{"id":2772,"date":"2022-01-07T21:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2022-01-07T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T21:56:44","slug":"umrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/2022\/01\/07\/umrah\/","title":{"rendered":"Umrah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Umrah, regarded as the most soul-lifting Sunnah as per the\nProphet Muhammad (PBUH), is a spiritual act of worship. Every year, millions of\npilgrims undertake the spiritual journey to the holy city of Makkah to perform\nUmrah throughout the year. Those who perform this spiritual ritual with a pious\nintent get the rewards and&nbsp;benefits of Umrah.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When performing Umrah, it is the hope of those Muslims to\nseek forgiveness for their sins and pray for the mercy of Allah and for\nblessings from Him. Embarking on this sacred path with a pure purpose to\nconduct Umrah brings peace and happiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The imam referenced the 158<sup>th<\/sup> ayat of Sura Baqara\nin regard to today\u2019s reminder. It is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, as-Safa and al-Marwah are\namong the symbols of Allah . So whoever makes Hajj to the House or performs\n&#8216;umrah &#8211; there is no blame upon him for walking between them. And whoever\nvolunteers good &#8211; then indeed, Allah is appreciative and Knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, we ought to strive to be able to\nperform this Sunnah. And beyond that there is the extra benefit of performing\nUmrah during the month of Ramadan. The imam reminded us of the benefit of this through\nthe following hadith which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUmrah during Ramadan is\nequivalent to Hajj.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefits of performing Umrah are many but some of them\nwere mentioned in particular during today\u2019s reminder. One of those is removing\nhardship or poverty. The imam spoke of this hadith which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMake the hajj and the \u2018umra\nfollow one another closely, for they remove poverty and sins as a blacksmith\u2019s\nbellows remove impurities from iron, gold and silver; and a hajja which is\naccepted gets no less a reward than paradise.&#8221;<br>\n<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, we are blessed in that we have\nthe ability to travel to places all over the world unlike generations before\nus. Air travel has made it so that voyages that would have taken weeks or\nmonths in the past can be completed in hours and in comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to ask ourselves, if the opportunity presents itself,\nis there any vacation destination more blessed or needed right now than that of\nthe House of Allah SWT?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so this reminder concludes with 3 reasons why Umrah\nshould be your next travel destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To have Allah SWT as the host. Perhaps the most\nexciting benefit of Umrah is the blessing of being the guest of the benevolent\nAllah himself. Pilgrims often speak of a strange calmness that covers them as\nsoon as they step inside Makkah. We know from hadith that the Prophet Muhammad\n(PBUH) said \u2013&nbsp;\u201cThe guests of Allah are three: The Ghazi (i.e. the warrior\nwho fights in Jihad), the Hajj (i.e. the pilgrim who performs Hajj) and the\nMu\u2019tamir (i.e. the pilgrim performing Umrah).\u201d And so dear brothers and\nsisters, we should make the most of the opportunity if it presents itself to be\nthe guests of Allah SWT.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As mentioned previously, the performing of Umrah\ncleanses one of their sins. Every prayer, every act of charity or act of\nworship is magnified in the house of Allah SWT and so it is a great opportunity\nto give your soul that boost it craves and yearns for.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One point worth mentioning here is that unfortunately\nsome pilgrims risk losing the benefit of this blessed act in that they don\u2019t\nleave the dunya behind when they visit the house of Allah SWT. More and more so\nin recent times, the pilgrimage has become an opportunities for selfies, to get\nlikes on Social Media and to broadcast the Umrah online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, I remind myself\nand us all that this pilgrimage is a blessing that is bestowed upon us. There are\nso many people with the time, energy and money to go to the House of Allah SWT\nbut if He does not will it then nothing will make one visit this blessed place.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to be mindful of this fact and use\nthat as a reminder to switch off from the world and focus all our intention on\nour host when visiting the house of Allah. A practical tip here is to suspend\nall business for the time you\u2019re there and leave your phone behind or get a\nbasic phone for emergencies only. Thus we can then hope to reap the reward of\nthis blessed invitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>And finally the third benefit of performing\nUmrah is that it boosts one\u2019s imaan. Dear brothers and sisters, in many ways\nthis is the most important point because many of us are feeling a sense of\nanxiety with what is going on in the world today. Many of us also feel a lack\nof contentment with where they live. The world is changing and sometimes it can\nfeel strange to us all. However, the feeling of entering the house of Allah\nSWT, the feeling of being in front of the Kaba and the feeling of walking the\nsame path as the best of all creation SAWS, that brings a level of contentment\nthat is not found anywhere else. Pilgrims often say that after they perform Hajj\nor Umrah for the first time and return back to their houses, the feeling of home\nis no longer where they live but it is in a place they\u2019ve just returned from. We\nneed to ask ourselves, is our soul yearning for this feeling and if so, could\nit be possible that we can perform Umrah to get that boost in imaan we are craving.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, let\u2019s us not forget this blessed\nSunnah and make the most of it if we have the opportunity to perform it. And when\nwe do so, we do it in the best of manners in the hope that we attain the pleasure\nand mercy of Allah SWT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umrah, regarded as the most soul-lifting Sunnah as per the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), is a spiritual act of worship. Every year, millions of pilgrims undertake the spiritual journey to the holy city of Makkah to perform Umrah throughout the year. 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