Umroh Trip with My Family

My dad, my mom, my sister and I did umroh in Tanah Suci Makkah Al- Mukarramah. At the time, we joined in Makkah Utama Tour. At least 39 people joined in Makkah Utama Tour. We got some uniform clothes and we wore it during umroh. We went to umroh on December 27, 2016. My aunt saw off us at the airport. We went by Emirates Airlanes at Soekarno - Hatta International Airport and transited in Dubai. We were taking flight around 9 hour from Indonesia to Dubai. It was along journey. Even though we took a flight on the plane. We were still doing fardhu prayer by tayamum.

On December 28, we arrived at Dubai International Airport. We were taking flight around 3 hour to Prince Mochammed International Airport. In our planning we did umroh activity as long as 9 days. First of all, we visited Madinah Al-Munawarah for 3 days.

During in Madinah, we stayed in Hilton Hotel and we got a good facility in the hotel. Our hotel was near to the Nabawi mosque so we were doing fardhu prayer in there. We were very amazed when we were coming of Nabawi mosque. Nabawi mosque was so beautiful. Interior and exterior design of Nabawi was very nice. The automatic umbrella surrounded of Nabawi mosque area. It opened automatically at noon and it closed automatically at night.

Furthermore, we could visit Rawddah in the Nabawi mosque (Rawddah is grave of prophet Muhammad) and many people would visit it. As a result, everybody who entered to Rawddah they had to queue. We said Alhamdulillah to Allah SWT, because ould  group could enter Rawddah successfully. We did sunnah prayer in Rauddah direct

. During in Madinah, we bought a lot of kind souvenirs for our family. We visited a shopping center every night. We enjoyed in Madinah city.

After 3 days in Madinah, we went to Makkah city for a days. We went to Makkah by bus and we were taking  a trip as long as 9 hours. When we arrived in Makkah city. We took miqat in Bir Ali. As a woman we couldn’t show our aurat so we were wearing a moslem clothes. Most of us wore a mukena. Where as for a man, they had to wear kain ihram. When we had did miqat in Bir Ali, we went to hotel directly. We stayed in Royal Dar Al Eiman Hotel, Mekkah city. It located in front of Masjidil Haram. We took a rest for a while in the hotel. After that, we did umroh in Masjidil Haram. We saw ka’bah. Then, we did tawaf.

When we did tawaf, we should keep our wudhu. All of us arounded ka’bah 7 times and we said “Labaikkallahumma labbaik labbaikkalaasyarikalaka labbaik innal hamda wanni’mata laka walmuk laa syarikala.” After we had finished tawaf, we did sa’i in safa Marwah. First we started sa’i from Safa to Marwah, then it continued from Marwah to Safa until 7 times. In Makkah we visited some historical places, such as: Padang Arafah, Jabbal Rahmah, etc. Most of us were waiting on the bus. We were also visited Pasar Kurma such as kurma chocolate and kurma candy. We bought a lot of kurma in there