Umrah rituals

The pilgrim performs a series of symbolic ritual acts of the life of Ibrahim (Abraham) and his second wife Hajar, and solidarity with Muslims throughout the world. These acts of faith are as follows:

Perform a tawaf "طواف", which consists of circles to the Kaaba seven times in an anti-clockwise sense. They are encouraged to do this three times at a hurried pace, followed four times, more closely, at a leisurely pace Cheap Umrah Deals UK.

Perform a Sa'i "سعي", which means quick walking seven times back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwa. This is a recreation of the frenetic search for Water Agar. Ishmael The baby cried and hit the ground with his foot (some versions of the story say that an angel scraped the foot or the tip of his wing on the ground), and the water gushed miraculously. This source of water that today is called the Pozo de Zamzam.

Perform a Halq or taqsir, that is, a haircut. A taqsir is a partial shortening of the hair, while a Halq is a complete shave of the head, except for women, as they cut a small amount of hair in place.

These rituals complete the Umrah, and the pilgrim can choose to leave ihram. Although it is not part of the majority ritual, the pilgrims drink water from the Well of Zamzam. Several sects of Islam perform these rituals with slightly different methods.

The rush hour of the pilgrimage is the day before, during and after the pilgrimage and during the last ten days of Ramadan.