No fam.....OD is a long way off from retirement.....its my hooyo whose retiring inshallah.
Alhamdulilah I have been blessed with both parents living into old age. Most of my contemporaries lost one or both parents years ago.aun.
My mother was planning to retire to Somalia/ Mogadishu but recently has become fixated with Makkah/Madinah.
My Habar yar lived in Makkah for over three years, completing three haj and 42 umrah.....learned a lot of Quran and generally engaged in iibaadhat. My mother is looking to do similar things.
However, we don't have any close relatives, just a few distant cousins, in Saudi.
Renting a place, getting health insurance and hiring a Somali maid is not a problem........leaving my mother alone has become a contentious issue for family. Personally, I'm not against the idea.....our mother doesn't see as much of us in London anyway.
My question to the snet fam is basically do you know of anything similar occurring. Apparently a lot of older Somalis are retiring to Saudi. Any advice will be much appreciated.
