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Moses' pilgrimage averted

From Republic Street, first Faisal

Between Sharif and Saudi Al-Sanadili Streets

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Moses' pilgrimage averted

Moses used to avoid going on pilgrimage every year to wash away his sins

  He returns as the day his mother bore him

  . Musa's pilgrimage journey begins on the morning of the tenth of Shawwal, after he finishes fasting the six white days after the blessed Ramadan, and he prays to God to make all his days white with his family and the people of the neighboring neighborhood, until the seventh neighborhood of Ghajar, his repentance.

. The journey begins in the heart of the Sahara Desert after the Fajr prayer. Sayyid Ibn Musa Tafadi prepares the food and supplies that his mother prepared to ensure their livelihood for days that may be long or short, then the Creator will arrange for them.

The master of Walad Musa Tafadda carries the fodder and the foal on the back of the patient stallion that Musa Tafadda buys six months before making the trip every year so that he can feed him and test his strength and endurance in order to reassure his heart, so he sets out with the blessing of God in the company of his son and the wilderness

  . Somayeh al-Rukumi bids farewell to the husband and son and prays for them to return safely and prosperously

  .. The small convoy takes its way consisting of the patient stallion who was trained to keep the road until the crossing of the spring east of the Sahara desert, a man a little over sixty and his son in his twenties

The stallion leads the caravan and exchanges foal and son on the back of the camel or walking behind it.

  The ferry carries the three of them to land

  . The sun hides behind the small hills scattered along the western shore of the spring, so Sayed plants his pegs and erects the tent in the heart of which Moses will sleep, avoiding the beginning of the night until the middle, and Sayed sits on its door after he bowed his camel and tied his foot so that the beast of the earth would not frighten him.

  Fever in the vast desert and eaten by fierce monsters

  .. Sayed lights the fire in front of the tent, so the three of them do not approach the seven, and in the middle Moses wakes up, avoiding to take his place in the guard until the sun sets itself at sunrise, so they pray in the morning and the journey continues

. Fifteen nights pass by during their days on the horses, and the patient stallion is about to perish at the bottom of the mountain, and before he decides to leave, Moses catches up with him, and slaughters him to be his food with his son and the delegations of pilgrims that usually meet at this point every year.

  And they continue to walk on foot, and it cracks, and it becomes filled with harmful insects that do not find blood flowing in the flesh, so they return to where they came from, after hunger and thirst almost killed them.

  . The caravans of the Levant destined for Hajj pick up the pilgrims in cars and ride them on camels of goods, so their takbeers are heard and the thanks of the leaders of the caravans are heard.

  . Musa Tafadi and his son Syed take their place among the waterers of Zamzam to quench the thirst of the pilgrims, and there are only ten days left for the Hajj season after spending forty nights on their usual annual route.

  . The man continues his work day and night with his son, so God blesses them with abundant sustenance that enables them to buy two strong, crossbred stallions who are able to deliver them to the heart of their homes in the oasis after they perform their pilgrimage, and they carry many gifts from Levant and Yemen for the family and loved ones, waiting for the trip next year.

  . short story

L.. Mahmoud Hassan Farghaly

  Member of the Writers' Union

  Member of the Cinematic Professions Syndicate

mahmoudhassanfarghaly@yahoo.com

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