Wing it with Salwa

 I had been called along with my husband to visit Allah's home in Makkah Al-hamdulilah. It was my first ever umrah, our visit was 10 days long, we stayed in Makkah for 5 days and Madina for 4 days and traveled back on the 5th day. My husband had already performed his umrah, so he guided me a lot throughout, but this blog is for anyone who hasn't yet performed Umrah and is planning to go, may Allah call all of us again and again. So, here are some tips and hacks for your first umrah. 1. Pack light, some abayas, depending on how long your stay is, don't take full 3 piece dresses, just some t shirts and pajamas will work too. I saw many women not wearing abayas too and that's up to them,but in Mataf, it gets really crowded and there's no idea of segregation between men and women, so it's more comfortable to wear Abaya. I also noticed that many women didn't wear much at all underneath abayas which is again a personal preference but sometimes it becomes obvious a