Memoirs of a Taiping Boy

Memoirs of a Taiping Boy

Saturday, 12 August 2017

My Hajj Journal Day 15, 12August2017

My Hajj Journal Day 15, 12August2017.
02:30 wokeup early. bathe.
03:30 to Masjidil Haram for subuh prayers. already huge crowd at the masjid.
05:20 back to hotel for breakfast. Today, a city tour by coach.



07:00 visit to masjid hudaibiyah and Madinah/Mekkah museum. The significance of Hudaibiyah Mosque in history of Islam is, this was the location where The Hudaibiyah Agreement was sealed between the Quraish administrators of Mecca and Prophet Muhammad. The Museum of Mecca and Medinah housed many old pictures, history and relics of the two great cities.
 
In front of the ruins of the original Masjid Hudaibiyah.

A truck vendor selling many kinds of nuts.
By the side of the present day Masjid Hudaibiyah.
 
The old doors to the Kaabah at the Museum.
The old well-head of the zam-zam well.


10:30 return to hotel. rest.
12:45 lunch after zohor prayers. got some ice cream. accessed wifi at lobby. watched several youtube music videos and movie clips.
15:30 back to room.
16:00 asar prayers in room. rest.
18:00 to masjidil haram for maghrib and isya prayers. more crowded than usual. managed to get a spot past some barriers installed to mark the path for tawaf.
21:20 back to hotel for dinner.
23:30 sleep.

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