Maaz reached Saudia Arab by learning everything about umrah from YouTube and scholars he know, his flight landed in Jeddah from where he took cab and went to Makkah, it took him a few hours before he reached clock tower checked in and went straight to his room, he didn't open the curtains to avoid looking Kaaba, he took a nap before waking up my the beauty voice of Adaan, but unfortunately he again fall asleep after a few mins he woke up as realise he missed the prayer he did waza he was already in his ahraam since he left Canada because of course he had to do neyat while crossing point of mikat in aeroplane, after freshen up he offerwd fajr prayer in his room then he went out of the clock tower his gaze were fixed on ground because he knew at he could see little glimpse of Kaaba if he looks up, he kept his head low while walking as soon as the see white marble under his feet his heartbeat raised with unfamiliar emotions.
Maav pov
I kept looking down and followed the people in front of me, I saw with the corner of my eyes it was gate 79, I again moved my attention down on the floor I felt my neck wet so I touch it with my finger it was my tears I didn't realise I was crying, as I entered gate 79 it was so cold and peaceful even the place was loud. I felt overwhelmed with many unfamiliar emotions but my feet never stopped moving I reached downstairs with escalator, even though it was fully air conditioned but my body was covered in sweat, I started reciting talbiyah but I kept stumbling in my words and then I stepped out in the big open place and as I looked up I saw light blue sky, and white walls around and pure black cover of Kaaba and at that moment my emotions disappeared
Author pov
Maaz kept staring at the Kaaba with no emotions, just sweat kept dropping and he was staring at Kaaba, the crowd around him feels like it vanished and the time stopped right there, the guard there was continuously shouting at him to move from entrance "YALLA HAJJI! YALLA HAJJI!!!" but maaz he was in a completely different world where just three things exist, Kaaba, his thoughts for Ayzal and himself, he snapped out of his thoughts when he felt something shook his shoulder abruptly, and he looked around with confused look which seems almost innocent "huh?" And it was the guard, he spoke in broken English "Hajji.. where? Hajji move move!" Maaz understand and walked ahead, he looked around, mostly everyone was in white ahram, some were praying other were doing tawaf or making dua, his gaze again drifted towards Kaaba, since it was Muharram the crowd wasn't too much but still the crowd was there, he went towards the green light that was indicating hajra asfad's direction, because he couldn't touch he gestures his palm towards hajra asfad's direction and then kissed his palm to started umrah tawaf, he did seven rounds around the Kaaba kissing hajra asfad each time before starting every round.
After completing tawaf he prayer two nafal in front of maqam e Ibrahim and he sat down near King Abdul Aziz gate to breath, after catching his breath he drank zamzam water according to sunnah, he kept sitting there staring at Kaaba when two kids ran towards him, a little girl forwarded a big box of date, he got confused and tilted his head on side he was unaware about this distribution concept of Makkah, the girl spoke in some different language but maaz couldn't understand, she sat down in front of him grabbed his hand opened his fist and placed the two dates on his palm before running away he was still confused when a man sitting beside him asked in urdu "Kaya Hou Bhai" maaz got more confused and the man chuckled and asked "what happened brother you are looking confused" maaz understand and replied "oh that girl give me these dates and I don't know if i should eat it or not, you know shouldn't eat thing given by strangers" the man nodded his head as he observed something and asked "where are you from?" Maaz replied "Canada" the man nodded again and spoke "its common in here to distribute things, people do it, to earn reward from Allah, by the way you came here alone?" Maaz nodded "yeah.. and it's my first time, can I know your name and where are you from?" the man patted maaz shoulder and replied "I'm Sajid from Pakistan" maaz asked "you speak Urdu?" The man replied with yes the maaz told him that his parents were from Pakistan too but live in Canada when they were young after that maaz left to do saii
On the other hand, Ayzal was sitting alone in maniha's house holding little ramish in her lap who was now 3 years old, he was sleeping after crying for hours because he wanted to get hold by his mother who died a few months ago. Manisha died because of cancer, as soon as Maniha knows about her disease she gave ramish's responsibility to Ayzal, and told Ayzal to stay at her house as long as she needs and Ayzal, well her sadness grows in these years she yearn to be hold by maaz she understands her mistakes but she doesn't want to go back because of the fear of getting divorced by the man whom she always prayed for in these years, she had no one except ramish she promised to take care of him all by herself. She takes care of him, and when she goes to office ramish stayed with nanny.
Right now Ayzal was in meeting room she was wearing beige straight pants with white formal shirt, her head was covered with light brown hijab while her face was covered with niqab, she wears niqab since she left maaz because she was scared if people recognise her as maaz's wife, of course everyone knows her face after that grand walima. She was waiting for meeting to start other 4 employees, as the CEO marcus entered he sat down on his seat and everyone moved their attention towards him as he spoke up his voice was filled with authority "ok let's begin, this meeting is very beneficial for the path of success our company is running on, we got a big deal from a well known company which is something we didn't decided to expose right now but sure I'll, this meeting is to build up an excellent team, and you guys are the one I'm looking for, this is a very important but also very confidential thing so only few of us will know about that company. So I want to put you guys in team accordingly to your passion Jason Annabelle and Stephanie, of course you guys are responsible for ideas, research, requirements, developing and maintenance of software while Ayzal and Leonard will be responsible for the security, testing and launching" everyone nodded as Ayzal spoke "how big our team can be, sir?" Marcus snapped his finger and spoke "you'll get 20 people but Ayzal I expect you to give your 100 percent because you are a hardworking woman" Ayzal nodded then Marcus spoke to everyone "now let's sign this agreement "Jason asked "what agreement" Marcus replied "agreement that you guys are going to complete this project, everything I asked for is written in these documents you all can read and then sign it" everyone read the terms carefully and signed it, then Annabelle asked "whom we are collaborating with?" Marcus spoke "it's not necessary for any on you now, I'll give you guys details and I want things according to it, I'll personally keep an eye on this thing" and Marcus left, and Stephanie who was sulking on chair now spoke up "Mr Marcus seems so concerned about it" Ayzal who gathered her stuff to leave spoke "maybe it's too important for him, we should take it seriously too" everyone nodded before they all left to do their work including Ayzal
O Lord of hearts, so near, so kind,
You see the tears we try to hide.
Grant me courage, steady and bright,
To walk Your path in darkest night.
Love you honeybees