HQ
October 24th, 2004 byDad: We’re in Mecca now. We reached around 2am from Medina and we’ve already done our umrah. Tell the kids we’re ok. And tell them that we’re right behind the Hilton which is across the street from Masjid al Haram. It’s a good location beta. It’s good to be here.
Me: Subhan-allah. The guys are doing fine. Just make dua.
Dad: We are. All the time, just making dua again and again for you guys.
Me: Did you make that one? That Allah gives me and my siblings and our children a character-
Dad: Yeah, yeah. I did.
Me: Oh. Good. Good…
Dad: Are you eating alright?
Me: Yeah yeah, the tailors downstairs insist on feeding me. Also the neighbor. And the Imam. Alhamdulilah.
My parents are at HQ right now.
But duas are heard everywhere.
October 24th, 2004 at 6:23 pm
My dad has great duas. I remember when we were very little he’d call us to the jainamaz after Isha and have us cup our hands for dua like he had. Then he’d recite this wonderful song where my little exclusively English-speaking ears could discern only Allah’s name amidst the rolling words. I memorized it even before I learned Urdu and I find myself reciting it as well – a block of articulate Urdu in the midst of my English dua. It’s a lovely inheritance to have.
October 25th, 2004 at 7:56 pm
subhan’Allah .. Owl, how does the dua go?
Waleed, glad to hear your parents are in Mecca in Ramadan! insha’Allah maybe you ask them to spread the duas around please.
October 29th, 2004 at 10:47 pm
could u please vist http://www.ummati.blogspot.com