Best Time To Avail Umrah

Definition of Umrah:

Umrah is a journey to visit the Makkah at any time of year and it consists of three steps.

The first step is Tawaf, the second step is sai, and the last step is shaving hairs from the head.

We have some knowledge for the best time to avail Umrah as a general idea on the weather conditions in Makkah and Madinah because these are holiest cities in the world and every Muslim wants to visit it in his life.

Makkah and Madinah are cities of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has a desert climate and extreme heat during the day, therefore, the temperature at day is high but the temperature at night is low. There is very low annual rainfall. The temperature in Makkah is considerably better in December, January and February (31°C during daytime) and Madinah ranges between (24-25 °C).

Every Muslim wants to perform the Umrah during the holy month of Ramadan because many Muslims believe that Umrah in Ramadan is equal to Hajj. In those days, many travel agencies give special and cheapest offers of Ramadan Umrah Package to attract people.

People choose the Grand months to perform Umrah with its true spirits. These months are Muharram and Safar after the end of Dhul-Hijjah (last month of Islamic lunar calendar) because the rush of people cut’s down to half and prices for hotels and accommodations get reasonable. Rabbi ul Awwah and Shabaan are the busiest seasons of Umrah after the month of Ramadan.

Some Muslim prefers to perform Umrah with their family and they choose mid-year as to avail these vacations to go on Umrah trip. Some prefer to travel in the spring season because it is the best time to perform Umrah rituals. Most Muslims choose the month of December because winter holidays come almost in the world as Christmas and New Year holidays.

Saudi Government confirms the Umrah visa opening dates after hajj. Approval of Visa takes a few weeks or months depending upon the legal implications. This is the best way to book your packages in advance.

Officially Umrah visa opening date will be updated and 1st flights to start from the month of August. Muslims book the exclusive Umrah Packages 2023 in advance and it includes individual as well as family packages.

Do Umrah step by step:

Complete guide the Umrah Step By Step:

1: Ihram must be necessary at the place of Meeqat. Ihram is simple clothes which are different for male and female. For gents, the ihram is unstitched white colour but women must wear stitched of any colour.

2: Pilgrims enter in the Al-Haram mosque and when they first time see the Kaaba then they pray for many wishes because this is a special moment of acceptance.                                    

3: Pilgrims move around the Holy Kaaba seven times but it starts from the Hajr-e-Aswad is fixed.

4: Multazam is a distance from the door of the Kabba and wall where the stone is fixed known as black stone (Hajr-e-Aswad). At this point, prayers can’t be rejected.

5: After the walking, pilgrims drink the water from Zamzam well.

6: Tawaf is 1st half of Umrah and next step is Sa'i. Sa'i is such holy activity in which Muslim fastly walk between the hills of Safa and Marwa.