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As promised in my last blog post I said I would talk about the 'Golden Gate' this is on the eastern side of Al-Aqsa compound and it faces the Mount of Olives. It also has the Muslim burial site besides it. It is known to be one of the oldest gates of the Old City ...
I recently was invited by Allah to visit the blessed land of Al-Aqsa again, exactly a year from my last visit. This time I really wanted to make a point of trying to walk around the Al-Aqsa Masjid as much as possible soaking in as many nooks and crannies of the masjid. I will discuss ...
"This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion." (Surah al Maa'idah 5:3) Before leaving for Hajj so much preparation is done, but really all of the preparation is to make your journey as comfortable as possible but in this day and age ...
My Hajj journey began during a conversation with my family during iftar (breaking fast) in the middle of Ramadhan (Islamic month of fasting) in 2012. My family had never been invited to Makkah or Madinah yet and every Ramadhan my mum would sit and watch the tarawih (night prayers performed in Ramadhan) on TV or ...
The Masjid al-Ibrahimi is where Ibrahim AS and his wife Sarah, Ishaq AS and his wife Rafqah, Yaqub AS and his wife Liya and son Yusuf (May Allah be pleased with them) is buried in #Hebron #Jerusalem, and is considered to be the fourth most important religious site in Islam, and the second holiest place after the ...
As humans we struggle with the concept that this life is temporary, whether you are a person of faith or not faith this is something that is a fact this life is temporary we will not live forever. Yet we chase the temporary beyond living in the today. We save money as if we will ...
While in Jerusalem, although we did not get to do much shopping due to the few days we were there and the amount we had to see. I did promise myself to by some traditionally embroidered clothing. As you walk through the Damascus gates during the day the hubbub of vendors hits you, you see ladies ...
“Tell everyone to come! Please tell everyone to come! Don’t leave the mosque empty!” I am still sharing little snapshots as things come to me and my brain triggers. Look out for these they usually spill onto Instagram. I am going to load some of these on the blog at some point too. The day we were ...
I said I would go into my journey in a little bit more detail so here we go, I am still going to split my experience up a little bit as there is soo much I want to write about and in detail and I find myself just waffling on while typing away... My journey before ...
I have been really fortunate to recently visit Bayt-ul-Muqadas. I will be sharing a few stories from my experience, look out for more posts soon god willing. On Saturday just before Fajr Salah, I was reading the Quran. After completing praying I decided to make du’a, one thing I have always found easy to do is ...