My First Umrah - Part 2: Madinah
Hi all, Happy weekend :) This post is a continuation from the previous post titled Part 1: Makkah. Day 8: Last night we arrived in the hotel and had dinner till 930PM. We managed to rest and sleep for a few hours till 3AM where the ladies are scheduled for the Raudhah entrance at 4AM. This was quite challenging, we decided to first pray Subuh at 5AM and then only go to line up. We stayed close and held the shoulders of the person in front of us as we had the Muassasah pass so this meant that the Ustazah leading us had the exact number of passes as there were female jemaah. If any other people tried to cut the queue or enter in our line, the last person in our queue may not be able to gain entry. Hence the person behind me held tightly to me and I held tight to the person in front of me. Ladies are suppose to go into Door 37 and after about 2 hours queuing it was finally our turn. However, as we entered there was a stampede near Door 37 and all the ladies including us were re-rou...