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Assalamualaikum wbrt everyone,

Some memories
Now is a hajj season. It reminds me my time overthere in Mecca and Madinah in 2002. Many sweet memory still lingers in my heart. One incident that shows Allah's Mercy on his servant, happened on Friday. I really prayed very hard to be able to perform Friday prayer in the Masjidil Haram( after the hajj). I was told about 3.5 million people were there and plus the local people, the number could be more. "If you were to find a space in the Masjid, you have to be there at least three hours before Zuhr" said a colleage in the same Tabung Haji muasassah .

I did not remember what time I arrived to the Masjid, but definitely within the 'three hours before Zuhr'. MasyaAllah the masjid was full already because the Masjid police did not allow anybody to go inside the Masjid except the roof top..While I was walking before that, my inner heart already said "the sun is really shinning brightly and its warmer nature is really felt"." Ya Allah, I really want to pray Jummaah..to feel its aura in this Masjidil Haram".

Fulfilling the wish
Some people just put their prayer mats outside their accommodation and hotels that surrounded the Masjid. My husband and I just nooded our head to signal that the intention was to be fulfilled..by following the order of the police to the rooftop which did not have any shield to camouflage its Jemaah. However, As soon as I stepped outside, with Allah's Grace and Mercy..I felt the floor was really cool and I looked up, Allahuakhbar, there were patches of clouds that shielded the jemmah, no more bright sun, instead cooling breeze blew through us. Immediately I said Alhamdulillah and prayed tahhayatul masjid since we had no experience to perform tawwaf on the rooftop. In performing tawwaf one must know the starting point before circling seven rounds.

At first not many people around us..may be most people would think about the sun. The floor and surrounding were so cooling as if there was an air-conditioner being put in the open area. In between reading the Al-Quran and Zikr, I talked to myself that Allah swt the Most Gracious and Merciful in a way wanted all his guests to be able to perform Jummaah prayer and experienced his 'gift'...Allahu'allam

May all hujjaj be able to get Hajj Mabrur!

Wassalam
PUZIAH AHMAD