Umrah 2015

Assalamualaikum.

Soooo as you guys knew, I went to umrah last month. Aku compose blog ni dah lama tapi tak post post. Heh.

Ya Robb, it has been the best trip in my life so far. Doa aku terkabul jugak untuk ke sana dengan Qiey. Tapi kalau boleh nak dengan my family. But isokeh, there'll be next time InshaaAllah.

It was quite a sudden idea ah. Everytime aku ajak Qiey sign up for umrah, he'll be reluctant. He kept saying it is not the right time. So aku pun selalu lah doa supaya Allah panggil kita dalam masa yang terdekat.

Tiba-tiba Qiey balik 1 day and said, 'Dear, ustaz ajak pergi umrah end of this year. Jom!'. Aik aleh-aleh jer dekni. Half the year passed, leave aku dah half gone. Kalau pergi ni, mesti kene amik unpaid leave. Alah tak kesah ah, go jer ah.

Pendek kan cerita, 10 of us decided to go with the ustaz. 5 of which are Qiey's uncles and aunts, 2 are ustaz relatives and 1 is ustaz helper.

Ustaz is Qiey's family friend so they've known this ustaz since forever.

We sent our bags for check-in the day before. Alamak tudung senget pulak. So anyways kita bawak apa yang perlu jer ah. Not forgetting jacket, thermal wear and glove. Cause kat sana can be chilly in December. Lagipun kita nak pergi Jordon mah. Sana vair cold ah. Aku pulak tak tahan sejuk. Bawak jugak ah jeans or pants. Kalau pergi bersiar-siar outside Mekkah Madinah, nak more casual, boleh jugak pakai.

Aku bawak semua jubah hitam. Mak aku cakap kat sana takde orang pakai colour colour. Tapi bila dah sampai sana, colourful jugak orang-orang punya baju. Haha! Buttt hitam is safer lah kan. And wear something that is solat friendly. Masuk masjid terus solat. Khalas. Takyah nak sarong telkung. Tapi kalau rasa nak pakai telkung, pakai jer. No problem.

Socks pun pakai jer sekali dalam selipar or kasut. Memang kaki kan part of aurat jugak jadi biasa kan pakai socks ok. Yang tebal sikit, jadi tak jarang. Kalau rasa socks jarang, sarong lagi 1 layer. Alah kan ada jual socks yang pendek yang buat solat tu.

Kasut takya pakai yang ada kancing-kancing ke apa. Pakai jer pump shoes tapi make sure comfortable. Aku terpakai yang tak comfy. So everytime nak pergi sight seeing, I'll wear my sneakers. Nak pergi masuk keluar masjid ada leceh sikit hehe. Nak pakai slipper pun ok. Laaaagi ringkas! And nak masuk masjid, letak kasut/slipper dalam plastic and bawak masuk sekali. Mana lah tahu kot kot hilang kan. Tawakal pun tawakal tapi kene amik prihatin jugak. Haha. Budak-budak kecik suka main kasut too. Dorang main campak-campak you know.

Tudung semua instant sudah. Toksah nak belit sana belit sini. Cocok tang sini cocok tang sana. Kat sana pun takya lah nak melawa sangat. Aku bedak pun tak pakai tapi mesti pakai moisturiser and lotion. Cuaca kat sana tak serasi dengan kulit kita. Lip balm also ok!

The day has come (051215) and time for us to fly off. Family, relatives and friends sent us off. The goodbye was so hard especially to my mom. 15 days dok. I'm sure gona miss her so much! These are my family. Totally forgot to take pictures with my inlaws!!

The flight was a 9 hours flight. Tak pernah-pernah aku naik flight that long. Longest was 4 hours to HK. Was given 2 meals. Tidur bangun makan tidur bangun makan. Hahaha. Cukup time, we hafta jatuhkan niat ihram. Cause we are heading straight to Mekkah first and will straightaway do our umrah.

Yang the 2 meals given, both aku tak boleh makan. I was pregnant remember? Tak tahu berapa week. 7? 8? Yes I know I was pregnant. Heh. So everytime sampai, aku makan 1 sudu terus givup. Tak boleh ah. Macam nak muntah max!

Once we've reached Jedah airport, tahu lah how people rush. Tak payah kalang kabot. Join the queue slowly. Kalau kalang kabot pun, kau tetap kene tunggu for 3-4 hours. Tak bedek ok! Keimanan korang dah start mencabar that moment onwards haha. Good luck!

Perjalanan ke kota Mekkah took afew hours. Lupa lah berapa jam. Once we've reached, we checked in hotel chop-chop cause kita nak kejar kan Subuh. 1st Azan (usually 1 hour before actual time) has been heard. So we have less than an hour to settle down.

The firstttt time ever when I get to pray at Masjidil Haram was that Subuh. Eventhough we didn't get to enter the masjid cause it was full and they closed the entries, the feeling was beyond explanation ah. Like, I am finally here. Praying here. MashaaAllah. Ni belum lagi tengok kaabah, belum lagi solat depan kaabah. Tu lagi BOOMZ!

Kalau nak masuk masjid, handphone jangan lupa seal. Haha. Nanti ada guard perempuan call you out "Hajah! Hajah!" Kalau jumpa hp nanti dia cakap "Haram! Haram!" And tak kasi kau masuk. I was lucky, tak pernah kene. Hehe.

Lepas subuh we gathered and all are eager to do our umrah. I cannot control my tears. This was the first view I had. When I got nearer and nearer, the moment the kaabah was exactly infront of me, I was speechless. Serious ah macam tergamam. Betul ke aku ni depan kaabah?

Kita tawaf 7 kali. Everytime bertemu Hajral Aswad, kita kene angkat tangan. Ingat ingat jugak perempuan tak boleh angkat tangan tinggi-tinggi. Bahu nak kene always towards kaabah. Alhamdullillah tawaf umrah first was done smoothly.

Once done, kita pergi solat punya area, facing makam Ibrahim and do our solat lepas tawaf. Lepas solat tu, kita berdoa lah. Mentak lah apaaa sajer yang kita nak. Sesungguhnya tempat situ lah salah satu tempat yang palinggggg mujarab.

Sorry aku first time kat sana, aku terlupa nak doa kan orang-orang lain hehehe. Doa untuk aku and parents aku jer dulu. Tapi lepas 2 3 kali kat sana, aku keluar kan list of the names I wana make doa for and the doas orang kirim. Kirim doa jer, takde hal bro. Semoga doa-doa aku untuk diri aku dan korang semua akan termakbul. Amiinnn....

Haaaa part sa'ee. Aku tak sangka first time bersa'ee, aku terasa sangat kelemahan dan kesakitan kaki. Mayyybe cause I was pregnant, tapi aku ada tips nak kasi kepada mulismah.

Kalau pakai stoken tu, pakai yang teballl sebab the flooring is cold you know. Men cannot escape ah cause hafta be barefooted. Pakai stoken yang bawah dia macam ada grip sebab the flooring can be abit licin (especially part zamzam).

And kalau boleh, ada stamina tu, jangan jalan macam pengantin, mak bonda kinda walk. Try to walk briskly. Jalan macam nak kejar mrt gitu, macam lari tapi tak lari. Hahaha. Tapi jangan laju sangat lah k cause memang digalakkan jalan seperti biasa jer. But to me, putting abittt speed in your sa'ee can help finish faster and tak rasa penat sangat. Did that on my 3rd time umrah, it was the best.

Part lampu hijau, lelaki kan kene atleast jog kan. Part tu aku pun konon jalan laju sikit dari the normal speed cause nanti aku kene tinggal dengan Qiey haha. Aku nak jog jugak tapi Qiey tak kasi. LOL okay lorrr... Btw this is the 2nd storey. 1st storey pun ada tempat for sa'ee.

Kalau korang tengok ni tumblers berderet, these are all zamzam. Zamzam there are sooo easy to get. Haus je, grab the cup and drink. Jangan lupa minum zamzam, stand and face the kiblat ok.

Kalau yang these water coolers pulak, they are not zamzam. Ni normal water jer. That is what the guard told Qiey bila Qiey tengah nak fill his bottle. Guard tu cakap zamzam yang only around the masjid punya circumference and from the tumblers. Take note hor.

Part makan, since kita stayed at Hilton, they only served breakfast. So lunch dinner semua at our own expenses. Kat Mekkah memang senang nak carik makan. The most favourite is the burger shop kat bawah hotel kita. Aku dengan Qiey almost everyday makan the burger. Kalau tak, pergi KFC kat Zamzam Tower. Kat atas Zamzam Tower pun ada banyak kedai. Ada fast food ada jual nasi nasi. Pricing wise not so cheap but not expensive also. But portion besar and banyak! Try to share lah hor.

Aku kalau dah start bercerita, memang taknak stop. So lebih baik aku stop kat sini dulu. I shall continue some other time InshaaAllah.

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