Eid Mubarak everyone! The end of this blessed month has finally come, I will indeed miss it so much, its the time of the year where our brothers and sisters from across the world increase in worship, what a beautiful month it has been, this has been the first year where I have prayed 20 rakaat teraweeh for the full month, actually, this year has been the first year where I have prayed my 5 daily salaah every day consecutively , Allah blessed me with the opportunity of performing my umrah with my sister, mother and my uncle and his family, Allah has indeed blessed my life as he has blessed each and everyone of you, Alhamdulillah for EVERYTHING!!! If youve read up to here Im sure you dont mind reading a little longer, Id like to share with you something that happened on my blessed journey , in sha Allah, this wont take too much of your time. It was my last day in Makkah and after the fajr salaah, me and my uncle decided we would climb the top of mount Hira ( where Muhammad sallalahu aliahee wa salam received the first revelation of the Quraan ) it took us about 45 mins to climb to the top, boiling weather, 1000 odd steps and many people laying on the mountainside with amputated arms/legs , automatically you would be affected by this, such sights in such a holy city, may Allah protect them and make their lives easy, after we visited the mountain, when we came back, i performed a tawaaf at maghrib time, after that we decided we would perform our last umrah so we went to Aisha masjid to start our umrah ( there is debate whether this is the meekat, Allah knows best ) , throughout my time in Makkah I had not shed a tear, buh it was the realisation that this could be the last ever time I see the holy Kaabah that made me weep like I had never before, the realisation of the fact that my Lord found me lost and guided me, truly I have been blessed, upon completion of my last umrah, we headed back to the Haram as my sister and auntie wished to kiss the hajar al asswad ( black stone ) , we were in the crowd right next to the Kaabah , waiting patiently to get close to the hajar , my feet were cut , elbow almost snapped buh all praises be to Allah, he gifted our patience and both my aunt and sister kissed the black stone, the feeling of knowing that I helped my family members on this blessed journey is beyond belief, to this day it feels like a dream, we then prayed our fajr salaah and decided we would do one last tawaaf, so I had climbed a mountain, performed a tawaaf, another umrah and endured gruelling efforts trying to help my sis and aunt kiss the hajar, you can imagine how knackered I was lol, on my fourth round of the Kaabah , I was going to give up, walk away... Truly the next thing I saw was a sign from Allah, i saw a man, doing tawaaf amongst the crowd... no legs... Lets take a moment to absorb this, this man who had no legs, was dragging himself across the floor purely for the sake of Allah, have you ever thanked Allah for your legs? For your arms? Or any limb for that matter? I had not, this journey had taught me soooo many things and I pray Allah keeps me steadfast on his deen, as a Muslim, I feel I am ungrateful for the things Allah has given me, clothes, food, clean water, Alhamdulillah for everything, I thank you all for taking your time in reading this and in sha Allah you have taken something positive from this, we will celebrate Eid tommorow, visit friends and family , let us not forget our brothers and sisters who are suffering across the world and take time out of our fun filled days to pray for them and thank Allah for everything we have been given, in sha Allah we will all live to see another blessed month, may Allah protect you and your family, jazakallah khair, as salaamu alaikum ❤
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:33:28 +0000
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