Please watch all the videos. They are such eemaan boosters! For non-Muslims….THIS IS WHAT ISLAM IS ABOUT!
I’m having a little bit of a dilema. I would love to make umrah (mini pilgrimage to Makkah) this summer. However, I’m wondering if I should just wait until Ramadan, since Ramadan is also during this summer’s break. As you may or may not know, there are more blessings in making umrah during Ramadan. I also absolutely love praying behind Imam Abdur Rahman As Sudais and next to MILLIONS of my brothers and sisters in Islam, from all over Allah’s vast world!
As you can see from the above video, the crowd in the summer months are alot lighter. It’s much more peaceful and easier to perform the umrah. You still need to watch your children carefully, but it is not even close as chaotic as it is in Ramadan, with over 2 million people!
Also, if I go before Ramadan, it is more affordable and I may be able to go to medinah as well…insha’Allah.
The problem is that because there are so many people there, it is easy to get lost or for children to get lost (or taken) wa nauthi billah min thaliq (and we seek refuge in Allah from that). So i’m really thinking that making umrah, before the Ramadan and hajj crowds come in, is better for my family.
I’m making dua that my mother can come for Ramadan. If she comes, insha’Allah then we will take her for umrah. This way, between the 3 adults we can take turns praying tawaree and qiyam and one can stay at the hotel with the kids. However, that presents anothwer problem! My kids love to go nto the haram!
Oh well…I know what must be done. Salatul Istaqarah (decision prayer for guidance). Just thought I’d run it by you guys too.
Videos:
1. Subhanallah! If I were not a Muslim (and All Praise is due to Allah for guiding me to Islam and the Sunnah), I think that after reading trhe translation from Surah Taha in this video…I would submit!
2. That dua (supplication) is one of my reasons for wanting to go the last 10 nights of Ramadan!
3. This is the call to prayer
4. This shows the whole prayer.
Jazakallah for the videos utki…
Your decisons sound compilcated and very hard since you have your kids with you and kids are eaily lost in big crowds and an even bigger crowd during Ramadan:(
But Inshallah khair, hope you get the guidence your looking for from ALLAH once you pray Salat Istakhara:)
May ALLAH guide us closer to him always.
Your sister in Islam
Amina
Assalamu Alaykum
Tough one but if not for the new baby Id go in Ramadaan but with a small baby…Id go before. Insha Allah to get to Madeenah is worth it. You can go next year insha Allah when the babys bigger…it will be easier.
assalamu alaikom… nothing like performing Umrah with the boys in Ramadan
It’s actually a yearly tradition me and some friends do every year. We rent a van and hit the road for Makkah (from Riyadh), perform Umrah, swing by Madinah to pray Jum’ah, and head back home. Although an intense weekend in terms of ‘ibaadah and traveling, but always refreshing alhamdulilah.
Umrah in Ramadan is an experience which simply cannot be forgotten. I would say.. if you have a choice… go in Ramadan!
Asalaam Brother
I am also going to do Umrah this Ramadan Inshallah and am looking very forward to it as it is my first time..May Allah grant us all peace and happiness and guide us towards the right path of Islam..We as Muslims are very lucky to be born into such a beautiful peaceful religion and those who are blessed enough to get the calling from the Almighty to perform Umrah should be grateful as many do not get the chance due to ill-health and poverty. I have heard Umrah in Ramadhan is equivalent to Hajj therefore it’s best to go in Ramadhan as whose to know later on in life if you will get the chance again.
In march 2010, i intend to perform umrah with my husband and four boys, inshallah. i am worried because i have heard the following;
as the eldest boys of 10,8 and 6 will be with their dad he will have too much on his hands and will not be able to concentrate on salat and ibadah,
the boys are too young and may get lost in crowds,
it will be too hot for them
i would appreciate any comments and stories from anyone who has performed umrah with small children.