'We prayed, cried and laughed': Durefishan Saleem shares Hajj experience

Actress Durefishan Saleem has shared reflections from her Hajj pilgrimage, describing the journey as one marked by "sabr (loads of it ), shukar and insane Tawakul."

In a detailed post on Instagram, she opened up about performing Hajj with her parents and the life lessons she took from the experience. “So glad I did this with mama baba who mashALLAH had more strength than I did while I fell sick on the first day of rami.”

She also spoke about the people she met during the journey and the shared experiences at the holy sites.

“Met some amazing girls. We prayed ,cried, laughed and ate every camp food .Heard some amazing stories of taqwa and learnt religion more in practice than words,” she wrote.

“Don’t know what I am taking with me because there is so much that I can’t put in words for now but I know what I am leaving behind -the weight of things and emotions I had carried for a while."

"Detachments from every emotion and surrender is what hajj taught me and probably that’s one thing I am going to keep reminding myself again and again. Body is in aches but heart is fuller than ever."

Concluding her message, she extended prayers for others hoping to undertake the pilgrimage in the future.

“Hajj Mubarak. May we all be blessed with the opportunity to fulfil this farḍ, and when we do, may it transform us internally even more than it does externally.”