Radio Islam ‘Backpackers’

WE ARE HERE!!!

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TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: We have just finished Maghrib Salaah at the Masjid in Suakin, and we are sitting at the road side, drinking some refreshing tea and enjoying the warm Sudanese breeze. The tea we are having was just made now on an open fire.

We are still at the Port of Suakin and all day today we tried to negotiate for an earlier booking, but in vain. The main reason for this is that there are over 200 000 Sudanese Pilgrims that will be going from here. However, we are booked for Friday.

We are staying in a simple hotel. The beds are made of straw; the electricity comes and goes every now and then; the bathrooms are outside (communal); the water is taken from a well; and there aren’t any tar roads. It brings back some memories of how the Sahabah lived.

We are enjoying every bit of the time spent here in Port Suakin. The local people are entertaining us well. They took us out earlier for some delicious fish from the Red-Sea at an eating place next to the ‘Great Ruins’, which was once a palace of a British conqueror.

These travels have truly lifted us spiritually and mentally. By meeting different people from different walks of life one’s mind opens up. We have come to understand how the people of different countries are close to Allah Ta’aala in their own way. The humbleness and politeness of the people.

As it is very well said, that ‘travelling is a teacher’. We have learnt a lot indeed. In fact, just today (being Thursday night) we heard an inspiring talk by one of the learned Shuyookh here in Suakin. A good quality of the Sudanese people that we have observed is that almost all of them are dressed in Sunnah Garb (white) 24/7, and they at all times wear the Turban.

The Wudhu (ablution) is made without wastage. ie taken from the well and poured into a jug.

There are many Sufis around here with daily Thikr Majlises.

There are not any butchers here. The locals slaughter the animal in the morning and sell it to others the same day.

Our booking is confirmed for Friday morning Insha Allah! Towards Jeddah by ship.

Tags: haj travels

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