Took him almost a year but he did it! May Allah accept his hajj.

Bosnian pilgrim ‘walks to Mecca through Syria for hajj’

SARAJEVO: A Bosnian Muslim pilgrim who left last December on pilgrimage to Mecca by foot told AFP on Monday that he has arrived after passing through seven countries including war-torn Syria.

“I arrived Saturday in Mecca. I am not tired, these are the best days of my life,” Senad Hadzic, 47, said when reached by phone on a Saudi mobile number.

He said he had covered some 5,700 kilometres in 314 days of walking through Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria and Jordan to the Muslim holy city in south-western Saudi Arabia, with a backpack weighing 20 kilos.

He charted his progress on his Facebook page, where he posted a picture apparently of an entry/exit card for foreigners issued by the Syrian interior ministry.

“I passed through Syria in April. I walked some 500 kilometres in 11 days. I went through Aleppo and Damascus and passed dozens of check-points held by pro-government and rebel forces alike, but I was never detained,” Hadzic said.

“At a check-point held by (President Bashar) al-Assad’s forces the soldier ordered me to empty my backpack … When I showed them my Koran and explained I was making the pilgrimage on foot, they let me go,” he told AFP.

“I walked in the name of Allah, for Islam, for Bosnia-Hercegovina, for my parents and my sister,” he added.

On his Facebook page he said God had shown him the way in dreams, including to go through Syria instead of Iraq.

During the pilgrimage, Hadzic faced temperatures ranging from minus 35 Celsius (minus 31 Fahrenheit) in Bulgaria to plus 44 Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) in Jordan.

He said he had to wait in Istanbul for several weeks to get permission to cross the Bosphorus Bridge on foot and two months at the border between Jordan and Saudi Arabia to obtain an entry visa.

The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be undertaken at least once in a lifetime by all Muslims who are able to.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/bosnian-pilgrim-walks-mecca-syria-hajj-200128239.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKhDP0dKXO8

In Saudi:

There was a time when this was normal... How times have changed

Allahu Akbar (God is Great)! Quite a feat and in short a time too. Our NTA was broadcasting about a Nigerian guy that made it to Saudi Arabia by road and they thought that was a big story.

tbaba, you are right but in this day and age, this is quite exceptional. Can you imagine the spiritual status this guy has ceteris paribus? #Awesomestuff

may God in his mercy make charity that will get us closer to him easy for us.

awesome and inspiring...... can you imagine how many steps he took, the reward. verily the deeds of the faithful is never lost

Subuhanallah

What is he trying to prove?

Religion is indeed a bondage.

Allah Sarki! May Allah acept his ibadat

Wow he almost used an entire year (314 days) to reach his destination. This indeed is an inspirational story.

CastleandGreen: Religion is indeed a bondage.

To you, Religon is a bondage? but am sure you were inspired from the lady that tries to swim accross the Gulf coast.
It is better not to say things if you know it will not benefit others, please try and be civil in your comment and stop your foregone conclusion toward others religion, he did it for his God, not you remember.

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To you, Religion is a bondage? but am sure you were inspired from the lady that tries to swim accross the Gulf coast.
It is better not to say things if you know it will not benefit others, please try and be civil in your comment and stop your foregone conclusion toward others religion, he did it for his God, not you remember.

take it or leave it religion is bondage, if i may ask what is the purpose of people
involving themselves in religious practice after a long while you come back to say
all this years what you have believed in your religious practice are wrong?

Diss

I'm not a Muslim but I admire the guy.. Nice one

Mehn,i admire this guys courage.. This journey increased this man's mental state positively,cos he will realise that most impossible things are really possible,cos they aren't really impossible in the first place...
Once again,i troway salute for this guy...

God is Great

wheter he use foot o, car or plane is nobody business. na im business be dat. religion is a bondage esp islam

wheter he use foot o, car or plane is nobody business. na im business be dat. religion is a bondage esp islam


Faith is what makes a man,whether you like it or not. Your religion might be a Bondage to you.

where is that guy that wants to walk from lagos to maiduguri. he has a mentor

Nyntynplus: Allah Sarki! May Allah acept his ibadat

Ameen.

May Allah accept it has an act of Ibadah... Allahu Akbar

This is what they call faith and determination. Good people and faithful people are spread across all religion. May almighty God grant him strenght Amen.

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LWTMB

Salutations to this man. I'm not a muslim but I am encouraged by his determination.

Allahu Akbar may almighty Allah accept ours n our ibadant

dat guy shud be dubbed "TREKYDINHO"

This man is a tourist.

I'm not a muslim but i'm touch by his determination and ruggedness. He just show us that nothing is impossible with you truly put your heart at it.

Allahu Akbar!!!!!!may Almighty Allah accept his hajj as an act of ibadah and that of other pilgrims in Saudi Arabia...eid Mubarak to all Muslims in advance