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Women's
Ziyarah/Ar
Rawdah
is
open
after
Fajr
Salah
and
after
Isha
Salah
only.
It
is
not
open
on
Jummah
which
is
after
Isha
Thursday
and
after
Fajr
on
Friday.
Here
is
what
happened
and
what
to
expect:
You
did
not
need
Eatmarna
booking,
they
were
not
using
it.
TIP
1
-
Arrive
at
Maghrib
if
you
plan
to
go
after
Isha.
After
Asr
is
best
if
you
don't
want
to
walk
through
people
looking
for
a
spot.
Arrive
at
2am
if
you
plan
to
go
after
Fajr
and
not
walk
through
people.
TIP
2
-
Enter
from
Gate
25
of
masjid.
This
is
the
number
on
the
actual
masjid
walls
and
entrances
(see
picture).
Enter
and
walk
straight
past
the
large
wooden
doors
(see
picture)
into
the
"holding
place".
I
arrived
at
masjid
through
gate
25
for
maghrib
Salah
(6:45pm).
Went
in
straight
ahead
to
the
front
where
you
will
pass
the
large
wooden
partition.
You
HAVE
to
be
sitting
beyond
this
wooden
partition
in
order
to
be
able
to
get
into
Rawdah.
Yes
it
looks
full
as
some
people
are
there
after
Dhur
waiting.
But
keep
walking
and
try
to
find
a
spot
amongst
people.
Note
that
people
will
actually
leave
after
maghrib
and
isha
as
they
never
planned
to
go
to
Rawdah
but
were
in
the
"Hold
Place"
just
for
salah.
This
will
open
up
more
space.
Prayed
maghrib
salah
and
some
people
left
so
I
kept
walking
further
into
the
space
and
found
a
good
spot
and
waited
for
Isha.
Once
Isha
salah
started
(8:35pm),
this
is
where
guards
started
to
close
the
doors
of
that
wooden
partician
I
told
you
about.
This
is
why
it
is
IMPORTANT
you
walk
pass
these
wooden
partition
and
into
this
"hold
place".
From
9pm
to
12:30am,
we
all
waited
in
this
holding
place.
Please
be
patient.
Many
people
actually
started
to
leave
around
11pm.
Be
mentally
prepared
to
stay
+5hours.
Read
Qur’an,
translation,
dhikr,
find
ways
to
help
others
like
giving
out
zamzam
water
to
people
siting
around.
There
are
3
sections
in
this
area
and
around
10pm
is
when
one
of
the
sections
were
allowed
to
go.
People
starts
screaming
around
this
time
and
get
up
not
realizing
they
still
have
to
wait
for
their
section
to
be
allowed.
Sit
and
wait
until
you
see
doors
open
in
your
section.
My
section
was
the
last
section
to
be
allowed
to
go
AND
it
was
a
good
thing!
We
were
allowed
at
12:30am.
Even
in
my
last
section,
I
took
my
time
and
walked
at
the
end
of
the
crowd
as
everyone
else
was
running
to
the
front
towards
Rawdah.
Everyone
now
walks
through
the
masjid
mens
area,
to
the
area
where
the
green
dome/rawdah
is.
I
waited
there
purposefully
to
be
one
of
the
last
few
to
go
in
the
rawdah.
Here
again,
they
ask
you
to
sit
and
let
small
groups
go
in.
This
is
an
improvement
from
last
time
where
everyone
just
rushed
and
you
could
not
even
find
a
space
to
make
sajdah
from
the
crowd.
This
second
holding
area
is
a
great
improvement.
Even
with
this
wait,
I
took
my
time
and
stayed
in
the
back
being
one
of
the
last
people
to
enter.
Why?
Alhamdulillah
the
guards
did
not
rush
you,
they
did
not
say
"Jaldi/hurry",
there
was
enough
space
and
just
peace.
The
guards
knew
it
was
the
end
of
the
crowd
and
were
just
relaxing
and
allowing
people
to
finish
without
having
to
worry
about
moving
the
crowd.
I
took
my
time
and
was
able
to
pray
more
than
just
2
nafl
rakahs
and
was
able
to
make
longer
sajdah
and
du'a.
Once
again,
this
was
such
an
improvement
from
before
as
you
got
to
spend
a
good
10mins
in
rawdah.
No
doubt,
those
who
went
before
me
were
rushed
and
the
groups
that
went
before
us,
I
guarantee
they
were
rushed
and
told
to
hurry
up.
You
will
then
exit
from
gate
39-41
and
can
let
your
husband/brother/son
know
to
meet
you
at
these
gates
if
you
need
them
to
pick
up
up.
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