Why Muslims Join The Umrah Trip

A divine path for Muslim is Umrah journey and Hajj journey. Umrah is called lesser pilgrimage and Hajj is called major pilgrimage on the basis of rituals. Umrah is a sunnah of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) while Hajj is a compulsory duty. The rituals of Umrah are only 4 and the rituals of Hajj are 12. Hajj is compulsory for those people who can be able to bear all expenses of it. People can easily perform Umrah than Hajj.

People can make Umrah Trip easier with Umrah Packages with flights. They can get such Umrah Packages anywhere in the world where they live. This trip completely changed the lives of people when they come back to their homeland. Every pilgrim experiences some amazing feelings if he/she has performed Umrah with true intentions.

Umrah trip is started when the pilgrim leaves his/her house with the intention of Umrah. Umrah rituals start from Ihram and end on the Halq/Taqsir. Pilgrim cannot enter the area of Haram without wearing Ihram. It is necessary for him to wear the Ihram at Miqat. Some people wear Ihram at home and some of them wear at the airport.

In the state of Ihram, some acts are prohibited on pilgrims if they break the rule of Ihram then their Umrah is not completed. Pilgrims go towards the Kaaba which is placed in the Masjid al-Haram. They perform Tawaf around the Kaaba. This step is not easy for several times because many pilgrims walk around the Kaaba with each other. Some pilgrims are disabled between us but they want to perform it easily then they can get help from travel agencies because agencies provide Cheap Umrah Packages for such people.

Government of Saudi Arabia tries that every pilgrim can perform Umrah easily and it is a really big challenge for the Government of Saudi Arabia to manage a crowd of people in a small place and the rush of people is never less there. 

During the Umrah, one person passes his time in the house of Allah with different people who are not related to him/her, there is the only relation for everyone which is Islam.

Abu Bakr Siddique (RA) reported that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) stated:

“The guests of Allah are 3: The Ghazi, the Hajji, and the Mutamir”.

Ghazi: the warrior who fights in Jihad just for the sake of Allah

Hajji: the pilgrim who performs Hajj

Mutamir: the pilgrim who performs Umrah

Sunan An-Nasai, vol-3.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) stated:

“From 1 Umrah to another is the expiation for what comes in between and Hajj Al-Mabrur brings no reward less than Paradise”.

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) stated:

“Perform Hajj and Umrah consecutively, for they remove poverty and sin as bellows remove impurity from iron”.

Hazrat Ayesha (RA) stated:

“Whoever greeneries his home only for the obstinacy of Hajj or Umrah and dies, nothing will be obtainable to him nor will he have any liability on the day of Reckoning and it will be said to him, enter into Jannat”.

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) stated:

“Jihad of the elderly, the young, the week and the women is Hajj and Umrah.”

A person should feel lucky if he/she has been selected for Umrah this year. Umrah is basically a celebration trip, a celebration of love and peace. Nowadays, everyone is in the middle of the problems of his/her daily life, he/she will definitely feel the tranquility during his/her spiritual journey towards the Umrah. This trip allows him to forget his/her fears, his/her doubts and helps him find the way for everything.

How Many Times Did Prophet Muhammad Perform Umrah?

In Islam, worships have mainly two types; Fard (essential) and Sunnah (non-compulsory) Fard worship is essential for every person while Sunnah worship is non-essential for every person but anyone can get the reward for this worship who will perform it. Sunnah is such act, whom our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) performed in his life.

Umrah is a Sunnah in Islam while Hajj is an essential part of Islam and Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam. Hajj can only be performed at specific days of Dahul Hijjah, as all worships (obligatory) are offered at a specific time, for example, Salah (prayer), Fasting of Ramadan, and Zakat (Charity). Umrah can be performed at any time of year except for the days of Hajj and Umrah can be performed multi times in one year.

Many Muslims perform Umrah all the year because the Umrah removes sins and poverty. During the Umrah, Muslim make themselves as a guest of Allah because they perform the rituals of Tawaf around the house of Allah (Kaaba) and if anyone can perform the Umrah in Ramadan then he/she can get such rewards which are equal the rewards of Hajj.

Muslims can easily perform Umrah this year (2022) with best Umrah Packages 2022 all inclusive and if they succeed to get such packages from any travel agency then they will receive many facilities which will make Umrah journey easy for them. Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) performed four Umrah and one Hajj in life.

In this regard, a Sahih-hadith is mentioned here.

Said to Anas bin Malik: “How many times did the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) perform Hajj?”

He said: “He performed one Hajj and he performed 4 Umrah: An Umrah during Dhul-Qadah; the Umrah of Al-Hudaibiyah, and Umrah with his hajj, and an Umrah from Al-Jiirranah when he divided up the war spoils of Hunain.”  (Jami at-Tirmidhi-821)

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) performed 4 Umrahs at different times which is briefly described.

The first Umrah:

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) performed first Umrah after the Treaty of Hudaibiyah. In the 6th Hijri, leaders of Quraish did not allow Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and other Muslims to enter the city of Makkah. Prophet (PBUH) changed way and they made their route to a place called Hudaibiyah at the boundary of the city. At that time, an agreement had been settled between Muslims and Quraishs which was called Sulah – Hudaibiyah.

In this agreement, there were some points.

1: There would be no fighting between Quraishs and Muslims for the next ten years.

2: Any person or tribe had a right to freely choose the way of Islam and way of Quraish.

3: If any inhabitants of Makkah went to Madina then Muslims would return him to Makkah and if any Muslim of Madina went to Makkah, he would not be returned.

4: The Muslim will perform Umrah next year but at that time, they can not be performed Umrah then Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) came out of Ihram, shaved his head, sacrificed his animal and went back to Madina and this is counted as an Umrah.

The second Umrah:

As it was contained in the agreement of Hudabiya that Muslims can perform Umrah next year. In 8th Hijri, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) performed 2nd Umrah with his companions and therefore, they spent three days in Makkah.

The third Umrah:

This Umrah was be done by Muhammad (PBUH) with his companions in 8th Hijri, after returning from the Battle of Hunain.

The fourth Umrah:

In the 10thh Hijri, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) performed Umrah along the Hajj and this Umrah is called Umrah-ul-Tamattu. Umrah has two types Umrah-ul-Mufradah and Umrah-ul-Tamattu.

Umrah-ul-Mufradah:

This type of Umrah can be performed at any time of year except for the days of Hajj.

Umrah-ul-Tamattu:

This type of Umrah can only be performed along the Hajj.

If anyone wants to perform Umrah in this recent year then he/she will need the best travel agency which will arrange some Cheap Umrah Packages UK, so that, customer can perform Umrah easily this year.

What are the benefits of performing Umrah?

Umrah is known as to be a lesser pilgrimage and it is a Sunnah which can be performed at any time of year except for 5 days of Hajj (Annual pilgrimage). Umrah is such worship which continues throughout the year. Millions of Muslims travel to Makkah Saudi Arabia after buying Cheap Umrah Package due to perform Umrah and the number of pilgrimages (Umrah performers) is increasing day by day.

What is the mystery behind to perform Umrah?

There are a lot of benefits for pilgrims (performers of Umrah) but we only discuss here in light of Hadiths.

Being Allah Guest:

This is a chance for every Muslim to be a Guest of Allah because the main rituals of Umrah are performed in Al-Haram Mosque where Allah’s house is placed. Allah gives many uncountable rewards in which a reward is Jannah.

A hadith is narrated by Hazrat Abu Huraira (RA) that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) state:

“The guests of Allah are 3:

Ghazi (a warrior who only fights in the way an Allah and this is called jihad),

Hajji (pilgrim who performs Hajj), and Mutamir (pilgrim who performs Umrah)”.

    (Sunan An-Nasai, Vol.3)

Remove the Sins:

When mankind breaks the rule of nature then he/she make a bad deed which is called a Sin. Umrah gives a chance of every mankind to remove sins which have committed in his/her past, so thereby anyone can free his/her soul from the burden of past committed sins.

A beautiful Hadith which is narrated by Abu Huraira (RA) that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stated:

“From one Umrah to another is expatiation for what comes in between, and Hajj Al-Mabrur brings no reward less than Paradise”.

Another Hadith which is also narrated by Abu Huraira (RA), Holy Prophet (PBUH) stated:

"An Umrah to another Umrah will be the redemption of sins for whatever (minor) happens between them".

(Muslim & Bukhari)

Removes Poverty:

Umrah is a best worship and Sunnah which removes poverty.

A Hadith in which our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:

“Perform Hajj and Umrah consecutively, for they remove poverty and sin as hollers remove impurity from iron”.

This Hadith tells us that How Umrah removes poverty. Umrah is a journey to the site of Makkah which is a city of Saudi Arabia. There are some things needed to complete this journey, as like some things had been requiring since 1400 years ago. Nowadays, if one travels for Allah to perform Umrah then he/she will pay an amount of money for visa, airline ticket, hotels, and etc.

It is not compulsory for those who are not able (physically and financially). Best travel agencies help in term of financially with providing Best Umrah Packages in which cheapest price of airline tickets, hotels, and transports are included.

Hazrat Ayesha (RA) said:

“Whoever greeneries his home only for the obstinacy of Hajj or Umrah and dies, nothing will be obtainable to him nor will he have any liability on the day of Reckoning and it will be said to him, enter into Jannah”.

Reward equivalent to Jihad:

Jihad is a great act in Islam and the reward of jihad is martyrdom. According to some scholars, nowadays, there is no actively jihad in which Muslims can take part but the performance of Umrah is equivalent to jihad in the term of reward.

Abu Huraira (RA) reported that Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) said at another moment:

“Jihad of the elderly, the weak and the woman is undertaking the Hajj and Umrah”.

(Nasaai).