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…
Short accounts of some of my travels
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…
Greece (Sep 2019) with Mufti Taqī Usmānī Ṣāḥib
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ It's Saturday 30th May 2020. Let's move on to 'Greece' today, اِنْ شَاءَ الَّلهُ. Having travelled over 80 countries of the world, it is the…
Cyprus (Jul 2019) with Mufti Taqī Usmānī Ṣāḥib
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ It's Friday 29th May 2020. Let's move on to 'Cyprus' today اِنْ شَاءَ الَّلهُ. Our second visit to Malta was in the auspicious company of…
Malta (Jul 2019) with Mufti Taqī Usmānī Ṣāḥib
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ Hope all are well. Let's talk about 'Malta' today. In 2018, a delegation, which included the Mufti e Āzam of India, Mufti Aḥmed Khānpuri Ṣāḥib…
Turkey (Jun 2017)
It was Wednesday 7th June 2017 at 6am corresponding with 12th Ramaḍān, when we departed from home in a City Taxis minibus to Manchester airport. The driver drove quite fast,…
India (June 1994)
My first ever visit to my homeland, although a very short one, was very emotional. I was accompanied by my brother-in-law (my elder Sister's husband), from Bolton. We took a…
France (Winter 1993)
Ḥāfiẓ Rizvan and I fancied a quick weekend break, so after finding some return coach tickets to Paris for £30 each, we booked our seats, and on a Friday evening…
France, Holland and Belgium (July 1992)
On a Thursday evening in July 1992, accompanied by 2 friends, Ḥāfiẓ Āsif Choudhury and Ḥāfiẓ Imrān Khonat, the three of us left Blackburn in a rented estate car heading…
Portugal & Spain (Apr-May 1989)
Having spent Ramaḍān 1987 in Portugal with Mawlānā Us̱mān, I was blessed with the opportunity to lead Tarāwīh in Portela again. This time, my companion was Ḥāfiẓ Rizvān Patel, another…