Allah Almighty has blessed all humans and non-human beings with countless and numerous virtues and advantages. Umrah is referred to as minor pilgrimage and it is one of the virtues that possess the utmost significance especially if performed during the holy month.

Being a Muslim, we all understand the importance of Ramadan. Undoubtedly, it is a noble month and a doorway to forgiveness and abundant rewards from Allah in this world and hereafter.

Though Umrah can be performed throughout the year its virtues, blessings, and bounties get double when Muslims undertake this obligation with faith, love, and thankfulness in the month.

Blissful Rewards of Umrah in Ramadan

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) has also emphasized the significance of performing Umrah via various Hadiths; one of them is quoted as,

“When Ramadan comes, do ‘Umrah as [the reward for] it then is equivalent to Hajj.”

At another occasion, Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said,

“Verily, the Umrah pilgrimage during Ramadan is equal to Ḥajj.”

Read: 4 Blissful Benefits of Umrah in “Ramadan”

Mental and Spiritual Well being

Ramadan is a noble month and a Muslim should not miss this opportunity to earn as much of benefits and bounties as possible. It is a source of mental peace and spiritual relief. Good deeds that are undertaken in other months yield higher rewards and returns if carried out in the month. Thus, it signifies the importance of Umrah performed in Ramadan.

Reprisal of sins

One of the greatest rewards of performs Umrah in Ramadan and other months as well as reparation of sins committed by a person.

We can understand this blessing of Allah in a way that Allah Almighty offers us the chance of seeking forgiveness from Him by doing good deeds and fulfilling all Fards and Sunnah.

It is the reason why Muslims are so eager to perform Umrah, particularly in Ramadan as a bountiful month of simply multiplies the rewards against our good deeds. Once Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) also narrated,

“From one to another is the expiation for what comes in between, and ‘Hajj Al-Mabrur’ brings no reward less than Paradise.”

Bottom Line

Ramadan is considered as the month of blessings in which Muslims can seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty for their intended and unintended sins and make most of the virtuous by doing good deeds. So, it would not be wrong to say that performing Umrah in the sacred month is quite hard as a person may also be fasting or traveling so he or she may have to skip fasting and make up for it in later months.

On the other hand, Performed in other holy months is not so difficult comparatively. That is why, Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) also explained the relationship between rewards and efforts made during the blissful Ramadan in the same context that, “It [reward] is according to your effort”

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