Mencari Taqwa Part 4 - Ziarah Madinah

We visited Masjid Quba'. Ia masjid yang dibina Rasulullah semasa berhijrah ke Madinah. Dan masjid yang berkali2 disebut di mana Rasulullah bersolat sunat dua rakaat semasa baginda tinggal di Madinah. Lebih kurang 5 km dari bandar Madinah. It is white washed with four tall pillars. Ia antara masjid paling suci selepas al Aqsa.

Next we were taken to the ladang kurma. Mugkin terlalu ramai pengunjung Msia dan Indon sehingga di beg dan kedai pun ditulis dalam bahasa Melayu. Kami minum teh dan makan kurma di bawah pokok kurma (fyi the picture looks much better than it actually is).

I love kurma trees (believe it or not) and was excited the first time I saw the date trees with the yellow fruits. It really does look awesome. You can see the ripe golden dates at the top of the tree from afar.

We visited the dataran syuhadah (is that what the ustaz called it? I cant remember) where the Uhud martyr rested; termasuklah Saidina Hamzah.

This is the Bukit Uhud di mana berlakunya peperangan tersebut. 

Then we went to pasar kurma. Dari gelagat peniaga, saya agak tentu orang Msia banyak berbelanja di sini (we were the first to get to the bus - nak cerita kononnya kami tak banyak membeli! - so we managed to get this photo of the others). Fyi, membeli kurma semestinya di pasar kurma Madinah - lebih murah - bukan di kebun ataupun di Makkah (tapi kalau fresh dates lebih baik dibeli di kebun kurma, tak jumpa pulak di pasar).

We were also shown other masjids including Masjid Qiblatain. Unfortunately we didnt stop. All in all, saya suka cara mutawwif menyusun program. Kami selalu ada banyak masa untuk pulang ke hotel dan kemudian solat zuhur di Masjid Nabi.

ps - Saya terjumpa gambar Masjid Quba' pada waktu malam. Cantik rupanya masjid ini.

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