ER exam tomorrow - of course now is the time that my mind keeps drifting to old memories of my travels to Zambia, Turkey & Iceland. Must post this excellent reading on the benefits of travelling:
It has rightly been said that traveling drives away worries. Ramhumuzi enumerated in his book, The Noble Scholar of Hadeeth, the various benefits of traveling for the purpose of seeking knowledge..He said:
"There is much profit to be derived from seeing new lands and new houses, in seeing beautiful gardens and fields, in seeing different faces and coming across different languages and colors, and in witnessing the wonders of different countries. The peace that one finds under the shades of large trees is unparalleled. Eating in the mosques, drinking from streams and sleeping wherever one finds a place when night comes - these all instill affability and humbleness in a person. The traveler befriends all those whom he loves for God's sake and he has no reason to flatter or to be artificial. Add to these benefits all of the happiness that the traveler's heart feels when he reaches his destination, and the thrill he experiences after having overcome all of the obstacles that were on his way. If those who are averse to leaving their homelands knew all of this, they would learn that all of the individual pleasures of the world are combined in the noble pursuit of traveling. There is nothing more enjoyable to a traveler than beautiful sights and the wonderful activities that are part of traveling through God's wide earth. And the non-traveler is deprived of all of this."
God bless all the beautiful people and sights that I have experienced in my travels so far. InshAllah may there be new adventures ahead.
It has rightly been said that traveling drives away worries. Ramhumuzi enumerated in his book, The Noble Scholar of Hadeeth, the various benefits of traveling for the purpose of seeking knowledge..He said:
"There is much profit to be derived from seeing new lands and new houses, in seeing beautiful gardens and fields, in seeing different faces and coming across different languages and colors, and in witnessing the wonders of different countries. The peace that one finds under the shades of large trees is unparalleled. Eating in the mosques, drinking from streams and sleeping wherever one finds a place when night comes - these all instill affability and humbleness in a person. The traveler befriends all those whom he loves for God's sake and he has no reason to flatter or to be artificial. Add to these benefits all of the happiness that the traveler's heart feels when he reaches his destination, and the thrill he experiences after having overcome all of the obstacles that were on his way. If those who are averse to leaving their homelands knew all of this, they would learn that all of the individual pleasures of the world are combined in the noble pursuit of traveling. There is nothing more enjoyable to a traveler than beautiful sights and the wonderful activities that are part of traveling through God's wide earth. And the non-traveler is deprived of all of this."
God bless all the beautiful people and sights that I have experienced in my travels so far. InshAllah may there be new adventures ahead.
Tectonic Plates - Iceland
Walking over glaciers - Iceland
New Mosque - Istanbul, Turkey
Architecture inside Topkapi Palace, Turkey
View outside my residence in Lusaka, Zambia. The picture shows nurses who would come together in the evening to recite their prayers
Sunset over the Zambezi River, Zambia
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