My second visit to the Holy Land.

Umrah the minor pilgrimage.

The first time I visited the Holy Lands was in December 2007.  After seven years I managed to revisited the Holy Lands.  To be specific it was December, 2014.

For every Muslim once in their life time must do the Hajj provided they are physically able and financially capable of undertaking the ritual.

My wife and I ready to perform the Umrah ritual.

At  Tan'aim a starting place to perform the Umrah,  Men are wearing in two-piece white unhemmed sheets.  For women only face and palm are not required to to be covered.

The Kaabah a cuboid structure in the center of the most sacred mosque the Al-Masjid al-haram in Mekkah.  Muslims all over the world are expected to face in the direction of the Kaabah when performing the prayer(solat).

The Makkah Royal Clock Tower adjacent to the Al-Masjid al-haram,   A new landmark in Makkah costing USD 15 Billion.

Mount Arafah or popularly known as Jabal Rahmah.  Hajj pilgrims will spend  the night here in Arafat Plain as term of condition to the perform the Hajj.

Al-Masjid An-Nabawi is a mosque in Medina, originally built by the Prophet Muhammad saw.

At the entrance of the holy mosque.

During hajj period this mosque can accommodates 1,000,000 people.

Islam propagate peace and friendship.

Medina or Madinah is a modern city of Saudi Arabia and the second holiest city in Islam.  Before the advent of Islam this city is a small  town known as Yathrib.

The fabulous mount of Uhud.  Here the Battle of Uhud took place in 625.  Muslims here were attacked by the non-muslim Quraish from Mecca.  Muslim martyrs were burried at the foothill of Mount Uhud.