The Madinah that was
Mr. Espy takes a trip down memory lane with a citizen of Madina al Munawwarah who reminisces about earlier times and shows him around the blessed city:
“We walked outside gate 110 I believe, it the gate that is two gates to the left and perpendicular to Baab ul Nisa’. We walked into the middle of the courtyard and I saw Ammu Khalid gaze.
However, I could tell he was gazing into the past. He was gazing into the winding roads and the farm animals that permeated the landscape. He was gazing into the children playing and the sweet smells escaping from the tightly bunched houses.
He takes my arm and starts to speak:
“40 Years ago there were very few hujjaj. When they came we used to have parties to welcome them as they were on the journey sometimes for three years. Many times there were children born on the journey itself!” “
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