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Witness the Three Sacred Mountains with Umrah Packages

by Safeena Rahman Travel Addict

In the year 2019, numerous Muslims around the world would be planning to visit the holy city of Makkah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. Many of the Muslims living in the United Kingdom are also eager to perform the pilgrimage in 2019. Some among them have already booked the desired packages to accomplish their lesser pilgrimage. Umrah is not mandatory when compared to Hajj, but it has a special significance among the Muslims worldwide. The lesser pilgrimage is the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and has some great spiritual benefits for the pilgrim who performs it.

Today, there are many tour operators or travel companies that offer Umrah packages from UK, which help the country’s Muslims in performing this pilgrimage without any hassles. Such tour operators or travel companies are spread across the UK and have their own websites in recent times, on which, they have all the packages listed. Those who wish to book any of them can choose the one that suits their budget after going through the packages arranged in various categories on any of these websites. However, before choosing a tour operator that provides the packages for Umrah, it is essential to know whether it has been authorised by the Hajj Ministry of Saudi Arabia.

Muslims of the UK can book Umrah Packages 2019 several months in advance to save more on their packages. The savings thus made can be utilised by the pilgrims for buying souvenirs or to visit the important Islamic sites in the holy city of Makkah. One of them is Jabal al-Noor, which is a mountain located near Saudi Arabia's Hejazi region near Makkah. It houses the 'Cave of Hira', where Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had received the first revelation of the Holy Quran. He had also spent a considerable amount of time contemplating deeply in this cave.

The Umrah packages UK tour operators provide also gives pilgrims the opportunity to visit Abu Qubais, which is a sacred mountain located on Makkah's eastern frontier. It is believed to have been called al-Amin during the times when pagan Arabs lived in this region. According to the legends, this is also the mountain where the first of men lived and were buried after death. The significance of this mountain is that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had shown the non-believers the miracle of the splitting of the moon and then having those two parts re-attached again.

Yet another sacred mountain that the UK pilgrims can visit during their time spent in Makkah after performing their Umrah is the Jabal al-Rahmah. It is the mountain where Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had delivered his farewell sermon towards the end of his life to all those who had accompanied him for performing the major pilgrimage of Hajj. This mountain is also the site where the first prophet Adam (peace be upon him) was forgiven by The Almighty Allah for his sin. The exact spot of this incident has been shown today by a pillar erected at the place.

To know more about Easter Umrah packages and their benefits to the pilgrims of the UK, click here.

 


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