Pardesi, Jeddah replied on Monday, March 23, 2009 11:55 AM
Salaam, Mabrook
Yes Jeddah is the right airport. Take a taxi from the airport or u may enjoy a free commuter service from the airport as well for Unmrah.
Its better to find accomodation urself, there are so many hotels around, as per ur pocket instead of booking it ahead & then u may find it expensive or away from the Haram. Its always advisable to live closer to the Haram. Now-a-days umrah visas have just been opened but it is still not the peak season so u can find good residence at the back of Makkah towers or near the Pakistan House there.
Preparations before Umrah:
Prepare urself in an excellent manner b4 ahram.
U can wear ahram from Dammam to avoid difficulty in between. Make neeyah & offer two rakah nawafil for ahram; neeyah is prefered to make when you reach Meeqat. Compulsion of Ahram are well known. Start Talbeeh till u reach there. Remember Talbeeh is the best prayer before u reach there.
Its prefered to find ur accomodation, put ur luggage safely, refresh ur ablution, even take proper meal so that u can begin ur everlasting spiritual journey without any break.
Go straight into the the Haram, preferable lower you gaze so that you will see Ka'aba when you reach exactly in front of it right in Mataf (place where tawaf is performed) concentrating to what you are going to have. On the first sight at Ka'aba every dua will be accepted.
A hadith-e-Nabwi means that what about a person who has travelled all the way to Ka'Aba having put the dust of the journey on his cloths & on his head and pleading to Allah while he holds ghilaf-e-Ka'aba o! Allah o! Allah while his food is haram his dress is made from haram income ...
Now the Umrah process:
Start your Tawaf from Hajr-e Aswad with neeyah 7 rounds of the Ka'aba anticlock-wise with your right shoulder exposed. Start it with takbeer & raising hands towards the Hajr-e-aswad & repeat the same takbeer in all 7 rounds at the same spot. Kissing the Hajr-e-aswad is sunnah. After the completion of Tawaf offer two rakah nawafil of tawaf prefereably behind Muqam-e-Ibrahim. Drink Zamzam as much as u can.
Start your Sa'ee with neeyah from Safa mount & complete 7 (one-way)treads to Marwah mount. Thus your Sa'ee as well as your Umrah will be completed when your reach Marwah by the end of 7th.
Remember ur ahram is still on till the time you do not have your hair halaq or Qasr.
I have tried to explain it simple & brief. Your duas & prosrations will make it more lively & blessed; don't forget us in your dua.
for Q&A please refer to
http://www.islam-qa.com/en/search/umrah/AllWords/t,q,a
For any other info u r welcome. |
