Ahlan Wasahlan is a wellcome - Allah wellcome us to his holy place and i'm truly bless and all praise is due to Allah, the Lords of the World. Deep inside my heart I was tad apprehensive to His call of performing this Hajj.
Was i ready to face my moment of truth?
Would He accept me?
Would He accept my repentance?
Would He forgive me? my ignorant!!! my sin!!!
I prayed hard to His Mercy, please give me a
strong heart , mind and soul this is my "seruan " has comes and "redha" what fate awaited me. May Allah allow us the privilege of performing my Hajj witout much hindrance aminnn...
Our journey begin.....
Travel with Gemilang Travel one of the most famous Hajj travel and recommended by Tabung Haji.
23 October 2012 at 1.00pm all jemaah gathered at KLIA. Seems we have no other relatives or even friend that we know to accompany our journey so i'm a bit worried but stay strong that i belief Tuhan always be there for us.
1st of our try test... cubaan
Passport distribution time: Name by name are called out, most jemaah wit cherish faces are patiently waiting their name to be call out. From far we just standing and waiting too. After my name been called out i felt so legaaa sesangat and y.e.s i'm confirmed going. But last and last and repeated name been called out... why my Mr Ainul Azam tak panggil. Ya Allah..where was his pasport..the guy tried to kumbah mengumbah beg and file but none of his pasport was there. Immediately my heart beats faster , my body getting colder and colder .... .. me and hubby looked each other, we broke into a smile but deep inside we almost like screaming and crying as no word to tell .
Misi searching from the staff like so and so slow motion by looking around and talk each other by only mentioned
'pasport dia tak ade la'.... until K.Mek (Gemilang's staff) shown up and ask what happen. ..she said she remember seeing my hubby name and pasport just now at check-in counter...
God always here with us. Then she came with the pasport and pass over by saying
"banyak bersabar" .
Of course we are...
feeling
highly patience while waiting for the bus to mecca - 5hrs waiting sabar..sabar..
The first of many many "waiting games" that we played over and over again really menguji kesabaran mental , fizikal & please watch out yr words of saying &$#*&%($*# (not a bad word it just some cursing word most likely hehehe kire bad la jugak yek).....except zikir
assemble area at Jeddah Airport : 1.20am
Seems we are the last flight among around the world to enter Holy Land, we only have 1 option to perform Haji Ifrad which means our ihram period was much longer than usual Haji Tamattu and Haji Qiran and we don't have much time coz waktu Wukuf is almost there.
2nd test : is no idea where the bus goes around...and where we are
After eight-hour flight + waited at Jeddah five-hour and two & half hour bus journey to Mecca plus "bas sesat" almost 5 times around mecca...ya Allah please show me the right way to the Hotel. Immediately the bus pull over as confirmed the driver dunno the way to the Hotel. Masya Allah.
All the makciks and pakciks start mumbling...
bla..bla...bla x call la , bila nak sampai ni, mana agen ni, Pak Arab driver ni x pandai la bla..bla...etc. After 10mins, one of the agent from Gemilang came over and direct the bus driver to the hotel. Alhamdulillah we reach our "not so ready hotel aka still on construction" arghhh blink..blink..blink as i step down from the bus firstly i felt
syukran ya Allah
"aku berpijak di bumi Haram mu". A bit mix feeling as i see all jemaah getting disordely as they saw the unbelieveable hotel ni, i was like no words to say , looking each other as i know my hubby is getting restless , sleepy and hungry.
Me and hubby are worried but we just humbling sat back behind as most jemaah are getting kelam kabut, pulling their luggage and press the lift button and kecoh-kecoh but me and hubby seated with muka sarden just listen and watch what is going on. Keadaan sangat sangat serabut , kelam kabut , panas , stress situation as Gemilang couldn't manage to get a proper hotel for us at last minute arrangement.
Speechless, sat back and eaten our lunch pack and feel no energy to chew my food while just waiting as we heard that the rooms was now fully occupied and some room with no water and flooded "Oh ooooooo" ...... Sudddenly
"the angel' shown up (kire k.mek ni orang yang di tugaskan untuk menyelamatkan keadaan laa) K.Mek approach us said that their agents are trying to get some room from their former Hotel. Alhamdulillah, we were fortune to be housed in Malak Hotel which only 250 meters to Masjidil Haram.
Berkat jadi muka sardin tadi la kot. About 18 of us left this Hotel. Alhamdulillah.
Lega..at last we got our neat hotel and room, dapat menghilangkan penat after a long journey eventho we have to stay separately with my hubby. Alhamdulillah that's all we can say it. Living in such proximity with total stranger was a humbling experience for me.
Roomates: Kak Nor , K Mas and another makcik was not in the picture
3rd - fairly challenging mission
Wukuf time: The grand assembly, the pinnacle of the haj rituals and i couldn't imaging that place. This was happen 1day and 1nite as we reach Mecca. I can felt the excitement of our pilgrims throughout their rituals, but for me the 1st timer still wonder what going happen next. Our group start gather outside at the "not so ready hotel" after isya until............Allahuakhbar tuhan sungguh menguji kesabaran umatnya as the bas reach our place at 3.45am morning. And yet only 2 buses came ...so padat but alhamdulillah the traffic was smooth and cepat sampai.
This is our hotel yang not ready tu..this bout 12.15pm as you can see everybody laying down outside the hotel and no one allow to stay in hotel
to be continue......
