I just came back from visiting a friend who is going for the Haj on 4th Dec,2007.He was given VSS by his employer many years ago and since then he was driving a taxi to feed his family.What impressed me most that he had enough money to save for him and his wife to go to Mecca next month to perform his Haj.My du'a for him and his wife to get Haji Mabrur,insyaAllah.
This reminds me what my lorry driver said to me 30 years ago when I was a JKR district enginner in Pasir Mas,Kelantan.One day,he came into my room and asked for my forgiveness and also asked me to du'a for his trip to perform Haji.He told me that he began saving more than 20 years to get enough money to pay for his trip!When I asked how much,he told me RM50 a month!His salary was only RM600 a month! At that time,my salary was three times his income but I had not saved a cent yet for my Haj!
From my conversations with those who had been to Haj and also from my personal observations,many of us can go to Haj once we decided to perform the Haj and start saving for it.We will never have enough money and the time if we don't have the 'niat' to perform our Haj!One example is my ex-boss who was earning RM20,000 month and yet he only had the time to go for his Haji when he retired at the age 55!
"Dengan adanya keberkatan, harta/rezeki yang sedikit akan dirasakan seolah-olah banyak dan mencukupi"...
Posted by: Honeytar | Monday, November 19, 2007 at 12:04 AM
assalamualaikum abedib
saya bercadang untuk pergi haji 2012 nanti. doakan saya ya :)
Posted by: KNizam | Monday, November 19, 2007 at 01:20 PM
Wassalam KNizam,
Alhamdulilah!I am very happy to see young persons like yourself has a PLAN to perform your Haj.My do'a for you.
Posted by: Adib | Monday, November 19, 2007 at 04:20 PM
saya pun nak pergi lagi setahun dua.
Posted by: hanafi | Monday, November 19, 2007 at 05:33 PM
Hanafi,
Memang elok kita segerakan ibadah haji jika kita mampu.May Allah makbul your niat.
Posted by: Adib | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 07:18 AM
Pak Adib, I'm really grateful to Allah I was among the few young ones who got to perform Hajj at a young age last year (even though not exactly young).Coming back from Hajj, I got married and now me and my husband are saving up to go for umrah and another Hajj in a few more years. Insya Allah. The experience was indescribable. I was terrified at first, was like, "Eh betul ke ni aku nak jadi Hajah ?" but upon arrival, I couldn't contain my excitement. The feeling of content is nothing you could say with words.
Posted by: Zana | Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 12:57 PM