Assalaam Alaikum,
Planning a vacation to Dubai made me wonder if I could possibly get to the holy land and pay my respects at the House of Allah SWT, at the one symbol of life and liberty! the Holy Kaaba, the one place we face and worship all our life not knowing when and if we will ever make it there to even see it in person!
I tried and the rest was Allah SWTs will! it just worked out so beautifully that if I think about it, I am at a loss of words!
I was planning my Dubai vacation in hopes that I can spend some time with my husband and children and also relax. Suddenly my heart felt like I should attempt to atlas find out more details. At first my husband did not think it was a good idea, and then suddenly the travel agent said "You are very lucky, people struggle to plan an Umra like yours... you will be there on the 13th of Rajab inshAllah" and that was it!
At that point, convincing my husband was much easier... I felt like I did not want anything to mess our plans.. it was meant to be but still hard to believe that it was our call to visit the Holy Prophet PBUH&HF and then the marvelous house of Allah SWT!
With a lot of planning and education the days finally arrived! it was a stressful event to plan everything, get to Dubai and then from there begin the spiritual journey! I was excited but still having a hard time believing that I was actually there!
It was an amazing experience with very memorable moments spread throughout! more on the details to follow this post.. but alhamdolilah it was a journey of a lifetime. InshAllah will be spending more time in the next few posts describing my experience and then maybe discussing the actual events that occurred. the spiritual journey was nevertheless magnificent and a great learning experience!
Zehra
Planning a vacation to Dubai made me wonder if I could possibly get to the holy land and pay my respects at the House of Allah SWT, at the one symbol of life and liberty! the Holy Kaaba, the one place we face and worship all our life not knowing when and if we will ever make it there to even see it in person!
I tried and the rest was Allah SWTs will! it just worked out so beautifully that if I think about it, I am at a loss of words!
I was planning my Dubai vacation in hopes that I can spend some time with my husband and children and also relax. Suddenly my heart felt like I should attempt to atlas find out more details. At first my husband did not think it was a good idea, and then suddenly the travel agent said "You are very lucky, people struggle to plan an Umra like yours... you will be there on the 13th of Rajab inshAllah" and that was it!
At that point, convincing my husband was much easier... I felt like I did not want anything to mess our plans.. it was meant to be but still hard to believe that it was our call to visit the Holy Prophet PBUH&HF and then the marvelous house of Allah SWT!
With a lot of planning and education the days finally arrived! it was a stressful event to plan everything, get to Dubai and then from there begin the spiritual journey! I was excited but still having a hard time believing that I was actually there!
It was an amazing experience with very memorable moments spread throughout! more on the details to follow this post.. but alhamdolilah it was a journey of a lifetime. InshAllah will be spending more time in the next few posts describing my experience and then maybe discussing the actual events that occurred. the spiritual journey was nevertheless magnificent and a great learning experience!
Zehra
