A Soulful Journey of Umrah

It is a common myth that people who have money can go for Umrah but the fact is only the will of Allah Almighty can allow a person to go for Umrah.  There are many people who are financially strong but still unable to go for Umrah due to their illness or many other reasons and in the same way there are people who cannot afford to go for Umrah but luckily get Umrah tickets through lucky draws or by some other means. All Muslims have a special association with the house of Allah Almighty because it is a place where last Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) visited. People want to feel the love with last prophet in the air of that city. Everybody wants to follow the Sunnah of last Prophet (SAW). No doubt that Umrah is a soulful journey.

We go with excitement and cannot believe our luck until we enter in the house of Allah. We do tawaf and want to kiss the Hijra-e-Aswad , every pilgrim make his best effort to kiss the Holy stone but very few get that luck because there are huge number of pilgrims in the surroundings of Ka’bah and so the lucky ones can get the chance to touch and kiss Hijra-e-Aswad. Prayers that are offered in the house of Allah get the double and triple reward as compared to the prayers we offer in our daily routine. It is a human nature that rewards attract us and so to get more and more reward, we offer nafils also in the house of Allah Almighty.

Aab-e-zamzam is not an ordinary water and do not found anywhere else except the house of Allah. Pilgrims get benefit by drinkring Aab-e-zamzam in their soulful journey of Umrah. Aab-e-zamzam cures many diseases and that’s why people try to get the maximum advantage of this water and so they save Aab-e-zamzam in the bottles for the later times. Pilgrims also visit Masjid e Quba and Ohad mountain because they want to visit every place where our last Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) visited. A feeling of love and a feeling of being blessed surrounds the pilgrims in the whole journey. We visit many places in our lives but this journey is different from all and this is the only journey which is soulful because the purpose of this journey is to please Allah Almighty.

This is the most memorable journey of any Muslim. Wearing Ehraam and getting ready for this soulful act is a beautiful feeling. When this soulful journey reaches nearer to the end, pilgrims maximize their efforts and spend more time in the house of Allah Almighty.  They shorten the time period of their rest. In last days of this journey, people want to avail this beautiful opportunity with more enthusiasm because everybody is unsure about the next visit. Pilgrims sacrifice their sleeping hours for the sake of Allah Almighty and the sick people even get the energy to pray in the late nights. This is all just because of the greatness of Allah (SWT).

 

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