6 Ziyarat Places In Makkah During Umrah

Millions of Muslims perform Umrah with many wishes. One thing which is special in Umrah is to visit different sacred places which are related to last Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) whereas Umrah is performed in the Al-Haram Mosque where people perform Tawaf (around the Kaaba), Saee (between Safa and Marwa). If anyone performs these rituals of Umrah in the state of Ihram with the intention of Umrah then after that he/she completes the last rituals (cutting the hairs) of Umrah. This is a real method of performing Umrah which is proved by hadiths.

There is no mention anywhere that go to Al-Nabvi mosque for the purpose of completing the Umrah. We should follow the method of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Allah gives great rewards to those people who perform the Umrah. It is a Sunnah whereas Hajj is an essential Ibadah (worship).

 Most people get help from the travel agency so that they can complete Umrah easily. If any person goes to an agency for Umrah then the agency will offer him different Umrah Packages 2022 and in these packages, he/she gets various facilities to perform Umrah but important offer in these packages are Ziyarat places in Makkah and Madina.

Umrah Ziyarat in Makkah:

Famous sites which are closest to the Masjid al-Haram are listed here.

1-Jannatul Mualla:

Anyone can easily cover the distance of Jannatul Mualla from the Al-Haram mosque in a 10-minute drive. This is an important graveyard as the graveyard of Jannatul Baqi in Madinah. This graveyard takes a specific place because various holy persons are buried there, in which some were relatives of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and some were competitors of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

 

Some names of holy persons are mention here:

The first wife of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him): Hazrat Khadija (RA)

Uncle of Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him): Hazrat Abu Talib

Great grandfather of Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him): Abd Munaaf

Grandfather of Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him): Abdul Muttalib

2-Masjid Ayesha:

The second name of this mosque is Masjid Taneem. This is the closest Miqat from Makkah for wearing the Ihram during the Umrah and Hajj. The background story of this mosque is related to Hazrat Ayesha who was the third wife of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) because Hazrat Ayesha (RA) wore Ihram at this place. The distance of this mosque from Kaaba is about five miles.

3-The Cave of Hira:

This is a very important cave where our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) received the 1st revelation from Allah SWT through an angel – Hazrat Jibrail (AS). This cave is located at the Jabal Hira (mount of light) which distance from Kaaba is about 2 miles.

4-The Cave of Thawr:

This cave is related to an important event that happened in Islam and this event is a migration of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.) from Makkah to Madina. Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) took refuge for 3 days and nights in this cave with his companion when atheists of Makkah was chasing Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) so that they can kill him. When the atheists reached this cave, they saw the spider’s web and dove's nest. They concluded that nobody is here and thereby they did not found Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA). The distance of this cave is three to four kilometers from Majid Al-Haram.

5-Jabal Rahmah:

This Mount Arafat or Mount Arafah is a granite hill about 20 kilometers east of central Makkah in the field of Arafat and the height of this mountain is 70 meters. This is also called Mount of Mercy. Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) delivered the Farewell Sermon of Hajj to the Muslims at this moment. Muslims say that Hazrat Adam (RA) and Hazrat Hawa (RA) reunited on earth after falling from Paradise. On the ninth of Dhul Hijjjah Muslims go to Arafat from Mina during the Hajj.

6-Masjid al-Jinn:

Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was not only Messenger of humans rather He was also Messenger of Jinn. Jinn is a creature of Allah which is made by fire as Human-made by clay. Masjid al-Jinn is located on Al-Haram Mosque road where Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) drew a line for Abdullah bin Masood (RA) who had accompanied him after he had been the command to recite the Holy Quran to the Jinn.

Most of the travel agencies offer these Ziyarats in Makkah when anyone gets Umrah Packages all inclusive from travel agencies. We should not break the rules of Islam because of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) spent his life in teaching the methods of Islam only for us.

May Allah gives us an opportunity to perform Umrah so that we can also visit these sacred places.