Umrah Travelling Project: A Spiritual Journey

The assignment provides a comprehensive overview of the Umrah travelling project, including its objectives, description, trip details, performing rituals, and essential conditions. The project aims to perform the Umrah as a family trip and explores the significance of Umrah, its essential conditions, and how to teach children in the family how to perform Umrah.

2021
Advanced Project
Management
Umrah Travelling
Project

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Introduction
Many people travel for various reasons, including tourism, work, study, treatment, or to
visit relatives, or to participate in various conferences and events, and whatever the
reason for travel, travel needs to be prepared, planned and prepared what the traveler
needs during his travel.
The ʿUmrah (Arabic: ةَرَ  مَ ع, lit. '"to visit a populated place"') is an Islamic pilgrimage to
Mecca (the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia) that
can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to the Ḥajj which has specific
dates according to the Islamic lunar calendar.
Umrah is sometimes referred to as the "lesser pilgrimage" because it is not required but
highly recommended. In comparison to ajj, which can take several days, it can usually
be completed in a few hours. It's also not meant to be taken as a replacement for Hajj.
Both, however, are manifestations of the Muslim people's unity and submission
[clarification needed] to Allah (God). This report will outline the most important factors to
consider when planning an Umrah pilgrimage.
Project Executive summary
Project name: Family Trip “Travelling for Umrah”
Project start date: May 5, 2021
Project end date: May 15, 2021
Project goal: The goal of this project is Performing the Umrah as a family trip.

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Project location: Mecca and Medina, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Project Description: As a Muslim, seeing the place that is the birthplace of Islam and
the Holy Quran, where many Islamic sacred and religious sites are located, and where
many important Islamic events took place, becomes your first dream. Saudi Arabia is
the Prophet Muhammad's home country. The “Ka'ba,” the first house ever constructed
for Allah's worship, was the focus of all efforts for this journey. The pilgrimage gives you
the impression that you've had a life-changing spiritual experience.
Objectives
1. The purpose of Umrah is looking for the sake of God
2. To learn the significance of Umrah.
3. To learn the essential conditions associated with it.
4. To teach children’s in the family how to perform Umrah.
Description
Trip details:
FLIGHTS: We are going to Mecca and medina for our trip.We are going out of Cairo
international airport to Riyadh airport by egypt Airways. Round trip for the four family
members will be SAR 20000.
HOTEL: We are going to stay at one of medina hotels. The hotel has a few fancy
restaurants. We are only getting one room (holds up to six people) cost per night is SAR
273.68 and the total cost of the three days is SAR 821.04.Total cost of drinks when we
are there will be around SAR 500.00

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Performing Ritual:
The pilgrim performs a series of ritual acts to honor Ibrahim (Abraham) and his second
wife Hajar, as well as to show unity with Muslims all over the world. In a condition of
Ihram, pilgrims reach Mecca's perimeter and conduct rituals:
Tawaf, In worship, the Holy Ka’ba is circumambulated. The ritual consists of seven
anticlockwise circles around the Ka'bah. Idtiba is a practice in which men cover their left
sholder with ihram cloth and open their right shoulder. Proceed to the Tawaf starting
point ( Hajre aswad and green light line ). Place yourself in front of the Ka’ba. Raise
your hands in the Salah manner and recite " Bismillahi Allahu Akbar" before beginning
to move to your right. For males, the first three rounds should be completed at a brisk
pace (this is known as ramal), followed by four more times at a slower pace. [three]
Carry out the remaining seven rounds in the same manner.
Sa'i, This entails walking back and forth seven times between the hills of Safa and
Marwah. In the green light zone, men are encouraged to walk quickly. It's a recreation of
Hajar's desperate quest for water. Water miraculously sprang forth when the baby
Isma'il (Ishmael) screamed and hit the ground with his foot (some versions of the tale
claim an angel scraped his foot or the tip of his wing along the ground). This water
source is now known as the Zamzam Well.
Halq or taqsir: Taqsir is a partial hair cut that is usually reserved for women who have
cut at least one inch of their hair. A halq is a full head shave that is normally done on
men. Both of these reflect submitting one's will to God rather than glorifying outward
appearances. The shave/cutting of the head is postponed until the end of Umrah.

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These rites bring the Umrah to a close, and the pilgrim may choose to leave ihram.
Most pilgrims drink water from the Well of Zamzam, even though it is not part of the rite.
These rituals are performed differently by various sects of Islam. The days leading up
to, during, and after the Hajj, as well as the last ten days of Ramadan, are the busiest
pilgrimage periods.
References
1. Heagney, J. (2016). Fundamentals of project management. Amacom.
2. Gannon, M. J., Baxter, I. W., Collinson, E., Curran, R., Farrington, T., Glasgow,
S., ... & Yalinay, O. (2017). Travelling for Umrah: destination attributes,
destination image, and post-travel intentions. The Service Industries Journal,
37(7-8), 448-465.
3. Ministry Of Hajj and Umrah Mission:
https://www.haj.gov.sa/en/InternalPages/Details/52