25 Ways to Avoid Boredom Set targets for yourselfZikr dailye.g. 100x Istighfaar 100x Subhaanallah. 100 x Alhamdullilah 100 x Allahu Akbar 100 x first kalima etcQuraan dailye.g. Surah Yaseen after fajr, Surah Waaqiah and Mulk after magriebFor your full stayZikr e.g. 75000x 1st kalima10000 duroodsQuraan 3x surah ikhlaas = Reward of 1 khatam of Quraan   Phone or WhatsApp those who you are not on speaking terms with (if you have not done so already)  Buy food for Hajjis e.g. fruit/kajoor/biscuits  Listen to Islamic lectures- General and on Hajj.  Learn 99 names of Allah  Brush up on short and long surahs you knew and may have forgotten (especially those you avoid reading in salaah)  Read the Tafseer of any surah/s  Perfect your tajweed  Think about ways to improve your life after Hajj e.g. physically – take better care of your body, spiritually – develop greater Taqwa, health wise – sunnah lifestyle, mentally – good thoughts about others etc  Look at your spouse with Love so Allah looks are you with Mercy  Prepare your duaa list for wuqoof at Arafaat.Include the person from your ancestors who accepted Islam, your progeny, neighbours and the entire UmmahMade duaa for the hidayat of all the non Muslims you know.Include all your teachers, previous colleagues and those at places of employment, domestic workers, those who have impacted your life in any way, those you see on a daily basis, ppl from your town, school friends etc  Calculate qadha salaah and begin reading them  Read literature on Hajj, Seerah, Makkah & Madina  Make a list of all your bad habits – make a firm intention to change  Visit anyone in your hotel who is ill.70 000 angels will make duaa e magfirah for you.  Attend naseeha programs in your hotel or nearby hotels  Bring all your extra baking, sweets, chocolates etc to the eating place  Buy an iron or kettle & offer to others if your hotel does not have one  Buy washing powder, pegs or hangers and leave in the washing area Write down would you change ur life if you had– 1 hour to live– 1 week to live– 1 month to live– 1 year to live Phone or message your parent/s (or mothers sister/s or any family member) and express your gratitude to them for all they have done for you Read Quraan or make zikr for esaale thawaab of all marhoomeen from Aadam AS until the last person to be born. Make a special dua that Allah make their qabrs from the Gardens of Jannah and forgive them for all their sins. Analyze all the different roles that you fulfil on a daily basis (father, son, son in law, grandson, CEO of a business, community member) and note downs ways inwhich you can improve e.g. How can you be a better father to your child/ren Read 40 duroods and 40 rabbanas Admire the creation of Allah around you e.g. the sky, mountains, trees, fruit, your body    Discussion on @journeytohajj Instagram

The best easiest & cheapest way to travel between Makkah & Azizia is as follows: Take a taxi from.the main road to Makkah, ask the taxi to take you to the Tauhid nafaq or the zam zam nafaq, this will bring you straight to the tunnells under the haram.The Tauhid nafaq will bring you to a tunnel under the haram, come up the escalator and ypu will comeout on the marble area just in front of the Dar Al Tauhid hotel, (STORAGE LOCKER 5 ON THE HARAM MARBLE)The same would apply to the zam zam nafaq but would bring you out on front of the clock tower (STORAGE LOCKER 1 ON THE HARAM MARBLE)To return to azizia, go back down the escalators in front of Dar al Tauhid or the Zam Zam towers and the taxis will be lined up there, tell the taxi you would like to go to Azizia Shimalia, (maybe use nooris supermarket/ zain as a landmark)N.B DURING SALAH TIMES THESE ROADS MAYBE CLOSED AND YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TUNNELS TO OPEN AGAIN IF YOU TAKE A TAXI FROM ANYWHERE ELSE IT WILL COST MORE AND TAKE EVEN LONGER TIME WISE , THE NAFAQS IS A DIRECT ROAD BETWEEN AZIZIA AND MAKKAH Use only taxis (usually white car with اجره wriiten on the door), do not use private unbranded taxis or Uber as they not allowed past one of the tunnels, and you will have to work quite a distance to get to the Haram Discussion on @journeytohajj Instagram