Umrah is one of the best acts of worship that Allah SWT admire a lot and advice His followers to perform it as many time as they can in their lifetime, if they have capability financially, physically and mentally. The lesser pilgrimage is not just great act of worship but a wonderful source of earning uncountable rewards and blessings. Though Umrah is not an obligatory act but its performance can bring several benefits to its performer. Umrah can be performed any time in the year unlike hajj, except the days of annual pilgrimage. Performance of minor pilgrimage is the utmost desire of every Muslim as our holy Prophet PBUH performs four Umrahs in His life and nothing is better than following the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet PBUH. The lesser pilgrimage or Umrah is a ritual in which pilgrim circulate around the Kabah seven time, known as Tawaf. You can check out complete Umrah procedure at our site Travel for Umrah.
Makkah is the holy land where millions of Muslim gathers from all over the world to perform the sacred obligation of Umrah. This holy city is known as the mother of all cities, where pilgrims flock to complete the Sunnah of their Prophet PBUH. If you’re planning to perform Umrah the very first thing might came into your mind that, how many days I need to complete my Umrah performance? In this busy era, you need to set schedule to perform your religious duties especially when you’re living in non-Muslim country. As we operate from UK, Travel for Umrah understands this and fully cooperate with our customers in every matters so they can perform the Umrah without any hassle or tension. The minimal time duration you need to complete Umrah is 7 days because the minimum Umrah package available in market consists of seven days on which you stay 4 days in Makkah and 3 days in Madinah. Travel for Umrah offers wide range of Umrah packages from which you can choose that suits your demand and needs and also fits in your budget. We have 3 Star, 4 Star and 5 Star luxury Umrah packages with minimum 7 days stay. Though all Umrah packages include 3 days stay in Madinah but it is not mandatory at all because visiting Madinah is not a part of Umrah.
You need approximately 3 to 6 hours to perform Umrah, depending on different days. To complete your Umrah you just require one day but as we mention above the minimum day’s package you get will be of 7 days. Staying on the holy land is blessing itself, be proud to become the guest of Supreme Creator of the whole Universe. The Umrah duration might affect by different factors including knowledge, time or accompany. Let’s have a look on what factors can affect the Umrah duration.
Knowledge: Many of you might think what the relation between Umrah time duration with knowledge is but believe me this is the most crucial factor that affects your Umrah time. How? Let’s see. If you have good knowledge about Umrah rituals, Islam and Umrah steps, you can save lots of time. Well-prepared pilgrim can complete his/her Umrah more efficiently than those who look for help on every step. But the case is slightly different with new converters of Islam; they need more time as everything is unfamiliar for them. We often observe that new converters ask for directions and supplication they can make at different points. Though they have things written but still they need more time and ofcourse their Umrah will complete late than the one who already perform the sacred obligation. Umrah doesn’t start from the point you step into Holy Kabah, but it begins with your intentions. All pilgrims should understand Umrah completely before reaching the sacred land and should understand its teaching even after its completion.
Before or After Hajj Season: There is a massive crowd somedays before the hajj as pilgrims from all over the world start gathering in Makkah. Similarly, after the hajj you can see the huge crowd as all of them can’t leave the country at once, they need time and during that time they prefer to perform as many Umrah as they can. It is recommended to plan Umrah sometime after the hajj when hajjis’ leave the Makkah. At that time there are few people and you can perform Umrah easily within few hours.
Time of the Day: On what particular time of the day you’re going to perform Umrah also affects its duration. It takes more time to complete rituals during rush hours so; one should avoid going such times. The best time to complete your Umrah fastly is early morning as there are very few people at that time. Late hours of the day also works well as people get tired at that time and leave for the hotels.
With whom you’re performing Umrah: Accompany of family members also plays role in time duration of your Umrah. Healthy male members can complete their Umrah within 3 to 4 hours but if they’re performing Umrah with females they need more time. Also, young kids’ accompany or members on wheelchair can add more hours. Carrying the family members on wheelchair can take lot more time due to rush and slow pace.
These are some factors that can affect the time duration of your Umrah. Whatever package you choose, it comes with minimum 7 days which means you have 6 extra days to spend on holy land. What will you do during this time? You can perform multiple Umrah in one trip, it is permissible and there is no restriction on how many Umrah you perform in one trip unless you complete all the rituals without any mistake. Your first Umrah should be for yourself and after that you can perform lesser pilgrimage for your family or deceased members of your family. One should keep in mind that this time is excludes the travel time from your country to reach the Saudi Kingdom.
