Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Day before Hajj

Tomorrow the Hajj begins!

We spent the rest of the day strolling thru out new neighborhood, drank latte, ate Chinese, repack our suitcases with gifts we bought for relatives back home.

The Hajj begins tomorrow and I could feel the excitement and apprehension in the air. Everyone had questions, How do I do this? How do I do that? When should I do the other? - some nervously repeated the same questions.

We are supposed to leave for the camp at Mina tomorrow after Fajr salaat but Imaam Zameer decided to start out around midnight to avoid the chaos.

We left for Mina around midnight, several busloads of hujaaj reciting the talbiya -
Labaik Allahumma Labaik...

The Hajj has begun...

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