tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79345678871870746282024-03-13T22:30:22.847-07:00Hajj Umrah ServicesHajj and Umra Services are pleased to offer leading 2011 Umrah packages and Hajj packages from the UK as well as Umrah tours and Hajj tours.hajjumrahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728277655342487940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934567887187074628.post-71313078301097065442011-06-01T02:02:00.000-07:002011-07-30T07:11:31.853-07:00Umrah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i2Fkfs_9knk/TeX_awQfD_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/5Zjhkb3oMRc/s1600/umrah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i2Fkfs_9knk/TeX_awQfD_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/5Zjhkb3oMRc/s200/umrah.jpg" t8="true" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The <b>Umrah</b> or (Arabic: <span lang="ar" xml:lang="ar"><b>عمرة</b></span>) is a pilgrimage to Mecca, 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 <i>Sharia</i>, Umrah means to perform <i>Tawaf</i> round the Kaaba and <i>Sa'i</i> between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, after assuming <i>Ihram</i> (a sacred state), either from a <i>Miqat</i> 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.</span></div></div>hajjumrahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728277655342487940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934567887187074628.post-65514742474943815682011-06-01T01:54:00.000-07:002011-07-30T07:09:59.122-07:00HAJJ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://hajjumrahservices.co.uk/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KIKeZ4QtGQE/TeX9NEI_dZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/QcWUbQb3xE0/s1600/hajj.png" t8="true" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">The <b>Hajj</b> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Arabic:</span> <span lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">حج</span> <i><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="DIN 31635 Arabic">Ḥaǧǧ</span></i>) is the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">pilgrimage</span> to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Mecca,</span> Saudi Arabia.</span> It is the largest pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">religious duty</span> that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Muslim</span> who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">God</span> (Allah</span> in the Arabic language).</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th day of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Dhu al-Hijjah,</span> the 12th and last month of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;">Islamic calendar</span>.</span> Because the Islamic calendar is a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">lunar calendar,</span> eleven days shorter than the Gregorian calendar 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.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">The Hajj is associated with the life of Islamic prophet Muhammad 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 al-Adha.</div></div></div>hajjumrahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728277655342487940noreply@blogger.com