Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa BarakatuhuInshallah, this thread will be a very unique one, as some great and valuable memories will be shared!
Kiya baat hai Madina ki!
Just saying Madina Shareef makes the heart so content! so i honestly dont know where to start from, I have posted this on Madniaqa.net so will be aslo sharing this here, and Inshallah afterwards will be posting something more original
Well, where shall i start from, Inshallah i will start with the words of Shayk ul Islam, Imam e Ahle Sunnat, Hazrat e Imam Ahmad Raza Khan RA :
Kaabe ka naam thak na liya Taiba hi kahaa
Puchaa tha ham se jis ne ke nuhzat kidar ki hai?
AAYA HAI BULAWAA MUJHE DARBAAR E NABI SE!!!!
I will never be able to belive that i have visited Madinah Shareef, i am sure i speak for all of my Brothers and Sisters in Islam that when you arrive back from the Blessed Cities to your families, all you keep thinking is MUJHE DAR PE PIR BULAANA MADANI MADINAY WALE!!
The first time when we(me and my family- mum and dad) was travelling to Madina Shareef was absolutely amazing, there was a Moulana Sahib from Oldham and he was reciting Durood Shareef, in the coach, and he would recite various Naat Shareef also, this was absolutely amazing because at such a young age I had never experienced anything like it, the journey was long. But Alhamdulillah it was all worth it! As we were still on a journey- a couple of miles before you enter the Blessed City Madina Shareef you can see the Minaret of the Prophets
Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam Mosque, this was absolutely amazing even the best of words cannot describe this, I was having a rush of excitement through me, my eyes were filled with tears and I had my mum there and dad so it was extra feelings ( I was sharing such a great experience with the people I love dearly!!) at the same time Moulana Sahib was recting Mustafaa Jaan e Rehmat Pe Laakhoun Salaam, by this time I was crying so much I felt as though I was going to faint ( in the words of Naat Shareef I will explain my deep and utmost feeling now: Ghumabad e Sabz par jab paray ghi nazar kya saroor aaye ga main Madinay chalaa!!!) Allah Hu Akbar!!! I have been blessed with the calling of the Prophet
Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, aur kya chahiye??
Getting Ready: I have put new clothes on new jilbaab, fresh wuzu, perfumed my hands with mehndi, (minus the surma, didn’t have that) yes and I had a good night sleep before, so basically I am all good to go.
First time entering the Prophet
Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam Mosque: I have mum with me keep looking at her to see what she is like, and holding her hand tightly ( I am so happy )
Allah Allah what can I say, this was absolutely amazing, I am crying so much now, (I never knew I can cry so much, there is nothing like crying for the sake of Prophet
Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) reciting so much Durood Shareef, I am thinking to myself cannot wait to go to the Roza Mubarak, (this is what I was thinking in the words of Naat Shareef: Mere gaande qadam, aur unka Haram, Laaj rakhna khuda main Madinay chala)
It was time for Tahajjud (dekh taarey mujhe yeh nazaaray mujhe, thum hi dekho zaraa main Madinay chala)
At the Roza Mubarak: ( I am thinking, in the Naat Shareef words, Muskurane lagi mere dil ki, gunch guncha khila main Madinay chala) it is absolutely packed out with a lot of women, the women guards are just about to open the gates for us to enter in to the Prophets
Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam Mosque! Alhamdulillah gates are now opened I am reciting Durood Shareef, Mum is holding my left hand and this really respectable womam voluntarily held my right hand because she was saying it is a true blessing for her to do so because I was very ill at the time ( May Allah reward her abundantly, Ameen Summameen!!)
Alhamdulillah we are standing at the Jaali Mubarak!!! Allah Allah kya Kehna!!! Ya Allah Meriyan har duaaon sun har duaaon qabool aur manzoor aur maqbool Farmaah!! Ameen! ( I remember the Moulanah Sahib telling us on the coach when you set your eyes upon the Rozaa Mubarak pray that Allah accepts all your prayers, so Mashallah that is what I prayed)
Aunty jee that is standing with us is telling us Beautiful Stories about out Hazoor e Kareem, I am crying so much out of love and reverence, cant get over the fact I am there, it was so peaceful and tranquil Alhamdulillah, this is when Aunty jee turns to me and says to me ‘beythi aap bhi kuch Naateein par le,’’ I am shocked , surprised and amazed she has asked me I was so overjoyed and shy, I was lost for words I just whispered enough for her and the three women with us and mum to hear: MEETHA MEETHA HAI MERE MUHAMMAD KA NAAM, UN PE LAAKHOUN KARORO DUROOD AUR SALAAM (at that time that was the only Naat Shareef line I knew)
We had about 30 mins (half an hour) at the Jaali Mubarak (amazing I know, people get less then that!!) so I was reading salaam on the Prophet
Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam and how can I forget to mention Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique
Radi Allahu anhu and Hazrat Umar Farooq
Radi Allahu anhu (in Naat Shareef I humbly describe my feelings: Mere Siddique, Umar ho Salaam aap par, aur rehmat Sada Main Madinay Chala)
I prayed 2 Rakat Namaaz e Nafil for myself and my family at the Roza Mubarak, and 2 Rakat Namaaz e Nafil for all the muslim in the world that have asked me to pray for them, and 2 for those who did not ask me to pray yet I remembered them in my duas and prayers I felt it was my duty in Islam to do so. Alhamdulillah we are looking around and Aunty jee is telling me and the women we were with, that Mihraab Shareef is there and there is the Mimbar Shareef! Allah! what a beautiful sight!! May Allah bless us with such Holy visons Ameen!
Then we moved on out to Riyaaz ul Jannah (garden of Paradise) Allah Hu Akbar we also read 2 Rakat Namaaz e Nafil here, Alhamdulillah I prayed for everyone! Such a blessed feeling I am looking around so many Muslims from throughout the world Alhamdulillah, never did I imagine we would all gather as Sisters at the Roza e Mubarak, my eyes still filled with tears, now it is getting really busy and we were assited from there out towards the exit of the Holy Mosque! Allah Hu Akbar! That is my First ever experience!
KABA THO DEKH CHUKHE KABE KA KABA DEKHO
MEYREE AANKHO SE MERAY PYAARE KA ROZA DEKHO!!!
I would like to say to ALL my Dearest Sisters and brothers in Islam, who have not yet been able to make the blessed spiritual journey of a lifetime, BIGHAREE BI BANAYE GHAI JALWE BHI DHIKHAYEN GE, GHABRAA O NAA DEEWAANO SARKAAR BULAAYEINGE! And I truly say that from the bottom of my heart!!!
Remember me in your special supplications and duas! MAY ALLAH BLESS US ALL WITH THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME!!!
KYA KARE GHA IDHAR, BAND RASTE SAFAR (WAQT ZAYA NA KAR)
CHAL UBAID E RAZA MAIN MADINAY CHALA!!
Allah aap sab koh hush rakhe, Ameen
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