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departure date.
- Domestic package rates do
not include heating charges, which are applicable
in the winter season in northern areas, murree and
swat.
- Flights from Islamabad/ Peshawar
to the northern areas are subject to weather.
- All package rates are subject
to change without any prior notice, as some hotel
charge supplementary charges on 14 august (independence
day), 30 / 31 December, Bassant in Lahore Summer
holidays of June July & August and /or any other
Special events / occasions.
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Umra
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Temporal Miqats [Fixed Times]
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The Four Grand Schools have agreed that `Umrah can be performed at any time of the year.
However, Hanafi scholars have exempted five days: the Day of `Arafah and four days after it.
They maintained that `Umrah is prohibited in these days.
Location of the Routes [A`lam] Leading to the Sanctuary.
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| Al-Tan`im |
It is 6 kilometers away from Mecca in the way to Medina. |
| Wadi Nakhlah |
It is 41 kilometers away from Mecca in the north-east towards Iraq. |
| Al-Ju`ranah |
It is 16 kilometers east of Mecca. |
| Adah |
It is 12 kilometers away from Mecca in the way to Yemen. |
| Al-Hudaibiah |
It is 15 kilometers away from Mecca to the west of Jeddah route. Now, it is called Al-Shumaisi. |
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The Arabic word "A`lam" refers to the smartly carved stones of about one meter high along all the previous routes.
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LOCATIONAL MIQATS [FIXED PLACES]
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These Miqats [fixed places for putting on Ihram] are stated by the Prophet (peace be upon him).
Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported, "Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) specified
Dhul-Hulaifah for the people of Medina; Juhfah for the people of Syria; Qarn Al-Manazil for the people of Najd;
Yalamlam for the people of Yemen. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) added,
" These (Miqats) are meant for people living at these (places) as well as for others who pass by them on
their way to perform Hajj or 'Umrah. People living within these boundaries,
should enter upon the state of Ihram at these very places. But people living in the suburbs of Mecca or within Mecca,
should enter upon the state of Ihram from within Mecca."
There is an agreement among scholars regarding these places.
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Al-Juhfah
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It is the locational Miqat [place of Ihram] specified for the people Egypt, Syria and countries farther to them.
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Dhul Hulaifah
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It is the locational Miqat [place of Ihram] specified for the people of Medina.
It is a water place for Banu Jathm.
It is the farthest Miqat, for it is 450 kilometers from Mecca.
Camels used to take 9 days to cover the distance from Abyar `Ali to Mecca, making 50-kilometer march a
day (4 kilometers per hour).
The Arabs used to call each 4 kilometers "a stage".
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Qarn Al-Manazil
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It is a mountain near to `Arafah. It is the place of putting on Ihram for the people of Al-Ta'if and those farther to them.
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DHAT `IRQ
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It is so called because it has a mountain called "`Irq" close to the Valley of Al-`Aqiq.
0It is a village 94 kilometers to the north-east of Mecca.
Despite the fact that this Miqat is not fixed by the Prophet (peace be upon him), scholars have unanimously agreed on it.
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YALAMLAM
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It is a mountain in Tuhamah located two stages (8 kilometers) away from Mecca. It is the Miqat for those coming from Yemen.
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