Madinah : The Radiant City. (Part 1)

سم الله الرحمن الرحيم

“ Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, "Medina is a sanctuary from that place to that. Its trees should not be cut and no heresy should be innovated nor any sin should be committed in it, and whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits sins (bad deeds), then he will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people.". „

Alhamdulillah, on the 25th of May 2011 my family and I had performed our umrah. It was a wonderful experience as I am visiting The Radiant City or The City of The Prophets and Home of Allah.Before I continue my stories about Madinah, Makkah and Umrah I'll be writing about the journey before boarding the flight on, in the plane, upon arriving in Jeddah and then comes Madinah. As for Mekkah and Umrah will be in the next post. 

**post ini akan ditulis dalam bahasa melayu untuk menjadikan lebih mesra pembacaan

** Post ini sangat panjang.

25th May 2011:
Lepas Subuh, aku pun turun ke dapur sebab nak tolong mak masak nasi lemak sebagai bekalan dekat airport nanti. 

Soalan 1: Bekalan dekat airport ??Erk kan boleh beli je makanan dekat sana ?
Jawapan 1: Ye bekalan, sebab flight kita orang lambat as usual kene check in bag awal, kira sampai sana awal lah jugak.Memang boleh tapi mahal and portion sikit ! 

Dengan tak mandinya tapi dah gosok gigi and cuci muka terus lah tolong mama masak.Tak lama kemudian abah pun datang nak cakap good bye. Lepas dia dah breakfast nasi lemak, abah pun bagi kiss good bye dia pun balik. Around 10.30am Pak Ngah and wife pun datang nak ambik hantar kitaorang dekat airport. sampai airport dekat pukul 12tghari. Jumpa  KSB Travel and Tours middle man yang handle kitaorang dekat sini. Done check-in dapat tix, lunch, sembahyang Zohor then we off to the gate. Serious ramai orang. Our flight was MH 150.


MH 150 :
flight economy class je, Alhamdulillah dapat duduk row tepi tingkat (takdelah lemas macam duduk dekat row tengah). Flight was at 3.30pm, Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah is 8 hours and 15 minutes. Different time sini and sana is exactly minus 5 hours. We landed malam dekat Jeddah International Airport. Everything runs smoothly. Owh lupa nak mentioned, our group consist of 9 people, why ? Hujung post nanti I cerita. Habis je keluar dari airport nak cari mutawif ( tour guide) dekat pick-up area terus incident pertama berlaku, pak arab yang tolong carikan transport terus minta passport ! Ambik kau terkejut time tuh....

Pak Arab: Passport ! Passport ! (sambil meninggikan suara)

Yang kita orang 9 ni dah takut, ye lah mana lah tau kan apa-apa berlaku ke. Selagi tak tunjuk passport selagi tu lah pak arab ni mintak. Mak pun bagi, then dia panggil kawan dia yang sepatutnya bawak kitaorang to Madinah al-Munawarah. Cari bus punye cari sebab tour guide kita orang tak ade. Rupa-rupanya share 1 bus dengan ZMD Travel and Tours. Kita orang takde tour guide time tuh sebab 9 orang je.

Madinah, The Radiant City:
Journey from Jeddah airport to Madinah by bus lebih kurang 400km. We had  few pit stop. Bus pak arab to me 1st class. Bus Malaysia pun KALAH! no kidding. Alright, sampai Madinah just before azan Subuh pertama ( alarm clock) that is around 3 am in the morning. Owh we stayed at the Jawharat Al-Fayrouz, around 200m away from Masjid Nabawi.  

My Family and Uncle Hasla's Family.

  

**Serious suka sangat dengan Madinah!

Alhamdulillah semua prayers pegi kecuali Friday prayers, alasan tidak akan diberi.Adat orang dekat Madinah, lepas habis sembahyang, the husband usually akan tunggu their wife depan entrance perempuan, ade waiting area ye untuk mereka tunggu.Bukan pintu masuk masjid ya, ade partition yang memisahkan tempat sembahyang wanita dan lelaki di bahagian luar masjid, kire tempat sembahyang yang atas tiles/lantai.To me sangat sweet husband mereka-mereka tunggu dekat tempat waiting area depan entrance perempuan. Kita Malaysian 

suami: abang tunggu dekat dalam kereta ye


Memang takde waiting area but kan bagus kalau tunggu somewhere berdekatan dengan pintu perempuan pastikan mereka selamat sampai ke kenderaan. Kawasan berdekatan Masjid Nabawi ni memang takde banyak kereta mostly bus and taxi, kenderaan persendirian jarang ada.     


Alright, i'll stop here because in this post pun dah banyak sangat membebel. Ziarah Madina, shopping in Madinah and Makkah will be coming soon :D

Farhana Fadzil :D