People of Madina
My grandfather came to Madina a long time ago and I can’t remember why, but when he was offered citizenship he accepted it. At the time, it wasn’t difficult to obtain. His brother on the other hand, refused and didn’t want to lose his identity and was
People of Madina
Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan was unique in the sense he was both a Muslim scholar who wrote a number of works in Arabic and likewise the ruler of the province of Bhopal during the British colonial era. He undertook Hajj and thereafter visited the illuminated city of Madina, he describes
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Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin al-Qasim was born in Makkah during the time his father, a notable scholar originally from Najd, was residing there. Raised in a home steeped in knowledge and piety, he memorized the Quran at an early age. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies, culminating in a doctorate,
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I am from Amman, Jordan. I have been coming to the Haramain for more than 20 years with my husband and kids. If I don’t come here at least once a year, I feel like I will die! We normally drive down by car from Amman. It usually takes
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I was born in Madina in 1938 in to a family belonging to the tribe of Muzaina. This tribe was mentioned by the Prophet ﷺ and well known figures such as Ka'ab bin Zuhair were also Muzaini. You can read about how the tribe of Al-Muzaina entered Islam
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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