Haj & Umrah

HAJJ :

The Hajj (Arabic: حج‎ Ḥajj) is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest pilgrimage in the world, and is the 5th pillar of Islam, are religious that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslims who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God ( Allah in the Arabic language).
The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th day of Dhu Al-Hijjah, the 12th and last month of the Islamic Calendar. Because the Islamic calendar is a Lunar calendar, eleven days shorter than the Gregorian Clendar used in the Western world, the Gregorian date of the Hajj changes from year to year. Ihram is the name given to the special state in which Muslims live while on the pilgrimage.

The Hajj is associated with the life of Hazoor Pak Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (p.b.u.h) from the 7th century, but the ritual of pilgrimage to Mecca is considered by Muslims to stretch back thousands of years to the time of Abraham (Ibrahim). Pilgrims join processions of hundreds of thousands of people, who simultaneously converge on Mecca for the week of the Hajj, and perform a series of rituals: Each person walks counter-clockwise seven times around the KAABA, the cube-shaped building which acts as the Muslim direction of prayer, runs back and forth between the hills of Al-safa and Al-Marwah, drinks from the Zamzam well, goes to the plains of Mount Arafat to stand in vigil, and throws stones in a ritual Stoning of the Devil. The pilgrims then shave their heads, perform a ritual of animal sacrifice, and celebrate the three day global festival of Eid-ul-adha.

UMRAH :

The Umrah or (Arabic: عمرة‎) is a pilgrimage to Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, performed by Muslims that can be undertaken at any time of the year. In Arabic, Umrah means “to visit a populated place”. As a technical term used in the Sharia, Umrah means to perform Tawaf round the Kaaba and Sa’l between Al-safa and Al-Marwah, after assuming Ihram (a sacred state), either from a Miqat like Zu ‘l-Hulafa, Juhfa, Qarnu ‘l-Manāzil,Yalamlam, Zāt-i-’Irq, Ibrahīm Mursīa, or a place in Hill. It is sometimes called the ‘minor pilgrimage’ or ‘lesser pilgrimage’, the Hajj being the ‘major’ pilgrimage and which is compulsory for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it. The Umrah is not compulsory but highly recommended.

Details of travel procedures for Umra Pilgrims

Please apply for a travel package before applying Umra Visa
Before the delivery of passport with Umrah Visa, please confirm return airline ticket & transport from airport to hotel with package
After Umra Visa Stamping, we have to fill up a form to inform Saudi agent and Saudi haj ministry (including complete program)
When Umra Pilgrims reach at Saudi airport and finish immigration, thasheel department will collect the passport and handover to Saudi sponsor. So there must be a representative from the Saudi agent in the airport. Saudi agent will arrange airport pick up ( taxi arrange) and they will deliver passport to the holder.

After approval, It might take 5 working days to stamp the visa from consulate. The company is not responsible for any delay from Saudi consulate by any reason. The sanctioned approval is valid only 15 days and no refund if the customer delayed to submit their original documents within 10 working days.