Embarking on a Sacred Journey

Umrah is a prestigious journey for Muslims. For many it is once in a lifetime journey because of financial constraints. Therefore, pilgrims should try to perform this sacred journey with sincerity and humbleness. 

Every year thousands of Muslims gather around the Holy Kaabah to perform Hajj and Umrah. Umrah is a journey which can be performed at any time of the year. Many Muslims perform Umrah every year. But the real essence of this journey lies in the submission to Allah SWT. We should realize that we are here performing this journey being guests of Allah and we should be thankful as much as we can. Had Allah SWT not invited us we wouldn't have been here performing Umrah or Hajj. Moreover, keeping in mind that we are travellers we must care about our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters who are traveling along. Different ethnicities, different nation state, different languages and are yet bound by one conviction. We should try not to harm our Muslim brothers and sisters with our words or actions or even with intentions. We should not   judgmental about what others say or do. We are all here performing one single task of ubudiya.

Our primary purpose should be acceptance instead of making it a luxurious journey. We should always bear in mind that we are performing this journey for the sole purpose of earning Allah SWT’s mercy and to forgive our sins. We are not here to live in a luxurious hotel, complaining about the things we did not get. Instead, we should be thankful that out of millions of Muslims we were chosen to perform this sacred journey. With vast number of cheap Makkah and Madina Hotel Packages our journey is far more comfortable and easy than it used to be in the olden days.

Likewise, we should keep on refreshing our intention throughout this journey. Our aim should be to seek Allah SWT’s mercy, not to please others. Yet, we have certain obligations

while we travel such as taking care of our Muslims brothers and sisters, providing them comfort and not to hurt them both physically and verbally. Moreover, we should spend our time in worship instead of gossiping around and socializing. We may not be able to get this holy opportunity again in our life so we should utilize maximum of our time in worship. Now, we have accessibility to Cheap Umrah Packages and Umrah Packages 2016, so we should not worry about money at all. All we need to do is to make a pure and pious intention to perform this prestigious journey of Umrah and to seek forgiveness from Allah.