Al-Quds (Apr 2012) – Part 4
Continued from Part 3 Ziyārat, and Qubbat as-Ṣakhrah After nearly an hour's drive we arrived at our first stop, the Dead Sea, in Jericho. It is widely believed that this…
Short accounts of some of my travels
Al-Quds (Apr 2012) – Part 3
Continued from Part 2 First Sight of Masjid al-Aqṣā As we were leaving the terminal, a couple of colleagues were requested to open their hand luggage, after which we were…
Al-Quds (Apr 2012) – Part 2
Continued from Part 1 Border crossing Once at the terminal, which comprised 2 small rooms with washroom facilities, we handed in our passports. After a few formalities and a few…
Al-Quds (Apr 2012) – Part 1
Please visit The World – Through My Eyes (An Introduction to My Travels), which explains the purpose and motivation for documenting my travels. Dubai & Jordan This visit to…
Umrah (Mar 2009) – Part 2
Continued from ꜤUmrah (Mar 2009) - Part 1 We departed from Makkah on Wednesday 8th April at 3pm with mixed feelings, the sadness of leaving Makkah, tinged with happiness as we…
Umrah (Mar 2009) – Part 1
I begin in the name of Allāh, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful. Having performed my first ever ꜤUmrah in 1986 and Ḥajj in 2004 (not captured in writing as…
USA (Jan 1996) – Part 3
Continued from USA (Jan 1996) – Part 2 The next day was JumuꜤah and we decided to rest for the day, offering our JumuꜤah at the Tampa Islamic Centre, where…
USA (Jan 1996) – Part 2
Continued from USA (Jan 1996) – Part 1 The following day, we had a very interesting discussion regarding the US over Ifṭār, with our host, a Ship Surveyor by the…
USA (Jan 1996) – Part 1
Two very close friends and classmates, Mawlānā Usmān and Mawlānā Yaḥyā had gone to the USA for leading the Tarāwīḥ prayers a few days before Ramaḍān 1996. They contacted me…
Hungary (Sep 2019) with Mufti Taqī Usmānī Ṣāḥib
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ It's Sunday 31st May 2020. Let's move on to 'Hungary' today اِنْ شَاءَ الَّلهُ. After spending 3 days in Greece, we moved on to Hungary…