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Around Muzdalifah and Mina, Makkah
January 19, 2018 Mecca Saudi Arabia
After visiting the hills, our group was taken on a bus trip to visit the places people will go during Hajj - like Muzdalifah and Mina.
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| Somewhere along the way |
Muzdalifah is simply a desert, between Mina and Arafah. Usually, after the pilgrims go for wukuf in Arafah, they will stop by Muzdalifah around Maghrib and pray Maghrib and Isyak (as jamak qasar), then wait till Fajr prayer. I have been told that the pilgrims also will collect the stones that will be used for jamrah (melontar jamrah - I am not that sure the meaning behind it)
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| Mina station |
Picture above is Mina station. I have no idea there is public transportation like MRT here! And yes, it exists :D Just, the trains are only used for only 3 days per year (for Hajj I guess)
And we were also brought to see a mosque here in Muzdalifah - named Al-Mash'ar Al-Haraam and I've been told that this mosque is open only once yearly.
Tidaklah menjadi salah, kamu mencari limpah kurnia dari Tuhan kamu (dengan meneruskan perniagaan ketika mengerjakan Haji). Kemudian apabila kamu bertolak turun dari padang Arafah (menuju ke Muzdalifah) maka sebutlah nama Allah (dengan doa,"talbiah" dan tasbih) di tempat Masy'ar Al-Haraam (di Muzdalifah), dan ingatlah kepada Allah dengan menyebutnya sebagaimana Ia telah memberikan petunjuk hidayah kepadamu; dan sesungguhnya kamu sebelum itu adalah dari golongan orang-orang yang salah jalan ibadatnya. - Quran 2:198
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| Can you see the building on top of the hill? I am not sure if I heard this correctly from the mutawwif but it is said to be the area where the slaughtering of Nabi Ismail was replaced with kibas (what is kibas in English anyway?) |
To be honest, I am confused with all the tents and photos T____T
I can't remember which one is Mina, Muzdalifah etc. Sobsss.
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| Interesting facts about the tents - they are left open through out the year. They are even waterproof and fireproof :D |
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| Other than tents, pilgrims who can afford to stay in hotels can do so. |
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| I am not sure but I think the building is for Jamratul Aqabah. |
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| Another part of it. |
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| Another hotel, I think? |
Finished touring around, we went to the nearest Miqat - Masjid Ja'ranah. Same like other places, there were huge crowds and it was a bit challenging to even go to the toilets and to take wudu'. Here, I was very glad with the existence of spray wudu' :D hehe.
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| Bring along sarung kasut - so that you can take the shoes with you inside the mosque :) |
To those who plan to perform another umrah can pray solat sunat ihram and set their niat here.
Otherwise, you can simple do solat tahiyatul masjid or do some shopping around the mosque :)
SS, Perak, Malaysia
180119
The second hill that we visited was Jabal Rahmah. Other name is Jabal Arafat and it is about 70 meters in height. The view that I remembered was a hill in the middle of large open space - dataran. There are so many buses around (same in other places as well) that sometimes I confused which bus was ours.
Point number one - always take note the bus number. Not the plat number but number in front of the bus. I guess Saudi Arabia is well prepared with its buses that it comes with numbers to make it easier to remember.
Point number one - always take note the bus number. Not the plat number but number in front of the bus. I guess Saudi Arabia is well prepared with its buses that it comes with numbers to make it easier to remember.
Why this place is important in Islam?
1. Meeting point of Nabi Adam a.s. and Hawa.
It was said that Nabi Adam a.s. met Hawa in this area after being cast from heaven to different locations on Earth.
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| On top of the hill, a monument was placed here that said to mark the meeting site of Nabi Adam a.s. and Hawa. |
2. Wukuf in Arafah
Wukuf in Arafah is one of rukun haji that pilgrims need to be there when they are in ihram (between 9-10 Zulhijjah). It is the area around the hill and I just know that it is known as Plain of Arafat in English.
On this day, all pilgrims can make full use of the time there to perform prayers, make du'as, zikrullah etc.
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| It was very pack to climb the hill, anyway. The view during Hajj may look even amazing :) |
3. Mustajab place to pray.
One of the common du'as made here is to pray for a good partner. Once we step into Padang Arafah (Plain of Arafat), focus more on our du'as. In fact, while we are in Makkah and Madinah, always make prayers. :)
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| After all, all prayers need to be done facing our Qibla yea? Not towards the hill. |
4. Allah revealed a verse that said He is pleased with Islam as the Deen.
Here, at Arafah.
......This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion...... (Al-Ma'idah 5:3)
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We were given around 20-25 minutes here. At first, none from our group wanted to climb the hill. I think maybe because the fact that quite a few of them had been here before and most of us were elderly. Hehe. I was that enthusiastic to do so and alhamdulillah my shoes was fit enough to climb.
I was in rush so I climbed on the rocks that were not really used as normal pathway otherwise I need to wait for turns. T_T Running out of time as the bus was waiting for only me, I can say 10 minutes are doable to hike up and get down :)
Honestly, there were quite a number of rubbish on the hill - not to forget pictures. I am not sure why but I could even see passport sized pictures there in between the rocks. -_-'
Till next post!
I am going to share my experience of hiking Jabal Nur and visiting Gua Hira'.
Do you remember Gua Hira' and its stories? :D
Till next post!
I am going to share my experience of hiking Jabal Nur and visiting Gua Hira'.
Do you remember Gua Hira' and its stories? :D
SS, Perak, Malaysia
180118
Important Stories of Jabal Tsur, Makkah
January 18, 2018
Based on my previous post on daily activities in Makkah, this post will focus more on the third day. :)
Day 3 (20th Dec 2017)
- Ziarah to Jabal Nur, Jabal Tsur, Jabal Rahmah, places for Hajj.
- Niat for Umrah at Masjid Jaranah
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| My parents and I with Jabal Tsur as the background. |
In Islam, Jabal Tsur (some spell it as Jabal Thur / Jabal Thawr) is one of the significant and special hills.
Do you still remember what Jabal Tsur was well-known about?
Yes, the event when Rasulullah s.a.w. took a shelter with with Saidina Abu Bakar in the cave on top of Jabal Tsur when they were on their way to Madinah. The hill is about 1400 meters high (well, high enough as Czech's highest mountain is only 1600+meters) and I am sure the pathways to get to the top is not that easy, with rocks etc.
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| Around 7.30am local time, we left the hotel to visit places around Makkah. |
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| These are how buildings in Makkah look like :) |
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| People and cars. |
After about 30 minutes leaving the hotel, we arrived at the first hill - Jabal Tsur / Jabal Thur / Jabal Thawr. There were lots of buses and of course people. Our mutawwifah reminded us about the dust from the sand and told us to cover our nose and mouth. Unfortunately, I totally forgot to prepare ourselves with face masks. So, we basically covered our face with hands and scarves.
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1. Nabi Muhammad (s.a.w.) and Saidina Abu Bakar (r.a.) took a shelter there escaping Quraisy.
Through Allah's guidance, Rasulullah s.a.w. and Saidina Abu Bakar managed to escape successfully from Quraisy who planned to kill him as migration to Madinah started.
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| People at base of hill. |
2. Encountered a poisonous animal inside the cave and see how Saidina Abu Bakar r.a. reacted to this.
Saidina Abu Bakar r.a. was the closest companion and always put a trust on Rasulullah's words. He was a protective person too and loved Rasulullah s.a.w. very much that he was willing to put himself at risks before Rasulullah s.a.w.
Saidina Abu Bakar offered to enter and check the cave first. Then, he invited Rasulullah s.a.w. inside. The cave was not that big though, just enough for two of them to sit. Rasulullah s.a.w.fell asleep on Saidina Abu Bakar's lap and this was when Saidina Abu Bakar was bitten by that animal.
I am not sure if it was a snake or scorpion.
Bearing the pain, Saidina Abu Bakar did not move any inch and finally his tear dropped onto Rasulullah's face and Rasulullah woke up.
Saidina Abu Bakar was so amazing!
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| Jabal Tsur |
Knowing the pain, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. rubbed his saliva on the bitten area and it washed away the pain. :)
Other than that, as I mentioned before, Quraisy were hunting both of them and the people eventually arrived at Gua Tsur. With Allah's helps, Rasulullah s.a.w. and Saidina Abu Bakar survived there. It was said that Allah made the cave looked like as if no human has ever entered it - with spider webs and pigeons laying eggs.
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After 3 continuous nights, finally Rasulullah s.a.w. and Saidina Abu Bakar left Makkah to Madinah, with the help of Abdullah bin Uraiqat to guide the way.
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
171220
SS, Perak, Malaysia
180117
Tips Sihat 2018 dari Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) - Bahagian 3
January 17, 2018
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| Gambar sekadar hiasan. Missing the sunshine lately haha |
7. Good hygiene.
Kebersihan bukan setakat diri sendiri tapi keliling kita (alam sekitar / makanan / pakaian / rumah).
- Mandi, jangan tak mandi. Kita ni duduk kat Malaysia, cuacanya buat kita berpeluh selalu. Haha
- Basuh tangan sebelum dan selepas makan. Tak lupa jugak bila masuk toilet untuk urusan apa pun. Nanti lain pulak yang dimakannya.
- Sebelum masak, basuh dulu bahan-bahan masakan tu. Masak properly jangan asal nak siap je.
- Jangan meludah / buang sampah merata-rata.
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| I believe clearing our own table at fast food restaurant / food court or anywhere applicable as a good hygiene too :) |
- Tukar cadar / tuala selalu.
- Potong kuku bagi kemas.
- Jangan bersin / batuk pada orang lain / makanan. Tutup mulut dengan tisu / sapu tangan.
- Elakkan bekas air yang terdedah - potensi nyamuk Aedes tumpang membiak T_T
- etc etc etc
Rasanya ramai je aware apa lagi yang perlu untuk good hygiene kan? :)
8. Jangan memandu laju / jangan minum alkohol dan memandu.
Walaupun autobahn kat Germany tu banyaknya takde had laju, rasanya bergantung pada adab masyarakat tu jugak. Contoh macam kat Malaysia ni, memang tak dinafikan cara memandu orang kita selalunya mendukacitakan. Signal tak pandai nak guna, tertib potong kenderaan pun entah kenapa boleh lesap, apatah lagi nak patuhi had laju.
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| The trip I received my first speeding ticket hahadoiii |
Mabuk dan memandu. Dulu masa selalu baca K-entertainment news, banyak jugak la jumpa berita pasal artis ditahan sebab memandu dalam keadaan mabuk.
Mabuk maksudnya kat sini refer kat kandungan alkohol dalam darah. Setiap negara ada limit masing-masing. Saya pun tak tahu berapa legal limit kat Malaysia. Hoho. Jap, nak cari.
The legal limit is 0.08% (w/v) or 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. A person having a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) higher than 0.08% is considered to be driving under the influence of alcohol. - Jabatan Kimia Malaysia
Wow, surprisingly Malaysia antara negara yang tinggi legal limit nya - 0.08% (maksudnya bila check guna breathalyzer dan convert value, untuk tak kena penalty... orang tu kena kurang dari legal limit ni)
- 0.00% - Czech, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, UAE
- 0.02% - China
- 0.05% - Thailand, South Korea
9. Pakai seatbelt bila memandu dan helmet bila menunggang.
Pernah tak dengar ayat "it’s more dangerous to drive a car than to fly on a plane." Dan based on statistics, kemalangan melibatkan kenderaan atas jalan raya adalah lebih banyak berbanding kapal terbang. Cumanya kalau kemalangan di udara ni, biasanya sesuatu yang sangat serius T_T
Kalau dalam kapal terbang pun kita kena pakai seat belt (yang rata-rata orang tak faham, apa yang bahayanya dalam kapal terbang tu), apatah lagi kalau naik kereta. Untuk yang berbasikal / bermotorsikal, pakailah helmet jugak.
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| Need to get myself a good helmet too T_T |
Untuk budak-budak, guna child safety seat. Mungkin tak significant dalam cara hidup orang Malaysia tapi benda yang baik, apa salahnya kita apply dan amalkan kan?
A thing to ponder... ramai yang kata kalau kat kawasan tak sibuk, tak payah pakai pun takpa. Especially kat kampung yang mendamaikan. Cuma, pengalaman saya sendiri, banyak jugak nyawa terkorban atas jalan raya nak ke kampung saya tu T___T
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Next part will be the final one :D
SS, Perak, Malaysia
180115
Tips Sihat 2018 dari Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) - Bahagian 2
January 15, 2018
Okayy, kita sambung dengan point seterusnya yea.
4. Jangan guna tembakau dalam bentuk apa pun.
Tembakau ni dalam English ialah tobacco. Hehe rasa lagi familiar bila guna tobacco -_-' Dan tembakau ni bukan setakat dihisap (dalam rokok, cerut, paip dan seangkatan dengannya) tapi boleh jugak dikunyah. Kalau pernah tengok orang tua zaman dulu, memang banyak dikunyah tembakau... dan biasanya dibalut dengan daun sireh.
Kenapa tembakau ni bahaya? Sebab dia ada nikotin.
Kenapa nikotin ni bahaya? Sebab dia sejenis perangsang... kiranya senang nak addicted.
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| Sejenis rokok di Czech. Gambar kat atas rokok tu - lung operation |
Dan semua orang tahu berapa banyak bahan berbahaya dalam rokok tu, majoriti boleh menyebabkan kanser. So, dengan nikotin, bertambah-tambah bahaya. Merokok tu sendiri bawa risiko banyak masalah kesihatan, pada semua sistem badan! Dari jantung, buah pinggang, paru-paru etc.
Untuk yang merokok, cuba fahamkan kenapa kena berhenti merokok especially ingatlah keluarga tersayang. Cuba cari alternatif untuk bantu korang konsisten berhenti. Untuk yang teringin nak mencuba. PLEASE DON'T. T_T
5. Elakkan / kurangkan alkohol.
Di Malaysia, alkohol mungkin bukan satu isu utama kerana ramainya beragama Islam. Tapi alkohol sama macam rokok jugak, salah satu risiko untuk dapat banyak penyakit - terutamanya penyakit jantung, stroke, darah tinggi dan juga hati. Hati kat sini saya refer as 'liver' okay? Bukan hati perasaan.
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| Sejenis beer di Czech. |
Tapi alkohol pun boleh bagi kesan kat jantung dan hati perasaan sebenarnya. Boleh tengok orang yang sangat bergantung pada alkohol, apa kesan jangka panjang dalam hidupnya - duit habis, masalah kerja, masalah keluarga, masalah sosial, seks bebas.
Untuk perempuan yang mengandung, alkohol boleh bagi kesan pada baby tu T__T Dalam medical kita panggil fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Bila ada word 'spectrum', maksudnya kesannya luas, boleh jadi tumbesaran, IQ, anggota badan. Anything can happen. Kesian okay bila dari baby dah kena hadap macam-macam dari kesilapan maknya.
6. Kawal stress (untuk kesihatan fizikal & mental)
Stress. Satu perkataan yang tak asing lagi dalam hidup kita.
Yang kalau berterusan tanpa dikawal boleh menyebabkan depression.
Depression is a mental disorder. Memang perlukan rawatan dari segi sokongan dan ubatan.
Dan stress ialah benda yang memang susah nak elak sebab aktiviti harian kita menyumbang kepada stress. Traffic jam, problem tempat kerja, kos hidup yang mendesak etc.
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| Untuk yang jenis release stress dengan makan.... ni tricky sikit haha |
Tips:
- Dari agama, solatlah. Kalau masyarakat tak beragama (macam kat Czech dulu) buatlah apa-apa meditasi, yoga dan sebagainya.
- Dengar muzik yang menenangkan.
- Tonton atau baca bahan-bahan yang kelakar. Benda lawak ni boleh release hormone happy.
- Spend time dengan orang tersayang - tak kisah la bercuti ke, main game ke, tengok movie ke.
- Massage / berehat / tidur
- If it's getting worse, seek help - kaunseling / support group etc.
Till next points :)
SS, Perak, Malaysia
180115
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland | Book Review
January 14, 2018
No specific reason I bought this novel. -_-' Just because the book was arranged on the same rack as I Believe in a Thing Called Love. Oh maybe the geometric cover of the book is captivating? Haha. Actually the cover is a new version as I have seen the previous cover of this title.
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| Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland |
Title: Our Chemical Hearts
Author: Krystal Sutherland
Pages: 313
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date: October 2016
Synopsis:
It is about Henry Page who is still a virgin at 17 years old and finally become interested into a girl when he gets to know a new girl in his school, Grace Town. Grace is not a typical heroin when she does not appear fashionable, beautiful etc. Instead, she wears oversized boys' clothes and even use a cane to walk. They are connected to each other after they are assigned as school magazine editors.
Henry tries to get to know her and slowly her secrets are revealed.
Can Henry accept Grace the way she is now, with all the broken pieces of her?
Can Grace accept Henry in the condition she is stuck in?
And what are actually the reasons behind Grace walking with a cane and the mysteries evolve around her?
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| Back side of the book with the synopsis |
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Honestly, it took me a while to finally finish reading the book. It is not because the story line is not good but personally it is a heart breaking story. T_T I need to rest a bit before indulging more into the reasons of Grace behaving like a mysterious person and to slowly accept the fact that my heart is slowly torn.
Beautiful story of unrequited love.
Sorry I am spoiling the plot. I feel very sad as I read the final chapter of the book.
1. "And all the while I loved her, just as she loved him. In secret, between the shadow and the soul." - Henry
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| "It's beautiful." - Henry "It's sad, I think. Not beautiful." - Grace |
This is a poem by Pablo Neruda, shown quite early in the novel when Henry and Grace have different perspective towards those verses.
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul."
The poem is replayed quite few times through out the book (if I am not mistaken) and it actually represents the feeling of Grace at that time. Grace changed into someone different after the incident happened to her turning her life upside down, like totally hundred and eighty degrees. T_T
Do you feel sad when you read the poem? Or happy?
2. Describe yourselves.
Grace is artistic with her words, so do Henry. If we refer to the title of the book, Our Chemical Hearts, we will understand better the title is beautifully describing the story between them.
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| "Don't you find it strange that whenever anyone asks you to describe yourself, you draw a blank?" |
I nodded when I read this line. Exactly.
Sometimes we don't even understand ourselves and that's maybe why we can't easily describe us. Or simply as what Henry said, "There's a lot to cover."
3. Words - speaking or writing?
Both of them are excellent in writing. But in this novel, it portrays the reason why Grace stopped writing and expresses herself more via speech - when she's speaking with Henry of course.
Some of us are blessed with high confidence level in front of people - to actually give speech. Meanwhile some others are better in confidence via written words. Anyhow, both are still important to live a life, I think? You can't speak via written words when you are on the phone or in any interviews. And you can't talk when you actually need to write an essay. Right?
"You lose the rawness, the truth of who you are if you pass everything through a screen first." - Grace
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| 'Struggle to get the exact message' |
So, which one are you - public speaking or writing?
I am on Henry's team. :D
4. Henry's Drafts
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| 'a hymn in the web of your veins' wow |
No wonder Henry is assigned to edit the magazine, look how beautiful his choices of words!
I love reading poems though most of the times I look forward to stories behind them to understand more. I love quotes even though they can only be my favourite based on my emotions at that time. I love beautiful verses as they can leave permanent spots in my heart (even though they will make me cringe most of the time hahaha)
5. "You're wounded right now, but you'll heal."
In this novel, you'll be amazed with how supportive people around Henry - his parents, his sister - Sadie, his loyal friends - Murray and Lola etc.
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| "Have you ever really been happy with her? - Sadie asked Henry |
Time will heal the wound - any kinds of wound. Not to permanently erase as wounds always leave scars - but, time will help people to adapt to the changes afterwards. Beautifully.
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If you expect a happy ending, read the novel to judge yourselves. Hehe.
SS, Perak, Malaysia
180114
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