1992 1st Hajj & Umrah: Makkah al-Mukarramah - First pilgrimage to the Holy lands...

"We make our own fortunes and call them fate..." - Benjamin Disraeli

Makkah al-Mukarramah
(13 May - 17 June 1992)

Ya Allah,

We intend to perform the Umrah and Haj,

render it easy for us,

and accept it from us...

(Completed our Hajj, jemaah resting at the Dataran)

(Covering from the heat)

Ya Allah,

open for us the doors of Your mercies,

and make easy for us the means of livelihood..

Ya Allah,

Give us contentment in that which

You have provided for us

and bestow us with Barakat therein,

and be a successor of all whom we have left behind...

(A visit to the three Jamra'ats)

(With friends at Jabal Rahmah)

(The Kungfu Master at Jabal Uhud and Jabal Rahmah)

(The view from the top of Jabal Rahmah)

(The iconic monument on top of Jabal Rahmah)

(Riding the camel with Minah, one of my roommates)

Ya Allah,

grant us goodness in this world,

and goodness in the hereafter

and save us from the punishment of the fire...

Ya Allah!

We ask You to exalt our fame

and to ease us of our burdens,to set right our affairs,

to purify our heart

and to appoint light in our grave,

to remit from us our sins

and to bestow unto us the highest of degrees in Paradise...

(An empty street, a few days before wuquf)

(Wuquf day, our tent in Padang Arafah) 

(Mabit in Muzdalifah and spending the night at Mina)

Ya Allah,

We ask You for beneficial knowledge.

and abundance in provision,

and cure us from every ailment...

(Nafar Awal, a long walk back to Makkah from Mina)

(Exhausted after walking for almost 7 miles)

(Nafar Awal and out of ihram)

Ya Allah!

Let not any of our sins go unforgiven,

nor any of our worries undispelled,

nor any of our needs unfulfilled.

Ease our task for us,

relieve our hearts and minds,

and end righteously our deeds...

(Malaysian Jemaah ready to go home)

👈 1993: Manila, Philippines 

1992: Madinah, Saudi Arabia 👉

1992 1st Hajj & Umrah: Madinah - First pilgrimage to the Holy lands...

"With great passion, observe every details of the sacred journey..."

Madinah al-Munawwarah
(6 - 13 May 1992)

Ya Allah,

we seek virtue and piety from You

in this journey of ours

and the act which pleases You.

Lighten this journey of ours

and make its distance easy for us...

(Masjid Quba')

Daripada Anas bin Malik RA, bahawa Nabi SAW bersabda:

مَنْ صَلَّى فِي مَسْجِدِي أَرْبَعِينَ صَلَاةً، لَا يَفُوتُهُ صَلَاةٌ، كُتِبَتْ لَهُ بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَنَجَاةٌ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ، وَبَرِئَ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ

Maksudnya: “Barangsiapa yang solat di masjidku (masjid Nabawi) 40 kali solat (40 waktu) dalam keadaan dia tidak pernah terlepas walaupun satu solat (waktu) pun, akan ditulis baginya keselamatan daripada api neraka, pelepasan daripada azab dan terselamat daripada sifat munafiq”.

Out of the forty days, we spent eight days in Madinah before we moved to Makkah for our Haj rites. We also had the opportunity to tour historical places around Madinah and visited Masjid Quba', Masjid Qiblatain and Masjid Tujuh. Another place visited were Jabal Uhud and Kurma Souk.

The Quba Mosque is located in the Hejazi region, built in the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad. It is thought to be the first mosque in the world, built on the first day of Muhammad's emigration to Medina.

(Solat sunat in Masjid Quba')

(A beautiful white mosque, newly renovated)

(Masjid Quba')

On other days, in between solat when time permitted, we roamed around Madinah and explore the holy city on our own.

(Free time spent roaming around Madinah)

(Afternoon tea @ the Square)

Ya Allah,
fulfill our needs, and make our affairs easy,
and open our hearts, and accept our visit
and remove the fears, and grant us safety
and conceal our faults
and forgive our sins
and remove our difficulties
and let our end be with our good actions
and count us with Your pious servants
who do not fear or grieve by Your mercy...

(Masjid Nabawi @ the background)

(Self tour around Madinah)

👈 1992: Makkah, Saudi Arabia 

1991: Medan, Jakarta 👉