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awe being grateful that I was given the blessing to visit this beautiful place.
I prayed to Allah and I just couldn’t stop crying. The Ka’ba was stunning and
time just stood still. I think the second most vivid memory is the circumbulation
of the Ka’ba. The last one I did was after the morning prayer and whilst I was
going around the Ka’ba I looked up and saw birds flying around the Ka’ba!
Although when I went back to my hotel I noticed bird poo on my clothed and
thought “hmmm...great”.
- Zain Bikha (UK)
How fortunate was I:
“The most profound moment for me was when I put my head against the
Ka’ba for the first time, that’s when it hit me! I realised that billions of Muslims
around the world pray towards this object and I, a simple me, had my head
against it! How fortunate was I? That moment for me was beyond words...I
didn’t want to leave ... I’d found that inner peace I was looking for... I felt like
I really belonged to there and then.... “
- Syeda Sardar (UK)
A handicapped man:
“How do you put so much in so few words? Where do I even begin? The
most striking moment is seeing a unity of one people from all walks of life and
during the Hajj (Tawaf) I saw the fit and the handicapped going around the
Ka’ba and the dead (being carried on wooden beds) in order that Muslims
offer their prayers for the decease before they were buried. At prayers times,
the males and females each go to designated areas for the prayers and the
millions of Muslims prostrates in prayer all at the same time. One time I saw
a handicapped man during the Tawaf without his lower legs get out of his
wheelchair and pull himself around the Ka’ba in deep dedication. There is
such a magnificent humbleness at Makkah that touches one heart and soul.”
- R N (Abu Dhabi)
In a desperate call:
“Now that I was in Madina, it felt like I possessed the world. I was amazed by
the beauty of the green dome. But once inside the masjid, it seemed like a