Archive for April, 2005
on the Day of Judgement
This Sunday, after the weekly shopping, I went to see my sister. She asks about me and the family. B-i-L is watching the final one day test between Pakistan and India. I come back, and try the net. Bad Gateway, it says.
No problem. The wife is in the kitchen. The children are working on [...]Lab Bayk … - answering the summons - I
Lab Bayk, Allahumma labbayk - I
They came, in response to the summons!Hajj is made obligatory at least once in a lifetime for every one who is able to perform it. And the ability includes monetary, mental, health, etc.So they came:
male and female,
young - some even infants, and old - some so old their back is [...]Lab Bayk … - answering the summons - II
We embark on the bus to Makkah after Fajr, and after some time we are at the Meeqaat. Be`ere Ali. It is a wonderful place. Plenty of washrooms to take a hot shower. We shower, and change into the ihraam. The Tamattu` has just begun. I am anxious to see the land of SA. I [...]
Lab Bayk … - answering the summons - III
assalamu aleikumas ususal, I have forgotten many things, and rushed through these posts.
Oh, Makkah and Madinah, how can I do justice to them.
The Haramain are simply beautiful, wonderful, I could spend my entire life there. The architecture of the Haramain is sober, soothing and awesome.
I read the Quran there; I lay there and stared at [...]Lab Bayk … - answering the summons - IV
I think at times my account of Hajj may look disjointed. I have not remembered eveything in a logical sequence, and I have used words and expressions as if the reader is familiar with everything. He isn’t likely to be, but writing in a fashion that is logical, in sequence, and describes everything before introducing [...]