4
days left till I make the biggest journey of my life...wow. The feeling is so
surreal.
Those of you who have me on bbm know that I've been
counting down to this since the day I booked my ticket.
Alhamdulilah, with the help of
Allah (swt) I will be going on Umrah on June 2nd, 2012 Insha'Allah.
Something
that i haven't shared with any of you is that for the past 4-5 months i kept
repeatedly having dreams that i was standing infront of the Kabaa. I shared this dream with my mom and she told me that it means that my dream will come true
soon. You know somali ladies, they say whatever they want.. so i just brushed
it off. But low and behold subhan'Allah within the next couple months things
started unfolding and my dream became true right before my eyes.
1. More info on the linguistic meaning of "Al-wahab" below.
Having graduated
last year, and being out of school for a year, i've been trying to really
trying to figure out what i want to do with my life next and what
better way to start off a new chapter in my life with turning back to Allah
(swt) and visiting the the Kabaa. What makes this a truly even bigger blessing is having the opportunity to take my mother to Umrah during my lifetime. Those of you who know me know that my mother is very dear and near to my heart. Having lost my father when i was born (Allahu Yarhamu) , my mother raised me and my siblings on her own for the past 21 years. She's the reason I am who I am today and being able to share this experience with her is more than i can ever ask for. This has been one of my lifelong dreams and all I can say is ALHAMDULILAH <3.
In addition, often times when I speak to people who have went on umrah or hajj, they say it completely changes you for the rest of your
life. I just feel that my soul was yearning for this for a long time. I really needed to take time off from the dunya and turn back to Allah (swt). This is a beautiful excerpt written by Yasmin Mogahed before she embarked
this beautiful journey:
I'm sitting at the airport, waiting to board, en route
to the holiest place on earth. Parting advice to you and myself:
Let go
of your grudges. Let the bitterness die tonight. Make a decision today that
it's time to move on. And begin again. New, this time. Never forget that what
has passed you by was never meant to befall you. And what has befallen you, was
never meant to pass you by. Know that sometimes Allah withholds from you, in
order to give you something better. Keep your heart focused on Him, and He will
take care of the rest. And remember: you will stumble, but that’s part of the
path. Keep going. Keep rising, and refuse to give up.
I
will be transiting through turkey so i will be there for about a day. Turkish airlines provides free city tours for transit passengers so i'm
really excited to see the city of Istanbul and visit the blue mosque & taskim square. Insha'Allah i will post photos and share stories on my blog once i'm back.
May Allah accept my Umrah and make it an Iman filled experience & May you all visit the Haram once in your life time. Ameen.
Keep me in your Duaas xoxo
Walaykum Asalaam warahmatullahi Wabarakatu
1. Al-Wahhab” (the All-Giver) is He Who gives you with no means and bestows His Favours upon you with no reason or cause. To truly understand the meaning of this beautiful name we must ask ourselves, what has Allah the most gracious given us?
In Arabic the word “Wahhab” is derived from the verb “wahaba”, which means “to give someone something as a gift, i.e. without getting anything in return.”… (Source)
The Qur’anic Verses in which Allah’s Beautiful Divine Name “Al-Wahhab” (the All-Giver) are:
{Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after You have guided us, and give us mercy from You. Truly, You are Al-Wahhab (the All-Giver)} (Aal-Imran, 3:8)
{And verily, I fear my relatives after me, and my wife is barren. So give me from You an heir} (Maryam, 19:5)
{At that time, Zechariah invoked his Lord, saying, ‘O my Lord! Give me from You a good offspring! You are, indeed, the Hearer of invocation!} (Al-Imran, 3:38)
