Assalam Alaikum My name is Zia Tabarak
And right now I am in Makkah
Makkah is the place where this world began
Adam and Eve met here
in the plain of Arafat
The first house ever built was
the Kaaba, which in Noah's flood
was destroyed, then, Abraham PBUH
was ordered by God
to rebuild this house, and since then,
people have been coming here for Hajj and Umrah
and circumambulate around it
God's mercy and blessings are showered here
It is the house of Allah
I'll try in this video to
give out info and show around as much as possible
and show the food courts here as well
the restaurants and different kinds of cuisine
I'll try to highlight those a bit as well
I hope you all will like this video
Let's start the journey to Makkah, Let's Go!
All around the Grand Mosque, there are hotels
and whichever hotel you stay in,
do note that whenever you come here
have patience in you because
Hajj and Umrah are a lot of hard work
Whichever hotel you stay in, however convenient it may be
You would still have to do a lot of hard work
But whatever hardships you face here,
will not be in vain!
So let's go and check out the breakfast here
Usually we get eggs, parathas in breakfast
and desi ghee, but actually,
olives and other fresh stuff in breakfast
is what we should have
You can have Daal Chana here as well
I really liked this dish that we have here
It is like 'pheni' and we have nuts here too
flavored yogurt
Here's a dessert made with milk and rice
and we have pineapples too
This is the omelette station
If your hotel doesn't have breakfast
then you can go to the various shops/restaurants
that are found all around the hotels
But if you do have it in hotel, then there's less hassle
And you can, directly after having breakfast,
go to the Mosque, which is much easier.
Right now we're going to see around Makkah
Saeed Bhai where are we going?
First we'll go to the cave of Thawr
This mountain right here is the Mount Thawr
Right now we are near the cave of Thawr
The cave was all the way up there at the top
And when the pagans of Makkah
persecuted the Prophet and his followers,
He decided to migrate to Medina. On the way,
The Prophet, along with Abubakr (R.A) hid in this cave
because the enemies were chasing them, and then,
God ordered a spider to put its web around the cave's mouth
And when the enemies came to the cave
they saw a lot of spider webs at the mouth
and thought that no one could have gone inside
So they left the cave. For 3 days,
The Prophet (PBUH) stayed here,
and this place has a lot of significance in Islam
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Saeed Bhai, we saw the cave of Thawr, where do we go now? Arafat.
So we are gonna see all the places involved in Hajj
We are near the plain of Arafat
On both sides, we have trees and parking
Here, the people performing Hajj
stay in camps
and during hajj
the whole plain becomes white due to the camps
Right now I am at the plain of Arafat
And right behind me you all can see
The 'Mount of Mercy'
The Prophet PBUH delivered his Hajj sermon from there
He only did one Hajj in his lifetime and
the whole essence of his message
was delivered in that sermon
people come in normal days here for visits
and pray on the Mount of Mercy
Near the Mount of Mercy we have
a small fruit cart where we have
different kinds of fruits
and people are buying as well
Here we have abayas, small stalls are everywhere
Here we have an icecream truck
and we can see the delicious ice cream being sold
5 Riyal?
From Arafat, we'll move towards the Nimrah mosque now
Here we have the Nirmah mosque,
the Hajj sermon is delivered from here
and once every year,
this mosque opens, and then closes for the rest of the year
and the whole plain of Arafat starts from here
Half of this mosque is
in the plain of Arafat, and some of it
is out of Arafat. So if you come for Hajj,
and you think of staying inside the Nimrah mosque,
then make sure that you dont stay in
the area that's out of Arafat, or,
your Hajj will be void because
staying at the plain of Arafat is
integral to Hajj, do take care of that!
This is the valley of Mina
which becomes populated during Hajj
all people doing Hajj stay here for 5 days
and the environment becomes holy here
during Hajj
After Muzdalifa we have jamarat
where three pillars represent the devil
whom we stone, it has a whole history, which
I cannot explain in this short vlog
I'm giving out small highlights
and you can search about the history
The gray pillars beneath the shades
the pillars represent the devil,
whom we symbolically stone
7 stones are pelted over each pillar
Saeed Bhai where do we go now?
Mountain of Light and the Cave of Hira
Here we have the Mountain of Light/Cave of Hira
Cave of Hira is the place where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Used to go for meditation
and used to stay for days in this cave
This is a very high mountain
And the first revelation
from the Quran
That Gabriel brought to the Prophet,
from Allah,
That also happened here in this cave
and this is where the revelations began
Here below the cave, we have some restaurants
because it takes a lot of time to reach here
'Pakistani, Indian and Arabian food'
They are preparing the food right now
Assalam Alaikum, How are you?
Pakistani food...What do you guys have?
We have everything here
So we have Biryani
Aloo Palak as well
Mutton Quorma and Qeema too
Daal
So here we have a restaurant that sells fast food
like Zinger Burgers etc
The zuhr prayer just ended and everyone
is going for lunch now, so
let's go around and see
what kinds of food do we have
So this is the King Fahd gate and that's the King Abdulaziz gate
Which is under construction. In front of King Fahd gate
We have this mall which is
right beside the Makkah Tower
Here we have a KFC, alongside which
we have an alley
where other food stops are
available as well
Here we have some pizza
and this al-Tazaj
is barbecue chicken in Arabian style
which is really famous
as you can see by the queue
We have some food options upstairs but I didnt go there
Here we have a lot of
Broast shops
What do you have? Daal, Chicken, Vegetables, everything
I see!
Here you can see the Makkah Tower
and this road comes from the mosque
and this straight leads to the Ibrahim Khalil road
We have some hotels here as well
which have a lot of food spots too
Here as you can see, on both sides,
We have long queues due to food being
distributed here for free
And many people here do this kind of charity work
And food keeps getting distributed
whether you are rich or poor, does not matter
Whoever is in the queue
will get the food
and everyone gets the benefits from this
This is the Makkah Tower
This is the main entrance, let's checkvthe food here
When you're going to the Makkah Tower
you can see these things like Miswak being sold
Many people buy these for themselves and others
buy them and then distribute for free
Right now I'm inside the food court of
Makkah Tower on the 3rd floor
On the 3rd floor, you can find
all the local authentic food items
On the 4th floor we have all the food chains
Assalam Alaikum how are you?
What do we have here?
Are you from India? Yes. Where in India?
Kerala. Oh I see so we have south Indian food here
Not south Indian?
Pakistan/Indian?
Biryani? Pakistani Biryani or Indian Biryani?
It's all of it
They have delicious food
Oh I see
Yeah they have reasonable prices and tastes good too
So the food here was just recommended to us
'Mazaq al-Arabi'
You'll find this on the 3rd floor
the food here is delicious and
we have these brothers from Kerala here
'Pakistani Faisalabad Hotel'
Assalam Alaikum how are you?
You can find all Pakistani food items here
I tried the 'Matar Chawal' here
and the Biryani as well, it's very tasty, you csn find this
on the 3rd floor as well
'Pakistani Faisalabad Hotel'
'Istanbul'
If any one requires a wheelchair then
tey have them right in front of the mosque
where these people are
and these wheelchairs have charges
You can get the wheelchair, along with an attendant
You can have the whole Umrah this way
or however you want, you can borrow these
So this was a small highlight of our Trip to Makkah
Hope you all liked the video and
I pray that God takes us all to Umrah and Hajj
and bring us here frequently
please like and share the video
Meet you all in the next video
Allah Hafiz
