rehmat-ul-alameen :saw: , Mehboob-e-ilaahi, saaray jahanoon kay sardaar, meray Aqaa Hazrat Muhammad :saw:
You can just imagine how lucky those people are, who are living in Mecca. When I was passing through the market before Haram Shareef, I saw Masjid-e-Jinn, where Prophet Muhammad :saw: was used to teach JINN(s), Saudi Government has renovated this Masjid as well. While passing through the Market I was looking at shopkeepers, they were so blessed that they were given chance to pray all Salaat into Haram Shareef.
Now it comes the time to see the dream with genuine eyes. Now I am standing in front of the surrounded building of Haram. Can’t believe that I was blessed. I was able within my life span to see this building in real. All I was saying was MashAllah MashAllah… Later I did Wazoo in Wazoo area close too Haramm. Later I dialed to my Mom and siso, and told them that I am about to see Home of Allah, they were happy and prayed a lot for me.
I was so nervous. It was very difficult for me being so Gunah Gaar banda, that Allah has given me an opportunity to see HIS house with my Gunah Gaar eyes. I was so touching for the expected reason. I was told that I should go through the SALAAM_DOOR (Baab-e-Slaam) … I entered and my wet eyes were facing towards floor, just in few seconds later I was gonna See Kaaba shareef…
I crossed the Safa-Marwa valley path, …
I crossed that corridor…
I further stepped down and I am into the second corridor where people are praying…
Now it is the time to open eyes…
I rose up my eyes… just in front of me is KAABA.
The place for which people do cry and pray all their life, but millions can’t come up to, no matter how many millions they have. MashAllah, I had no words to thank Allah. Right after first sight I prayed for my parents, my sister, my brothers, Pakistan and Islam…I also prayed for all my friends.
This is one moment, which you can never forget in life, it was unbelievable; every thing was looking like a dream… I was just stunned… I never can imagine that I could go there so early in my life… Thank to Allah.
Later I started Twaaf from the line sketched on the floor from the corner of Hajre-e-Aswad… 7 rounds completed with DUAS… I saw with my eyes Hajr-e-Aswad, Ruken-e-Yamani, Door to Kaaba, Place of Imaam, Foot Print of Hazrat Ibraahim Alahissalaam…and then I finished my Tawaaf.
Then I came back to first corridor, this is the valley between Mount Safa and Mount Marwa, it is now covered under Haram building and that hot-desert is enclosed with Marble’s cold floor and roof and the surrounding area is all air conditioned…
Starting from Safa to Marwa is almost 2-300 meters(?), we need to start from Safa to Marwaa, and have to complete seven semi circles. There is a place close to Safa , not but almost in the middle is a around 20-25 yards long span, this span should be covered with fast walking (for men only)…
I was remembering the event when…
A mother was in between these two small mountains… her infant child is in her hands, and her husband is moved out… it was all deserted place in front of Kaaba, there was no shadow around in that sunny day, only hot deserted sand and rocks…
Her thirsty child is crying in her hands for few drops of water…his mother is now searching water every where but could not found, child is crying louder and mother’s heart beat is going downward, she can’t see her child crying for water…a time comes when she was left with no option, and she has to act fast. She places her child on that desert…(Just imagine the condition when a mother is putting her infant child on a blazing sand)
She is running like frantically, all worried for her child in search of a drop of water. She is now running in between two mountains (SAFA - MARWA), from one mountain to another, her child was placed in between the valley (on the same place I talked about where we need to walk with high-speed)… when she is reaching close to her child she can’t just march… she is now running towards her child (during that span of passage)…once she is crossing him, she is more compelling, she can’t see her child like that… so she leaves him again and starts running…now she is tired and again start just walking towards the other mountain, again she can’t find any thing for him… she returns back… while approaching to her child she start walking rapidly again… she is doing this again and again… she is crying…praying… she is herself thirsty but she more concerned for her child’s thirst, she is just in search of a drop for her crying child… Now she completes seven trips… she is exhausted… she finally comes back to her child without getting any drop of water to the same place where her child was paddling his small legs onto the burning desert…she was completely exhausted and drained. Then she sees… what?
She saw fresh-water is coming out of that desert right under those paddling legs… wow MashAllah… no doubt Allah loves us 3-times more than a mother… If a mother can do 7-trips in that desert for her child, then why not Allah can fulfill her desire?
Water is coming out without any sign of stopping… she is screaming saying to water ZAM…ZAM…ZAM (stop stop stop) … but this water is coming out not for stopping… mashAllah…
Allah loved that whole proceeding. HE fallen so into love of it that HE made that 7-trip between Safa- and Marwa, an obligatory element of our HAJJ and UMRAH, and till the day of Judgment every Muslim will repeat that action, and Zam Zam will not stop at any cost no matter she said ZAM ZAM… WOW
Can you name that Woman, child and Father?
After this, I cut my hairs, not bald but few hairs…then my Umrah was finshed MashAllah…
I comes back into the KABA arena, right in front of Kaba, facing towards Hajr-e-Aswad, I called my Mom again, I told her that she can pray herself here cuz I am right in front of Kaaba, I prayed Zuahar Salaat… then I did one more Twaaf before Asar Salat…
When I completed Twaaf, it was almost time to Asar… I wished that I can pray in the first line… you know where I got the place ? … Just right in front of Hajar-e-Aswad… in first line, and Imaam-e-kaaba was standing right infront of me… people were coming into a line to kiss Hajar-e-Aswad… I sat there for almost an hour and watched humdreds of people kissing stone of Jannat… I was able to see the whole stone for almost an hour… mashAllah…
After the prayers, I went by bus to Jabal-e-Noor, where the Gaar-e-Hira is. I reached there, it is very high mountain… but unfortunately I was so tired that I could not made that, indeed I had covered 2/3 of the mountain… but I promised myself that next time I will definitely go there inshAllah…
I came back just before Magrib Saalat, then I was blessed to pray behind Imaam Abdul Rehmaan, who is Imaam during Taraweeh as well, and we have heared him on TV, I was also blessed to listen Mecca Azaan which I had only listened on TV before.
Then I had time to go around the Haram building… I went upstairs, looked Kaaba from up … it is just breath taking… flood light are on, and every where is only Noor Allah… white lights, white dressed people, white floor and Black Kaaba… just imagine how beautiful it could be, … thousands people are going in circle to Kaaba…
After Isha, I did performed an last tawaaf, … and at 10 PM, we left for Medina…
(To be continued later and I will reply to all individuals later as well inshAllah soon)
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