Hamood
24-12-2005, 09:14 PM
She Saved a Rupee a Day for Haj
Syed Faisal Ali, Arab News
MAKKAH, 24 December 2005 It was a dream of a lifetime and took a long time to fulfill. It took her 17 years before she could embark on her dream odyssey a journey to the holy land to perform the pilgrimage.
Fiftyseven-year-old Abida Mubarak of Delhi is grateful to Allah that she is performing Haj this year after saving one rupee every day for over 17 years. I was saving whatever money I could every day. On an average I saved one rupee a day, sometimes more, in my piggy bank for the pilgrimage. And now after a long wait of 17 years I am in the holy land to perform Haj, Abida said.
Abida has come with her husband Mubarak Ali and her aunt Qadri Begum for the pilgrimage. Mubarak is a low wage earner and was unable to spare any money from his measly income for the Haj. He said they could make the pilgrimage only due to the efforts, patience and perseverance of Abida. She is a very gutsy woman. When she was saving one rupee a day for Haj, everybody laughed at her. But she was not discouraged and never lost patience, and at last proved everybody wrong, Mubarak said.
Not only did Abida make the trip, she helped Mubarak. For all three of us, the flight from Delhi to Jeddah was the first ever plane journey. We had never seen an aircraft before, Abida said.
Source: Arab News (http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=75182&d=24&m=12&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World)
Syed Faisal Ali, Arab News
MAKKAH, 24 December 2005 It was a dream of a lifetime and took a long time to fulfill. It took her 17 years before she could embark on her dream odyssey a journey to the holy land to perform the pilgrimage.
Fiftyseven-year-old Abida Mubarak of Delhi is grateful to Allah that she is performing Haj this year after saving one rupee every day for over 17 years. I was saving whatever money I could every day. On an average I saved one rupee a day, sometimes more, in my piggy bank for the pilgrimage. And now after a long wait of 17 years I am in the holy land to perform Haj, Abida said.
Abida has come with her husband Mubarak Ali and her aunt Qadri Begum for the pilgrimage. Mubarak is a low wage earner and was unable to spare any money from his measly income for the Haj. He said they could make the pilgrimage only due to the efforts, patience and perseverance of Abida. She is a very gutsy woman. When she was saving one rupee a day for Haj, everybody laughed at her. But she was not discouraged and never lost patience, and at last proved everybody wrong, Mubarak said.
Not only did Abida make the trip, she helped Mubarak. For all three of us, the flight from Delhi to Jeddah was the first ever plane journey. We had never seen an aircraft before, Abida said.
Source: Arab News (http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=75182&d=24&m=12&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World)