We were greeted by a strange man today. You know the kind…the one that talks, sighs, and grunts to himself in the street and makes you want to walk the other way. The kind that will say anything to you without hesitation. The kind of crazy sage that speaks some truth amidst their chaos. He…
We woke up at 5am today to make the 6:30am Eid-ul-Fitr prayer at Al Aqsa. We had to make sure we gave ourselves enough time to go through the crowds, which was a shuffle dance to the masjid. It was nice to not see the primary color umbrellas of the merchants that cluttered Damascus Gate…
Abu Hurayrah (ra) relates that the Prophet (saw) said, “You should not undertake a special journey to visit any place other than the following three Masjids with the expectations of getting greater reward: the Sacred Masjid of Makkah (Ka’bah), this Masjid of mine (the Prophet’s Masjid in Madinah), and Masjid Al-Aqsa (of Jerusalem).” In another…
THE SANDAL 