The Ups And Downs In Life: May 2009

Our flight, MH050 departed from KLIA to Jeddah on
Saturday, 09May09 at 3.30pm. Sebelum berangkat
myself and my lovely angels berdrama air mata. They
have never been separated from us all this while. Kalau kena
tinggal pun, at least one of us is at home. So for that one week,
I left them under my MIL's care. Sebelum pergi ke airport,
my MIL dah pesan suruh selawat 3 kali and semburkan air
kat belakang leher both of them, which I did. The reason is
tak nak bagi the kids ingat/rindu/demam. Alhamdulillah,
it worked..

There were around 60 of us in this trip .We used TH
Travel for our first trip. After 9 hours flight, akhirnya sampai
di Jeddah at 7pm, local time 12am. Semua orang dah pesan
once dah jejak kaki di sana, kena banyak2 bersabar. The first
dugaan was a long wait kat passport control. We stand on the
queue for almost 2hrs. Queue tak panjang mana but the
immigration workers are taking their own sweet time.
So sabar ajela...

There were 2 buses waiting for us in Jeddah and one
mutawwif, Ustaz Samhaji. We departed from Jeddah
almost 10pm. Semua dah keletihan, so masuk bas everyone
sambung tidur. Before tidur, dapat packed Nasi Briyani Ayam
lagi..even dalam flight dah makan 2 kali... but the rice memang
sedap!!! Habis jugakla half of the rice...

The journey to Madinah Al Munawarah took us about 6hrs.
Sampai di Madinah almost 4pm. Terus check in @ Anwar
Movenpick Hotel. Waktu sampai di hotel dah nampak Masjid
Nabawi yang tersergam indah. Subhanallah.... terlalu cantik.
The most grandest mosque I've ever seen in my life...
Lepas masuk ke bilik, terus bersiap2 for Subuh prayer.
Subuh disana is at 4.15am. The hotel is only 20mtrs away
dari pintu masjid. When I first step into the mosque area,
rasa macam tak percaya dah sampai disana... Had a mixed
feeling for a while...sedih, terharu, gembira... alhamdulillah
dapat jugak menjejakkan kaki di masjid nabi..

Waktu subuh tak sempat cari geng2 lain so I was alone. Bila
tengok ramai sembahyang di compound masjid, I assumed
dalam masjid dah penuh so terus join saf di luar. Selesai
sembahyang, I decided to go inside the mosque. Waktu masuk
ke dalam masjid, I didnt know that ada lady guard akan check
your bag to ensure that you'll not bring the hp or camera
dalam masjid. So kat pintu tu I terus jalan and suddenly i
heard she called "ibu..ibu.." then she grabbed my hand..
memang panic sungguh dibuatnya. Lepas tu terus beg
kena check.. She spoke to me in Arab tapi sepatah haram pun
tak faham so i replied back in english...and i told them that
i didnt take anything pasal ingatkan diaorang fikir i curi barang
ke... nak menangis dah time tu... rupa2nya dia ada mention
handphone...oohh... they wanted to know if i bring my hp..
nasib baik tinggalkan dlm hotel pasal lupa nak activate roaming...

The first itinerary on the very first day in Madinah is a visit to
Raudhah dimana terletaknya makam Rasullullah s.a.w dan
sahabatnya, Saiyidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq dan
Saiyidina Umar al Khattab. Memang dari awal dah rasa teruja
nak ke Raudhah. As early as 7am, kami berkumpul di lobby
hotel. Waktu melawat di Raudhah for the ladies is very limited
tapi for man, anytime. Ladies boleh masuk between 7am-11am,
then malam from 11pm - 1am. Raudhah terletak dalam Masjid
Nabawi dan diibaratkan sebagai salah satu taman syurga.
Sesiapa yang dapat solat dan berdoa disana, insyallah doanya
senang diterima...but to go inside the raudhah is very
challenging...terlalu ramai orang yang nak masuk since we
have a very limited time. They separated us by countries.
Asian duduk one area and the arabs another area. So
bila the guard called the Asian, berlari2 semua nak masuk..
Alhamdulillah I managed to squeeze in between the crowds
yg berhampiran makam nabi Rasul untuk solat sunat, berdoa,
beri salam dan sampaikan salam pada baginda rasul dan
para sahabat2nya...alhamdulillah...syukur dapat buat semua tu..
Selesai ibadah di Raudhah, balik ke hotel sementara
tunggu waktu Zohor. On the way nak balik ke hotel sempat
jugak cuci mata di kedai2 yang berhampiran..Ada jugak
yang berniaga bentang kain di tepi jalan di luar pintu masjid.

Hari ke 2, lawatan ke tempat2 bersejarah dan masjid : Masjid
Quba, Masjid Qiblatain, Jabal Uhud, Kawasan Perang Khandaq
dan Ladang Kurma. The ziarah program was only a half day
program. The rest of the day is free and easy. In between
Asar and Maghrib biasanya I akan jalan sekejap to the
nearby shops then balik hotel to rest for a while.

Anwar Movenpick Hotel - the hotel where we stayed. Very convenience, keluar pintu belakang hotel terus masuk masjid punya entrance dan dekat dengan pintu masuk ke tempat sembahyang perempuan

suasana di Masjidil Nabawi selepas solat Subuh

after Subuh - baiknya of of the Pak Arab volunteer to take our picture

Masjid Nabawi from Hilton Madinah entrance

signboard at one of the mosque's entrance

Wet day in Madinah. Hujan dari pagi sampai ke petang. Semua solat di dalam masjid otherwise ramai jugak yang duduk/tidur/solat di luar compound.

Hubby managed to smuggle his camera so dapat ambil gambar in the man's praying area di Masjid Nabawi.

Taken by hubby again. Gambar di dalam Raudhah berhampiran Mimbar Nabi.

Di dalam Raudhah tempat terletaknya Makam Nabi

Muhammad s.a.w (right), Makam Saiyidina Abu Bakar (ctr)

and Makam Saiyida Umar (left)

Perkuburan Baqi - tempat dimana sahabat2 Nabi, isteri2nya dan kaum keluarga yang lain di semadikan. Rakyat Malaysia yang mati kemalangan dalam perjalanan dari Jeddah ke Madinah last April pun dikebumikan di sini.