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How long will it take to get to Madīnaĥ
The distance between Makka-tul-Mukarramaĥ and Madīna-tul-
Munawwaraĥ is almost 425 kilometres that is usually covered by bus
within almost 5 hours. During Hajj season, however, it takes almost
8 to 10 hours to cover this distance because of slow and safe driving
and some other reasons. The bus halts at the ‘Markaz for welcoming
Ḥujjāj’ where passports are submitted and cards are issued which
Ḥujjāj should keep safely. The official formalities here sometimes
take many hours to be completed. Remain cool, calm and collected
as the fruit of patience is very sweet.
Soon you will joyfully be wandering around the beautiful streets of
Madīnaĥ and beholding the Grand Green Dome! As soon as your
eye falls on the luminous minaret of Masjid-un-Nabawī and the
Green Dome from afar, you would feel your heart pounding with
excitement and tears would spontaneously well up in your eyes.
The breeze of Madīnaĥ will be refreshing your senses, making you
feel a spiritual revitalization. If possible, enter this sanctified city
barefoot with tears in eyes.
Jūtay utār lo chalo bā-ĥosh bā-adab
Daykĥo Madīnay kā ḥasīn gulzār ā gayā
Take off shoes and proceed rationally and reverently
Behold! The beautiful garden of Madīnaĥ has approached
‏َّد
ُ ‏َم
َ ٰ حم
عَا ٰ
َ َ احلۡ‏ ۡ ‏َبِيب
صَ‏ ل ۡ ‏ُّوا
َ ص يلَّ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏ ُ تَ‏
Quranic proof for remaining barefoot
Staying barefoot here is not contrary to Sharī’aĥ. Rather it is an act
of displaying reverence to the holy place. When Sayyidunā Prophet