Al Madinah Al Munawwarah: Love at First Sight

Hello there! I am writing about the most calming place I've ever visited in my life.

Enjoy it!

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My flight to Al Madinah Al Munawwarah was in the morning of the 16th January 2018. I took off with Lion Air to Madinah with 10 hours flight! (yes, yes, I can’t believe I did it, hehe). Yet, I also spent an hour transit in Trivandrum International Airport (Thiruvananthapuram, Southern India) for refuelling the aircraft with Aviation Turbo fuel.

[ Approaching to Madinah Airport ]

[ The gate of the airport ]

[ Outside the Airport ]

I arrived in Madinah at 4 pm, and walked out from the airport approximately in the Magreeb callings. The first building I saw, was the airport mosque which had an interesting architectural design, especially for the minaret.

[ Mosque outside the airport ]

After that, I went to Al-Haram land by bus and I was trembling when I saw the minarets from distance. It was so mesmerising. I stayed in Jawharat Al Fairooz hotel, only 3 minutes from the Gate 17 of the masjid.

[ Gate 17 of the masjid ]

I really feel amazed with the atmosphere of the environment because the shops and the streets looks so nice. Also, for the interior design of the Mosque of the Prophet (Masjid Nabawi) too. Then, the things that made me happy was when I saw the umbrellas in the front of the mosque! I’ve seen it many times in the pictures, and I felt like a winner who at least found my treasure. There were many big big big umbrellas that covered all of the mosque yard. Actually I've ever seen the big umbrellas in my own city beforehand, they are in Masjid Raya Baiturrahman in Banda Aceh. But still, the big umbrellas among them are different.

[ The big umbrellas in the afternoon]

[ Me, after praying Subuh in 14 deg C ]

However, for three days there, I didn’t have much time to take photos of mine wearing some good clothes, instead, I wore my prayer set :’)

After I spent some days there, I fell in love with the atmosphere. When the people rushed for prayer, the cold weather (5-11 deg C), and the prayer’s condition. I like the sound of the callings (adzan), moreover, I like the Fajr prayer there. Even it’s so long but I’ve always fell into the voice of the imaam which was beyond beautiful!

But then, there’s another thing that I made me fell in love even more, the Rawda. It was the most calming place I’ve ever visited 💚. And I miss it so much! Gonna write about it in the next writing.