How long is my pilgrimage from? My youngest son, Suheyb was then 2 years old. Today he is 14, so are 12 years ago.
As the feeling came over me to make a pilgrimage, I scraped together my last money. However, I still had debts. My wife and I had to pay even a part of the dowry. Bashfully before I brought her my concerns, I cancel the debt if they could. She could understand my desire to the Holy Places, they issued me this.
I was aware that the travel and the Hajj practice would be exhausting. As Europeans, certain standards of comfort and organization is accustomed, this was actually not always easy: the air conditioning on the plane is down, the wait was annoying, bags were lost, coaches have been missing and a shady place under the scorching heat was hard to find.
of these claims but I've passed quickly when I met a pilgrim Turkmenistan. I asked him how he came to the Hajj, "With the bus, the journey has lasted 2 weeks," he said. I especially fell to the Muslims of Dagestan in the Caucasus, because they had come with a converted off-road trucks, they used as a caravan. Their trip was certainly much longer than mine.
But the physical exertions were rewarded quickly with the spiritual gifts: the view of the Kaaba, prayer in the Masjid al-Haram, the tranquility of the Prophet's Mosque, the Tawaf with hundreds of thousands of other pilgrims, the Sai and the millions of pilgrims before us, drinking from the well of Zamzam and standing and speaking of supplication on the Day of Arafat.
My favorite place was the Prophet's Mosque. Only there I found peace in the prayer, I miss the daily routine. In developed countries and the modern or postmodern societies is all too stressful. Time is scheduled to be performance, productivity and effectiveness required. Although the hajj has because of the three million pilgrims a certain stress, it gives the pilgrims rest and focus on the essentials in life. I only wish that we can preserve this. Maybe God allowed me yes another Hajj and it works this time - inshallah.
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