Umrah info needed

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Please share your experience with regards to Umrah, I have following questions:

1- is it necessary to go with a tour operator, or take a package from the tour organizers? what are pros and cons?

2- Is there any minimum no of days that muslims are required to stay in makkah and madina?

3- Can umrah trip be organized by ourselves, what would we need to do that?

JazakAllah-Khair

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You can do it on your own. The minimum you have to stay in makkah is based on how long it takes you to complete one umrah, which should take you about six hours max

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Re: Umrah info needed

1) Not necessary to go on package ... Main pros... All the paperwork gets done and rents are already optimised main cons ... Doing the shopping around for hotels and getting paperwork done

2) No, umrah can be done in a few hours ... However, the duration for umrah visa has a limit of I think 2 weeks maximum ... No minimum though.

3) Yes, but you will still need to get your umrah visas sorted ... So you will need to get an operator who will do this for you. In Middle East there are shops that offer the whole trip or simply just get you the visa while you plan the trip yourself.

Your arrangement will more than likely be based on who you know and where you live ...

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Re: Umrah info needed

Quick question. I have seen families who were able to go to Saudi Arabia for the entire month of Ramadan. Is that still an umrah visa?

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Psyah. I was talking from what it takes to complete one umrah, from going to meeqat all the way to shaving the head .

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Re: Umrah info needed

Peace Dosa Chick,

1- Better to go with tour operator because the tour operator will be responsible to take you all those places which recommended as Ziyarat. Otherwise, at your own you'll have to pay taxi fares for each ziyarat places as well as for three time meals + other things. Usually, the tour operators will take you to Madina, Makkah and all the historical places of Ziyarat.

2- There is some saying or hadith but I think it is Dhaeef hadith, if so, that a person should stay 8 days in Madina and complete 40 Salat (5x8=40). Also it is said that a person should stay three days and four nights or three nights and four days in Makkah if he/she would like to perform more than one Umrah. Better to consult with an scholar/qualified aalim.

3- Lately, I applied for "Umrah Visa" directly, but the Saudi Embassy for Hajj & Umrah is now issuing Umrah & Hajj visa through approved "Umrah & Hajj Tour guiders". Individual can't obtain it by themselves. Not sure if it is for all of just for those peoples who live in Middle East.

Peace bisoux,

Either you obtain visit visa or Umrah visa. It doesn't matter. Once you are there you should make intention (niyyat) of performing Umrah. You can obtain Umrah visa for a month and can obtain more than a month if you are going through a Umrah guider. Otherwise you can get visit visa till Makka which is not less then 6 months. Once you are in Makkah, make intention and perform Umrah. However, nowadays it is very difficult to obtain visit visa and you need a local residence to apply for it. Better to obtain Umrah visa from local tour guider and either do it alone or with a group.