Umrah is a pleasant journey for every Muslim regardless of whether he had performed it or not. Millions of pilgrims perform Umrah every year and some people repeat mistakes in Umrah performance every time they do. So next time when you book Ramadan Umrah packages keeps the following tips in mind to perform Umrah according to sunnah of Prophet (PBUH).
1. Ihram
Men and women should enter in the state of ihram before crossing the meeqat point. Men and women are required to do ghusl if he/she needs to do because of any impurity. Then one should start reciting talbiyah until arrival at Makkah. It is also sunnah of the prophet to perform ghusl before entering Makkah. At reaching Makkah one should enter in Masjid-al-Haram with his right foot.
2. Tawaf
When you are starting tawaf you should stop reciting talbiyah. You should start tawaf by either touching or kissing the black stone and then make the intention by specific dua and start your tawaf. The Kaaba should be on your left side and you should complete seven rounds in the anti-clockwise direction. There is no specific dua for each round.
At each of the circle when you come to face the Black Stone say, “Allahu akbar”. Don’t touch any other part of Kaaba except Black Stone and Yemeni Corner because the Prophet didn’t do. Men should walk rapidly in the first three rounds taking short steps.
Hajr Ismail is the part of Kaaba so you should enter into this point during your tawaf. As you need to circulate around the Kaaba, not inside the Kaaba.
3. Offering Two Rakats
When you have completed the tawaf you should offer two rakats prayer at Maqaam-e-Ibrahim. If there is a crowd you can also offer it in the other part of the mosque.
4. Safa and Marwa
Once you had completed your prayer in the mosque you should next start your ritual of Sa’I in Umrah as a prescribed way of our Prophet (PBUH). You should complete seven rounds around Safa and Marwa in to and fro motion while walking at about running speed.
5. Halq or Taqsir
After the completion of Sa’I men and women need to cut their hair in a defined way. Men need to shave their head completely and women just required cutting their hair equal to the fingertip length from the bottom. It is advised to cut your hair from a barber for men and women can get it done by their mahram.
Summary of Steps
• Do ghusl (if required) at any of the meeqat points and assume ihram and recite talbiyah until reaching Makkah.
• Perform tawaf in a prescribed way, taking Black Stone as your starting and ending point. Complete your seven rounds around the Kaaba in state of ihram.
• Pray two rakats at Maqam-e-Ibrahim or at anywhere in the mosque.
• Complete your Sa’I starting from Safa and ending at Marwa. It will be a total of seven rounds in your Sa’I performance.
• Shave or cut your head according to your gender and then you can exit from Ihram.
This is the way that you need to follow for Umrah. Next time when you plan to travel for Umrah just look for best Umrah agents UK. You should do all your Umrah rituals as our beloved Prophet (PBUH) in His life to earn great rewards from Allah Almighty.
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