I was fortunate enough to travel to Makkah, Saudi Arabia recently to complete an Islamic pilgrimage Umrah. Umrah is known as the lesser or minor pilgrimage that Muslims can complete at any time of the year. It was my first visit and I feel it was a blessed and easy one. It was amazing and quite emotional to enter The Sacred Mosque and see the Kaaba, the black cube that Muslims use as the direction to pray in.

I was then able to travel to the city of Medina to visit The Prophet’s Mosque, which was built by our beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and where he is buried. It was a beautiful mosque and I was able to pay my respects.

My trip to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina and to the two most important mosques in Islam was quite special and I hope one day to be able to go back. May Allah accept my Umrah and prayers, and peace to you all.