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[Abu.Sakeena.Ahmad]

On behalf of our youngest traveller, 17yrs old.

Salaamu Alaykum Warahmatu-llaahi Wa Barakaatu

My Umraah experience with Five Pillars, Troid and the Salafiyuun all over the world was an experience which words cannot explain, it was also my first Umraah experience and I thank and praise Allaah firstly for giving me the chance to go to Umraah and making easy for me what many save up their whole life for.

We arrived at jeddah 9:30pm and we took a bus to Mekkah, we arrived in mekkah on the iqaama of Fajr and I couldn't believe I was in mekkah antill I seen the ka'bah, and what a beautiful sight it was, there it was more then a 100 000 people in one place for the purpose of worship, we made our Umraah alhamdulilaah and went back to the hotel which was litteraly a 3 minute walk from the haram.

The hotel in Mekkah was great, we met a lot of brothers over there in mekkah aswell, we also had the chance to visit Shaykh Rabee's house on a friday which the shaykh was suppose to give a public class, while sitting with the congregation waiting for the Shaykh to come down to give the dars I was thinking about all the things which the Shaykh hafithuhullaah did for this Ummaah, from clarifying the mistakes of Sayid Qutub to going to Jihaad when the Jihaad was pure in Afghanistan, but Qadar Allaah wa Maa Shaa a Fa'al, it was announced that the Shaykh was Sick and he was sending his salaams to us all, that was the saddest part of the trip for me but Wa lilaahil hamd everything else went according to plan and Allaah is the best of planners. We also went to Masjid Subayyl, it is the Masjid where Shaykh Muhammad Bazmuul teaches his classes and after praying magrib there we seen a little child possibly the age of 5 or 6 come in the masjid kiss one of the elderly brothers who was sitting in a chair on the forehead and hand and led him out the masjid, that was a beautiful sight, only in saudia you see this stuff May Allaah bless the land of tawheed (Saudi Arabia).

We went to Medinah al Munawarrah, the blessed city of the Messenger of Allaah (salalaahu alayhi wa Salam). When in Medinah you will feel something you can't explain, its so calm and peaceful and the people are much more kind and thoughtful. We went to the haram and visited the prophets, Abubaker and Umar's grave alhamdulilaah.

The hotel in Medinah was probably better in my opinion then the one in Mekkah, we were all together, all the Salafiyuun from philly, Canada, all over the States, UK, maldives, UAE, Singapore and much more where in the Same hotel and we had much more contact with each other alhamdulilaah.

After the Umraah the best part of the Trip was the Scholars! The likes of Shaykh Ubaid ibn Abdillaah al Jaabiree, Shaykh Muhammad bin Hadee al Madkhalee, Shaykh Abdullaah Bukhari, Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdulwahaab al Aqeel, Shaykh AbdulMuhsin al Abbad, Shaykh Abdurahman ajlaan hafithuhumu-llaah. Once you See the Scholars you will know who is a Scholar and who is not, when you see the Ulemaa your love for them will increase and you will love them maybe more then there own children Wa lilaahil Hamd.

Upon the final day when we had to leave it was hard getting on the buss it was hard packing up it was hard leaving the blessed city especially with the thought that I was going back to the lands of kufur and fusuuq, it was the best trip I've ever been in on,

I encourage every brother to go if he is able and bring along a sister which you are a mahram for, and prepare for the best trip ever, May Allaah bless the brothers who organized this and contributed in making this Dawrah trip successful and May Allaah bless the salafiyuun around the world and keep them steadfast upon the Salafi Minhaj

Wa Allaahu A'alaa Wa A'alam

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Abu 'Ubaidah Muneeb aSomaalee