Umrah2018Wishes,Messages,Status,Quotes,Images,and,More

Umrah2018Wishes,Messages,Status,Quotes,Images,and,More

Umrah2018Wishes,Messages,Status,Quotes,Images,and,More

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Umrah

Umrah2018Wishes,Messages,Status,Quotes,Images,and,More

Pilgrims circumambulating the Kaaba, in Mecca (Hijazi region of Saudi Arabia) during the Hajj

The ʿUmrah (Arabic: عُمرَة‎) is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Hijaz, Saudi Arabia, performed by Muslims that can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to the Ḥajj (Arabic: حَـجّ‎) which has specific dates according to the Islamic lunar calendar. In Arabic, ‘Umrah means "to visit a populated place." In the Sharia, Umrah means to perform Tawaf round the Ka‘bah(Arabic: كَـعْـبَـة‎, 'Cube'), and Sa'i between Safa and Marwah, both after assuming Ihram (a sacred state). Ihram must be observed once traveling by land and passing a Miqat like Zu 'l-Hulafa, Juhfa, Qarnu 'l-Manāzil, Yalamlam, Zāt-i-'Irq, Ibrahīm Mursīa, or a place in al-Hill. Different conditions exist for air travelers, who must observe Ihram once entering a specific perimeter about the city of Mecca. It is sometimes called the 'minor pilgrimage' or 'lesser pilgrimage', the Hajj being the 'major' pilgrimage which is compulsory for every Muslim who can afford it. The Umrah is not compulsory but highly recommended.

Differences between the Hajj and Umrah

• Both are Islamic pilgrimages, the main difference is their level of importance and the method of observance.^[1]
• Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is obligatory for every Muslim once in their lifetime, provided they are physically fit and financially capable.
• Hajj is performed over specific days during a designated Islamic month. However, Umrah can be performed at any time.
• Although they share common rites, Umrah can be performed in less than a few hours while Hajj is more time consuming, and involves more rituals.
  

  Types of Umrah

A certain type of the Umrah exists depending on whether or not the pilgrim wishes to perform Umrah in the Hajj period, thus combining their merit.

When performed alongside the Hajj, Umrah is deemed one of “enjoyment” (Umrat al-tamattu) and is part of a fuller Hajj of enjoyment (Hajjul tamattu). More precisely, the rituals of the Umrah are performed first, and then the Hajj rituals are performed.

Otherwise, when performed without continuing to perform Hajj, the Umrah is considered a “single” Umrah (Umrah Mufradah).

Rituals

The pilgrim performs a series of ritual acts symbolic of the lives of Ibrahim (Abraham) and his second wife Hajar, and of solidarity with Muslims worldwide. Pilgrims enter the perimeter of Mecca in a state of Ihram and perform:

• Tawaf (Arabic: طواف‎), which consists of circling the Ka'bah seven times in an anticlockwise direction. Men are encouraged to do this three times at a hurried pace, followed by four times, more closely, at a leisurely pace.^[2]
• Sa'i (Arabic: سعي‎), which means rapidly walking seven times back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwah. This is a re-enactment of Hajar's frantic search for water. The baby Ishmael cried and hit the ground with his foot (some versions of the story say that an angel scraped his foot or the tip of his wing along the ground), and water miraculously sprang forth. This source of water is today called the Well of Zamzam.
• Halq or taqsir: Taqsir is a partial shortening of the hair typically reserved for women who cut a minimum of one inch or more of their hair. A halq is a complete shave of the head, usually performed on men. Both of these signify the submission of will to God over glorifying physical appearances. The head shaving/cutting is reserved until the end of Umrah.

These rituals complete the Umrah, and the pilgrim can choose to go out of ihram. Although not a part of the ritual, most pilgrims drink water from the Well of Zamzam. Various sects of Islam perform these rituals with slightly different methods.

The peak times of pilgrimage are the days before, during and after the Hajj and during the last ten days of Ramadan.

History

According to the Muslim traditional accounts, access to the Holy Site, and thus the right to practice the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages have not always been granted to Muslims. It is reported in the Muslim traditional accounts that throughout Muhammad's era, the Muslims wanted to establish the right to perform Umrah and Hajj to Mecca since the latter had been prescribed by the Quran. During that time, Mecca was allegedly occupied by Arab Pagans who used to worship idols inside Mecca.

The Treaty of Hudaibiya

In the early days of Islam, it is claimed that tensions arose in Mecca between its pagan inhabitants and the Muslims who wished to perform pilgrimages within. According to the traditional Muslim stories, in 628 AD (6 AH), inspired by a dream that Muhammad had had while in Madinah, in which he was performing the ceremonies of Umrah, he and his followers approached Mecca from Medina. They were stopped at Hudaibiya, Quraysh (a local tribe) refused entry to the Muslims who wished to perform the pilgrimage. Muhammad is said to have explained that they only wished to perform a pilgrimage, and subsequently leave the city, however the Qurayshites disagreed.

Diplomatic negotiations were pursued once the Muslim Prophet Muhammad refused to use force to enter Mecca, out of respect to the Holy Ka’aba. In March, 628 AD (Dhu'l-Qi'dah, 6 AH), the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was drawn up and signed, with terms stipulating a ten-year period free of hostilities, during which the Muslims would be allowed a three-day-long access per year to the holy site of the Ka’aba starting the following year. On the year it was signed, the followers of Mohammed were forced to return home without having performed Umrah.

The First Umrah

The next year (629 AD, or 7 AH), the Muslim tradition claims that Muhammad ordered and took part in the Conquest of Mecca in December 629.^] Following the agreed-upon terms of the Hudaibiya Treaty, Muhammad and some 2000 followers (men, women and children) proceeded to perform what became the first Umrah, which lasted three days. After the transfer of power, the people of Mecca who (according to the Muslim traditional narrative) had persecuted and driven away the early Muslims, and had fought against the Muslims due to their beliefs, were afraid of retribution. However, Muhammad forgave all of his former enemies.

Ten people were ordered to be killed after the capture of Mecca: Ikrimah ibn Abi-Jahl, Abdullah ibn Saad ibn Abi Sarh, Habbar bin Aswad, Miqyas Subabah Laythi, Huwairath bin Nuqayd, Abdullah Hilal and four women who had been guilty of murder or other offences or had sparked off the war and disrupted the peace.

Visa policy of Saudi Arabia

Visitors to Saudi Arabia must obtain a visa in advance unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. Saudi Arabia does not issue tourist visas but there are plans to introduce such visas on 1 April 2018.

All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia

  Visa-free

  Admission refused

  Visa required

Visa exemption

Citizens of the following 4 countries do not require a visa to visit Saudi Arabia and may use national ID Cards to enter the country:

Bahrain  Kuwait  Oman  United Arab Emirates

Visa exemption also applies to holders of diplomatic and official passports of France.

Admission refusal

Following the severance of diplomatic ties on 5 June 2017, citizens of  Qatar are refused admission. Qatari citizens were given fourteen days to leave the country. Previously, citizens of the country didn't require a visa to visit Saudi Arabia.

Citizens of  Israel are refused admission and transit while visitors holding passports containing any Israeli visa or stamp may be refused entry.

Hajj visas

A special visa category exists for pilgrims coming to Saudi Arabia on the Hajj. Applications are encouraged to be done via licensed travel agents and are being accepted between Mid-Shawwal and 25th Dhual-Qa'dah.

Muslim female passengers arriving to perform Umrah or Hajj must either be accompanied by an immediate male family member such as a father, brother, husband, or son, who must be aged 18 years or older; or be over 45 years of age and travelling within a group of female passengers of the same age, who are accompanied by a group leader until their departure.

Reform plans

In December 2013 Saudi Arabia announced its intention to begin issuing tourist visas for the first time in its history. Council of Ministers entrusted the Supreme Commission for Tourism and Antiquities with visa issuing on the basis of certain regulations approved by the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs. A limited tourist visa programme was cancelled in March 2014. In December 2014 the Saudi Arabian authorities reiterated that tourist visas will not be reintroduced. However, in April 2016, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef announced that plans to start issuing tourist visas as part of Vision 2030, which aims to diversify Saudi economy and leading it away from an oil dependent economy. Saudi Arabia has welcomed Uber and Six Flags parks in its initial steps towards amplifying the tourism sector. In November 2017 it was announced that Saudi Arabia would begin issuing tourist visas and online application in 2018.

In January 2018 it was announced that the following nationalities will be eligible for electronic tourist visas:

All Schengen Area member states  Australia  Brunei  Japan  Malaysia

Singapore  South Africa  South Korea  Taiwan  United States and other undisclosed countries on American continent

Women under 30 will have to be accompanied and foreign non-muslim visitors will not be allowed to travel to the City of Mecca and the City Centre of Medina.

Full rules are expected to be published by the end of March 2018. In March 2018 the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage announced that the bylaws were ready for adoption and that they will be published by the end of the first quarter of 2018.

Umrah al-Mufradah is one of the best acts and has lots of superiorities and it has been quoted from holy prophet (s.a.) that:

“اَلْعُمرَةُ کَفّارَةٌ لِکُلِّ ذَنْب”

Umrah is the atonement of all of the sins (and lighten the sins on the back of the human).

A person who is able to perform Umrah al-Mufradah, it is obligatory precaution for him/her to perform that although he/she has not the ability of performing Hajj, and it is not obligatory more than once in a lifetime. Therefore, it is obligatory precaution for those proxies who perform Hajj in behalf other persons to perform Umrah al-Mufradah for themselves.

No one is permitted to enter Mecca without Ihram by any reason and should perform Umrah al-Mufradah after Ihram, and does not come out of Ihram without that, but some groups are excluded from this ruling: Car drivers and servants of caravans and all persons who go out of Mecca (for example to Medina and Jeddah) frequently, also the person who has performed Umrah al-Tamattu’ or Umrah al-Mufradah and goes out of Mecca and returns in the same lunar month, Ihram and Umrah is not obligatory for this person.

Performing Umrah is Mustahab in each month; therefore if a person enters Mecca in the end of month of Rajab and performs Umrah, he/she can perform Umrah again when the month of Sha’ban begins, but performing two Umrah al-Mufradah has problem in that same month and if a person wants to perform more than one Umrah in one month, he/she performs that with the intention of Rija’, which means hoping Allah to accept that (not with the intention of an absolute order

People who come from Jeddah for performing Umrah al-Mufradah should become Muhrim from Hudaybiyah (which is about 17 km from Mecca), and for those going through Medina, becoming Muhrim in Masjid al-Shajarah is the best of all.

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