Madinah : The Radiant City. (Part 2)

سم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Alright continuation:

Madinah to me is just like Sim City.Why? Because the building is nicely arranged, awesome town planning, clean. Even in between hotels, there is an open area for people of Madinah to play football between construction and buildings. No one is there to chase them away. Roads are basically clear, no congestion, but there are honking.

Hotel Jawharat Al-Fayrouz and KSB Travel & Tours:
As I wrote in my first post, we stayed in Jawharat which is 80meters away from the mosque, KSB T&T provide us with good service. Foods, alhamdulillah delicious.At the hotel, the one who have never been to Madinah and Makkah, the rooms have few numbers of single beds. maximum is 4 bed in a room. At the lobby the hotel do sell cakes and buns, 1 for 1 Riyal.There is laundry service but im not sure the price of 1 clothes.

Masjid Nabawi

As mentioned in my first post also, I stated I went to the mosque to perform 5 daily prayers and also what the citizen practice daily is that the husband waited for the wife when the prayers end.For your info, bahagian perempuan sebelum masuk akan ade spot-check.You can't enter the mosques with camera and handphones (only for the ladies). Anak lelaki berumur 5 tahun ke atas juga tidak dibenarkan masuk melalui pintu perempuan. What I observe, banyak orang Indonesia. YOU CAN SPOT THEM! Ladies, nak masuk masjid ni untuk solat 5 waktu kene masuk awal untuk elakkan traffic jam dekat pintu and untuk dapatkan saf depan.If dah habis prayer, janganlah keluar cepat sangat pun ada traffic jam depan pintu.

** to tell the truth, masa dekat sana rasa macam nak belajar cakap arab!

Usually depan pagar masjid sure ade jual-jual.Dari jubah perempuan ke tudung, tasbih,al-quran, kayu sugi, kurma and so on.

Tukang jual 1 : Khamsah riyal, khamsah riyal.1,lima riya lima, riyal
Tukang jual 2 : Malaysia ? Malaysia baguuusss (Bodek)
Tukang jual 3 : Malaysia ? Masyaallah lawa ! (Bodek)

Sesi jual menjual depan masjid lagi rancak selepas Asar.Tak dinafikan lepas Asarlah time diorang beriadah. Banyak sangat orang jual-jual. Suasan serious habis syiok tengok gelagat orang membeli. Owh dekat masjid pun ade KFC ! waah ramai time ni orang beli even after Zohor.

Ziarah Madinah:
Raudhah:
Have u been to Raudhah? Raudhah adalah tempat yang terletak di dalam Masjid Nabawi sendiri.

""Ruang antara rumahku dan mimbarku adalah satu taman daripada taman-taman syurga. Dan mimbarku terletak di atas kolamku"

Alhamdulillah I entered Raudhah twice. There is only 2 doors for ladies to enter Raudhah door no 25 and 29. I cant remember the specific name for the respective doors. As you know Prophets tomb is situated under the green dome. For you to know know where is Raudhah inside the mosque is by the carpets. The mosque carpets are red in colour but Raudhah's carpets are light green. There are specific time for ladies to enter that is after Subuh, After Zuhur and After Isya'

Nak masuk Raudhah its not easy actually sebab kene fight with hundreds of people. But nasiblah petugas dekat situ pandai. Ada sistem nak masuk. 1st dia bagi negara arab mana ntah, then orang Indonesia and Malaysia, lepas tuh India and Pakistan and last untuk penutup ialah Iran.Memang petugas wanita dalam tu sabar sangat nak jaga para jemaah wanita yang nak masuk Raudhah. DEGIL !

Petugas: Ibu dhudhuk ibu! Ibu Sobar ya Ibu.

Itu jelah ayat yang dia ulang dekat kita orang. Boleh dikatakan nak fight masuk dalam tuh dengan indonesian kene kasar sikit. Sebab diorang ramai lepas berpegang tangan and kuat gila. Boleh pulak dalam tuh kene siku dengan diorang, tapi bila kat dalam sana mana fikir sakit ke tak asalkan dapat spot. Dah sampai Raudhah sure lah nak solat sunat masjid, ini lagi 1 problem. Kita nak sembahyang dekat depan orang belakang tolak-tolak orang kiri kanan nak jalan. Sembahyang memang kene berjaga-jaga takut orang pijak kepala time sujud. The best is dapat kan spot yg dekat dengan tiang. Wajib takde orang nak langkah and tolak. Nak berdoa pun agak susah sebab rasa macam atas kapal laut, ke kiri ke kanan kene tolak.

Abang: Tadi masa kat Raudhah suara perempuan kuat gila

Kakak: Tu lah suara lelaki tak dengar langsung

Mak: Perempuan emosi lebih sikit, menangis sekuat tangisan pun ada.

Betul ye abang-abang, kakak-kakak dan adik-adik, suara perempuan kuat sangat. Abang kata lelaki punye section dekat Raudhah ade sistematik sikit. 1st time masuk Raudhah I masuk dengan kakak but then balik asing-asing. Plus, alhamdulillah time tuh balik memang tak de apa yang nak takutkan sebab hotel is just 80meters away, rasa macam dah duduk lama dekat Madinah. Only masa 2nd time kita orang balik sama-sama.

** Tak ade gambar untuk Raudhah.

Masjid Quba':

 

Dekat Masjid Quba' I prayed Tahiyatul Masjid and Duha. The mosque was big but ladies section was spacious. Alhamdulillah I stepped inside. Sangat lawa.

Masa visit this mosque mutawif tuh pesan hanya 15 minit but the men took 30-40 minit.

As usual memang ade penjualan berlaku di kaki lima masjid juga di hadapan pintu masuk masjid.

Ladang Kurma:

Masyallah, ladang kurma memang besar tapi kedai kecik je. Kedai kurma dekelilingi dengan pokok kurma. Pesanan mutawif kalau nak beli kurma dan makanan yang ada dalam kedai tawar sendiri tapi kalau Habatus sauda biar mutawif yang beli sebab tak tahu sama ada tiruan and yang original. Jangan fikir tempat ni macam lot kedai banyak-banyak, dia macam all stall in 1 shop macam tuh lah. So dalam tuh nak rasa kurma and chocolate free dekat every stall silakan. Serious the do sell chocolate. Nampak wrapping lain but the taste is the same.

 

 

Masa ni mak dengan kakak sibuk nak beli barang, abang tukang angkat bakul dan I .. for sure jadi tukang tangkap gamba. :D 

Masjid Qiblatain:

Destinasi selepas Ladang Kurma ialah Masjid Qiblatain. As you this mosque is the mosque where our Prophet turns 180degrees when he performs his prayers. Prophets Alailhissalam has been ordered to face the Ka'ba (at Mecca) (during prayers), from Sham (Jerusalem) towards the Ka'ba (at Mecca).

Alhamdulillah, I entered this mosque. For the ladies its upstairs and going up by the escalator. as for the men its downstairs. 

** No picture for this mosque

Last destination is Mount Uhud or I  just messed all destination :D

Mount Uhud:

The Battle of Uhud was fought on 19 March, 625, between a force from the small Muslim community (50 archery if im not mistaken) of Medina, in what is now north-western Arabia, and a force from Mecca.OK we did not climb the mount.we just see it from far.

Bukit Uhud

 

Masjid Tujuh kita orang lalu je sebab mutawif cakap orang Malaysia memang tak stop dekat sini.Owh lupa Perkuburan Baqi'

Perkuburan Baqi':

Tanah perkuburan ni famous sebab ni lah tanah pekuburan para sahabat dan keluarga, penduduk Madinah dan sesiapa yang meninggal dunia di Madinah (termasuk para haji dan umrah). Tempat ni tak boleh masuk, it is guarded by soldiers. Tengok dari jauh je lah. 

Ziarah ni berlaku dalam sehari. Masa ni hari Jumaat so alhamdulillah everything is done before Friday prayers. Around 11.30-12p we arrived at the hotel. 

Until here about Madinah (part2). Next post will be shopping in Madinah and Journey to Makkah also about Umrah.

Farhana Fadzil