Muslims travel thousands of miles to visit the Mecca from the United States and perform the prestigious duty of the Umrah Pilgrimage. Mecca is a historically important for the Muslims round the world. Mecca is also important because it is birthplace of Holy Prophet PBUH. There are many mosques in the Mecca but we are going to discuss four Mosques in the Mecca which an Umrah Pilgrims must visit during the Umrah pilgrimage. Umrah is a non-obligatory pilgrimage which can be performed any time of the year except the hajj period. Most of the people from the United States book the Umrah Packages from United States to perform the Umrah. Mecca have the many landmarks which a Muslim must visit during the Umrah.
Masjid Al Haram:
Masjid Al Haram is one of the top visited Mosques in the world because it is located nearest to the Kaabah. It is also called the Grand Mosque of the Mecca or the Sacred Mosque. It is also enclosing the boundaries of the Holy Kaabah. The rituals of both Hajj and Umrah includes the circumambulation of the Kaabah. It was firstly constructed by the First Caliph of Islam Hazrat Omar bin Al Khattab RA. And after the successors made the changes in its structure. Zamzam well is also located near the Holy Haram. Zamzam well was firstly broke out from the land when Hazrat Ismael A.S rubbed his feet with the thrust. Many people take the holy water from the Zamzam Well till now. The main supply of water is also supplied through the Zamzam well in the Mecca. Masjid Al Haram is having also many other Islamic Landmarks around it.
Masjid Al jinn:
Al Jinn is one of the mosques which everyone must visit during the Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages. Hajj is performed once in the year so most of the people visit the Masjid Al Jinn during the Umrah Pilgrimage. This mosque is located in the neighborhood of the Gaza and it is considered as the oldest neighbor of the Kaabah near the Al-Mua’alla Street. Mosque of Allegiance also refers the same Mosque, Al Jinn Mosque. According some quotations of companions of Holy Prophet PBUH, it is the place where Holy Prophet PBUH invited the Jinns to the Islam. This incident is also mentioned in the 72nd Chapter of Holy Quran, AL Jinn. Some of the Jinns converted to Islam by hearing the recitation of Holy Quran. Most of the parts of Surah Al Jinn are consisted on the teaching of Tawheed. Jinns are creation of the Holy God as like angels and cannot be seen by humans’ naked eye. It is located near the Jannat Al Mua’alla.
Masjid al-Namirah:
Masjid Al Namirah is one of the mosques which every pilgrim should visit during the Umrah Pilgrims. Hajj Pilgrims visit this place to listen the Sermon during the Dhuhar and Asar Prayers. Holy Prophet PBUH stayed here after the last sermon in the ground of Arafat. It is located nearer to the mount of Arafat. The mosque was firstly constructed in the era of Abbasid caliphate. We have observed the largest expansion in the Saudi Eras. Many of the travel agencies include this mosques in the Ziarats in their Umrah Packages. Umrah Packages which are booked from United States include the Masjid Al Namirah in their Ziarats. Otherwise, you can ask your travel agents to add this Ziarat in your Umrah Packages booked from United States.
Bay’ah Mosque:
It is mosque located on the boundary of Mecca and it is also one of the mosques which are visited by most of the Umrah Pilgrims. Al Aqaba Hill is the landmark where this mosque is located. It was constructed in the era of Muslim Caliph Abu Jaffar al Mansur and on the request of Caliph. Most of the travel agencies doesn’t include this mosque in their Ziarats but you can ask the travel consultants to add this mosques on the special request. It is below the Valley of Mina and has the open courtyard. Ramadan is the best month to visit this mosque because many of the Sunni Muslims offer the prayers here. Ramadan Umrah Packages can be booked from the Hajj Umrah Hub because we add this mosque to our Ziarats. Otherwise, you can also ask our travel consultants to add this mosque in the Umrah Packages. Pilgrims of USA must visit this place by visiting other Ziarats in the Mecca because of Second Aqabah Pledge. As it is located nearer to the Mina Valley, so it is easy to visit as well.
Conclusion:
We have discussed the four top mosques which an Umrah Pilgrim must visit while visiting the other Ziarats in the Mecca. Firstly we have discussed the Masjid al haram which is the Grand Mosque of Mecca and very popular mosque among the Muslims round the world. Secondly, we have discussed the Masjid al Jinn where Prophet PBUH invited the Jinns to Islam and many of the Jinns were converted to Islam and accepted the Oneness of God. Further, we have discussed the Masjid Al Namirah and Bay’ah Mosque which are those places which every muslin should visit during the Umrah Pilgrim. Al Haram Mosque is included in the Umrah Packages and Hajj Umrah Hub offers the hotel accommodation nearer to the Al Haram Mosque, which makes the Umrah easier for the US Umrah pilgrims. But other mosques can be booked on special requests to the Umrah Travel Consultants.