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Since he began his journey earlier this month, Usman Arshad has already walked over a tenth of a 5,400-kilometer route to reach his dream destination, Makkah, in time to participate in next year’s Hajj.
Carrying a small backpack and umbrella, and wearing a pair of trekking shoes, the 25-year-old student’s pilgrimage, which started from his hometown of Okara in Pakistan’s Punjab province, will take him across parts of at least five countries, before he arrives in the holiest city of Islam.
“From Pakistan to Iran, Iran to Iraq, from Iraq to Kuwait, and from Kuwait, I will enter Saudi Arabia,” Arshad told Arab News from Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, from where he will enter neighboring Iran later this week.
“It will take about eight months, which means that I will reach Makkah in May.”
As expected, he’s receiving much love from the places that he crosses, as many are throwing the doors of their houses open for him to spend the night.
