Herkes Iyi Kurban Bayrami!!

Today we have started the celebration of Kurban Bayram also called Eid Al-Adha.

We celebrate it for the memory of Ibrahim and that he was willing to offer his son to Allah. They also say it was Ibrahim, his wife and son that built Kaaba.

Under Kurban you are offering a animal to Allah, it can be a goat, cow or camel. Just its a animal in good health and gets killed on a halal way you may offer it.

Most of the meat you get from the slaughter you have to give away to people that is in more need of it then you.

This eid is all about to give something that someone eals needs better.

I have never been in Mersin under Kurban but I can imagine its like Ramazan. The men goes to speciall namaz under the first day. Second day you do the slaughter and the woman have a whole days work infront of them. Under the evening its a fest of celebration with all family. And all the food is included lamb meat....

One part of me is missing the fest but other half is so happy for not being there and have to eat that meat. If I should say it in a nice way, my body can not take in lamb.

Hopefully I will learn eat one day becouse I will have to do this some day.

A brief description of the pilgrimage, step by step.

Day 2

This day is known as Yawm Arafa [Arafat days]

• This day should be spent on the area Arafat until sunset, you may take the opportunity to perform many to be where you ask Allah for forgiveness.
• After sunset you may rush to Muzdalifa, where shall we merge both the evening prayer.
• You must stay overnight.

The Message: The Story Of Islam (movie)

This is the movie about Prophet Muhammed (SAW) life and the birth of Islam.

If you wonder why they never show his face it is becouse its not allowed in Islam. You are not supose to worship and connect Prophet Muhammed  more then ALLAH.

ASH-HADO ANLA-ILAHA ILLA-ALLAH, WA ASH-HADU ANNA MUHHAMMADAN RASUL-ALLAH

Today is the first day of

Hajj (The pilgrimage).

This day falls in the 8 day in the Islamic months Dhu al-Hijjah which is around 70 days after ramazan.

Hajj is one of the five pillar in Islam that you have to do under your life if you are in good health, in legal age, money to completed the trip and that you are free.

You are traveling to Mecca for do some rituals around Ka'aba (The mosque of Muhammed).

Under Hajj you are forbidden to...

•       To cut nails. 

•       To cut your hair. 

•       The use of perfume. 

•       To have sexual intercourse with your wife. 

•       Wearing gloves. 

•       To chase animals. 

•       To have sewn garments or sewn fabric itself (only men).

•       To cover his head with a hat or similar with the exception of umbrella (only men).

•       To Have "Niqab" (only women). Niqab is a headdress that covers the entire head incl. face as opposed to "Hijab" which does not cover the face.

•    To refrain from arranging marriages and self-refrain from marriage to someone or get married.

•    To refrain from all sinful deeds, coarse speech and disputes.

A brief description of the pilgrimage, step by step.

Day 1

This day is known as Yawm at-Tarwija which means [Day to quench the thirst] and it got that name when the pilgrims had traveled a long way so that the water we had was running out so what you had to do when you came to the sanctuary was to drink Zamzam water.

• You will walk seven of which around Sanctuary.
• You may carry two (units) behind the prayer of Abraham.
• You should drink Zamzam water.
• You must walk seven times back and the back between As-Safa and Al-Marwah.
• One has to go mine but it's fine to go there to spend the night there.

My husband was online today. He was at the hospital doing a test and luckily the result turned out positive. Now we just wish his other sickness will turn out the same way. And we dont know when he will get the answer from doctors.

After that we talked about the mountain house his dede bought last month. Gökhans cousin had finally sent him some photos. It looks really nice but little small. It accerly an house with 2 apartments, I dont know if they got both but if they did it is great. The house have an little garden with olives, kiwi, apricot and peach. Can you belive that? I can next sunner go right out in the garden and pick my frutes! Sure we have 2 big gardens in Mersin too but not apricits and peach... Ohhh I cant wait!

Even the furniture that you will see on photos we got in the price. And you will also notis that I got no photos on the kitchen but what can I expect when its a man holding the camera.

So how does it look? I think it looks great.

Probably Gökhan and me will spend lots of time there. Specially when we now will have a car to go everywhere instaid of waiting on his aunt to get ready. But maybe not now under wintertime becouse Findikpinar is really high up in the mountain so its cold like Sweden, whish is great in summer time.

I am really looking forward to see this house. It will be one of the first things we will do when Im down there and Gökhan is out from army.

Ohhhh make time go faster!!

I want my husband here!!!

I want to eat carrotcake and drink tea with him.

I want him to lay here next to me and watch movie.

I want to sleep next to him.

I want to snoor higher then him.

I want him to see my dizzy face when I wake up.

Yes, I want my husband here...

Things are not going so well for my husband.

As you know he have had some problems, the thing is that those dosent want to get better. He was at doctor yesterday to take some new tests and today he went there again to get the answers. The worst that can happen is that captains will not let him do as doctor tells him. What Gökhan told me yesterday was that he will maybe have to do an operation, if he will need I can just make dua for him that it will go well.

After operation he can be 45 days reported sick from army, which means he maybe just have 1 more month left there.

I dont know which should be best. I dont really trust doctors in Turkey, I have my self been there when I was sick and nothing bad happen then. Its just not same standard as in Sweden. But also I have little doctor horror so that can be one reason why I dont trust them. But they seem little crazy, specially their very old traditions about health.

Just Allah knows whats the best for him and for us..! I just want him to come home safe!

Otherwise things are going well there. He will no longer do patrol becouse of the sickness he has. So instead he is mostly doing cleaning jobs or laying in bed. Food is still bad which dosent give him does vitamines and mineral he should have to make the body recover better.

Im sitting here and trying to hold my tears back. This problem dosent get better just becouse I am crying. But I love my husband and miss him so and all I want is that he should be healty!!

72 days and 49 min..............

Today the 29/10 is Turkey's National Day!!

A day to remember and celebrate.

You can read more about it on wikipedia.

Türk bayragi