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| Most of the building in Makkah & Madinah looks like this. |
For example, Makkah and Madinah. It's a holy place for Muslim, where a lot of historic and meaningful event has occur.
For your information, these two cities aren't grand, glorious at all compared to those Paris, or Tokyo. It's all sandy and dusty, citizen with totally different cultures.
Maybe that's why some of us prefer to spend the holiday to famous city than going there. *gulp*
But why most Muslim love going there?
I can bet at least 80% Muslim will say they love going there, some even want to spend the rest of their life over there!
Because travelling isn't equal to fancy place actually.
It's the experience.
Alhamdulillah, I went to Mekkah and Madinah early of this year and I swear it was the calmest place ever! I know very well how complete is it to stay at Japan. Everything is almost perfect but I know there is something missing back then when I think about it now.
What really makes travelling meaningful?
To me, there are two major factors :
Someone you're close with. Someone you can be yourself around. Someone you love. Simple. Du-uh. What I'm trying to say is, the people play the important role as well to make our travel fun and memorable! We get to exchange opinion, say whatever we want, thus making us truly understand each of the places' own value that we can apply in our daily life.
What we experience
Experience is very subjective isn't it. Some people say go on a jet, parachute, hot air balloon, skiing, as an experience. As though a boring, dull travel without any specific program = no experience. Ok I don't know how to put it in words..
You can't simply judge this is experience, this is not. When something didn't go as planned, like the service was horrible, you get terribly upset. The truth is you came there to travel, to experience, so just go along with it!
As a proof
As I have mentioned earlier, Mekkah and Madinah isn't that fancy, but to me, it was one of the best holiday I've ever had! (I want to make the best as during Hajj, aamiinn ya rabbal 'aalamiinn)
I spent my time with my family, the whole two weeks +. I eat, sleep, move around with my family 24/7. Yes we're very very close. They're the best people given from Allah to me. It was really fun. Nothing to worry, you don't have to act, do anything!!
Going to Mekkah and Madinah, the calmest place I've ever been to. I get to do what I could have done everyday because I'm free from any responsibilities. I don't have to think about class, works, and so on. I get to visit Prophet Muhammad SAW's maqam. I get to perform my umrah.
The experience I had has truly changed me. I realized how much I've wasted my time. For example, the few minutes to perform sunnah prayer before the five prayers isn't that hard to do, or read al-Quran. I learn from the citizen over there, relating on the rationality of Allah sending Prophet Muhammad SAW from Arab, try to assimilate in order to gain more understanding by wearing their clothes, niqab, spoke few words (......) and etc.
That's why.
Any places have their own different value we can learn. For example, when you go to Mekkah, you realize how much ibadah actually benefits us. While if you go to Japan, you learn how much you have to be strict in finding halal foods ; you can't just go to the store and grab some ice cream or bread, you have to read the ingredient.
You see? It's never the same. You can go to Kelantan ad Cameron Highland and insya Allah you will learn different things (as long as you are willing to learn). Leave home and learn, if possible. If you're a girl like me, juts stay with your father okay. Hee.
Grand, splendid travel is fun, yes. But don't let it bother you too much that you can't enjoy the moment once it goes against what you desire. It is okay. Travelling isn't all about spending the money. Collect your money, spend it wisely, so that you know how hard it is and you will appreciate the travelling more.
Why I'm saying this? Because I know and have seen so many people who have traveled around the world but they're nothing much different than those who never left their country. The wide vision they had is just literal, it didn't portray in their attitude. What a waste. They can only show the photos and list out places they visit. What have you learnt?
Especially in term of respect. If you've been to so many places, mixed around with various kind of people with different social background, you should know how important it is to respect. You don't pick people to respect. You should respect everyone.
You are a traveler everyday if you know how to teach yourself to accept different things and gain new experience together with moral values which you can apply to be a better person. Stop whining about how lucky others are for able to go around the world. It's their life and you're living on your own. At the first place, comparing yourself with others isn't that healthy anyway, right?
What really makes travelling meaningful?
To me, there are two major factors :
1. Who we spend with
2. What we experienceWho we spend with
Someone you're close with. Someone you can be yourself around. Someone you love. Simple. Du-uh. What I'm trying to say is, the people play the important role as well to make our travel fun and memorable! We get to exchange opinion, say whatever we want, thus making us truly understand each of the places' own value that we can apply in our daily life.
What we experience
Experience is very subjective isn't it. Some people say go on a jet, parachute, hot air balloon, skiing, as an experience. As though a boring, dull travel without any specific program = no experience. Ok I don't know how to put it in words..
You can't simply judge this is experience, this is not. When something didn't go as planned, like the service was horrible, you get terribly upset. The truth is you came there to travel, to experience, so just go along with it!
As a proof
As I have mentioned earlier, Mekkah and Madinah isn't that fancy, but to me, it was one of the best holiday I've ever had! (I want to make the best as during Hajj, aamiinn ya rabbal 'aalamiinn)
I spent my time with my family, the whole two weeks +. I eat, sleep, move around with my family 24/7. Yes we're very very close. They're the best people given from Allah to me. It was really fun. Nothing to worry, you don't have to act, do anything!!
Going to Mekkah and Madinah, the calmest place I've ever been to. I get to do what I could have done everyday because I'm free from any responsibilities. I don't have to think about class, works, and so on. I get to visit Prophet Muhammad SAW's maqam. I get to perform my umrah.
The experience I had has truly changed me. I realized how much I've wasted my time. For example, the few minutes to perform sunnah prayer before the five prayers isn't that hard to do, or read al-Quran. I learn from the citizen over there, relating on the rationality of Allah sending Prophet Muhammad SAW from Arab, try to assimilate in order to gain more understanding by wearing their clothes, niqab, spoke few words (......) and etc.
That's why.
Any places have their own different value we can learn. For example, when you go to Mekkah, you realize how much ibadah actually benefits us. While if you go to Japan, you learn how much you have to be strict in finding halal foods ; you can't just go to the store and grab some ice cream or bread, you have to read the ingredient.
You see? It's never the same. You can go to Kelantan ad Cameron Highland and insya Allah you will learn different things (as long as you are willing to learn). Leave home and learn, if possible. If you're a girl like me, juts stay with your father okay. Hee.
Grand, splendid travel is fun, yes. But don't let it bother you too much that you can't enjoy the moment once it goes against what you desire. It is okay. Travelling isn't all about spending the money. Collect your money, spend it wisely, so that you know how hard it is and you will appreciate the travelling more.
Why I'm saying this? Because I know and have seen so many people who have traveled around the world but they're nothing much different than those who never left their country. The wide vision they had is just literal, it didn't portray in their attitude. What a waste. They can only show the photos and list out places they visit. What have you learnt?
Especially in term of respect. If you've been to so many places, mixed around with various kind of people with different social background, you should know how important it is to respect. You don't pick people to respect. You should respect everyone.
You are a traveler everyday if you know how to teach yourself to accept different things and gain new experience together with moral values which you can apply to be a better person. Stop whining about how lucky others are for able to go around the world. It's their life and you're living on your own. At the first place, comparing yourself with others isn't that healthy anyway, right?
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