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Salah bin Muhammad al-Budair currently serves as both an Imam and Khatib at the Masjid al-Nabawi. He was born in 1970 in the Eastern Saudi Arabian city of Al-Hofuf, into a family which traces his ancestry back to the Bani Tamim tribe. Shaykh Salah began leading prayers in an official
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This is my first time visiting the Haramain. We went from Canada to Bangladesh to drop off the children to my brother then flew out to Makka for hajj and now are here in Madina. I have wanted to come for so many years. Last year we made the plan
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I’m originally from Darfur in Sudan. I’ve been coming here since 2001 for work during the hajj season driving buses and transporting the hujjaj. I come each Ramadan and stay until after Hajj. I didn’t make hajj this year but have performed it many times, alhamduliLah. The
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This has been our first visit here. Our children are small so we had responsibilities but alhamdulillah, we were able to perform hajj this year. Hajj has been incredible. It’s the kind of memory that you hope will continue to play in your mind over and over again. I
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Background I’m Turkish. My life story in Madina began before my birth, when my father got a job as an electrical engineer in Masjid Nabawi’s extension project in 1982. This was before he was married. He came with a contract for three months, but wasn’t able to
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An Awakening I hadn’t spoken to my brother for 25 years. I was in Makkah for umrah in January 2017 (we were staying in Madina as our daughter lives in Saudi), when the thought came to me, “How can I live in Madina and be doing all these good
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We arrived yesterday. This is the second time we are coming to umrah but the first time during Ramadan. We prefer coming here than going on holiday. We wanted to see what Ramadan is like here and especially Layla-tul-Qadr. Its important for the girls to see Ramadan here. Its been
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I’m from Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan. Allah has been so kind to me by bringing me here. I work tending to land back in Pakistan. It’s a simple job. I’m a simple man. I made Hajj in 1977. That’s the first time I came here.
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I’m reading a poem my father wrote about the Prophet (peace be upon him). My name is Mahi Talal son of Sheikh Abdur Razaq Ahmed. I’m from Niger. We visit al-Mustafa (peace be upon him) whenever we get a chance, especially in Ramadan. I try to come each
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A Wakeup Call I used to be Muslim in name only. My husband used to tell me to pray but my response was always, “You’re going to go to your grave, and I will go to mine, so leave me alone”. It was a smart response, but not very
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I’m keeping a diary so that I dont forget any of these beautiful memories I am experiencing here. I have wanted to come here since I was 12 years old and naseeb has only bought me here now, 14 years later. I am from Southern Turkey; a place called
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I was born in Madina and have spent most of my life here, alhmaduliLah. Family Background My father came to Madina three years before I was born from Sudan, with my mother to study for his Masters degree in Islamic studies. After three years, once my father had completed his