Umrah 2023 Updates - Zamzam, Rawdah, Apps and more
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I went for Umrah in January 2023, and this is my experience; also, what hundreds of people shared with me about Rawdah in Medinah tips if you can't book a slot, the zam zam issue and if you can bring some in.
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Assalamu Alaikum. Gate 32, that's not for inside Rawdah. It's only to say salam to Prophet (SAW). Alhamdulillah. I did my Rawdah prayer on Dec 29, 2022. I made the appointment through Nusuk way before our flight from USA. They check the QR code (confirmation that you receive after Nusuk confirmation for each of the sisters. Rawdah visit is gate 37 and coming out from gate 40.
Oh brilliant. Not sure why they told me that. OK I will add it in the description as well. Thank you for this. I thought it was as several sisters mentioned they managed to pray this way
@@Muslimtravelgirl - I am not sure of that. Right after Isha, I went in front of gate 37 (my appointment was from 08:30 pm to 09:00 pm). It was 3 long lines. It took me some time to go there as it was my first time for me through Nusuk. But the brothers (cleaner brothers that keep haram area spotless) never let me down. MaaShaAllah, they always provided me right info. The line was long, and I was thinking it might take a long time, but surprisingly it moved fast. There were many sisters without QR codes/confirmations. FYI - the line was way far from the actual door. When we were near the haram, three lines became single lines and 2/3 sisters checked the phone confirmation or hard copy. Only confirmed ones could go inside the rope barrier. We had to wait 25/30 mins then Alhamdulillah inside. Through Nusuk to get the appointment is a little difficult. But I must say Alhamdulillah I could pray in 3/4 areas of Rawdah, and they do not force you to get out after 15/20 mins like before. Alhamdulillah Rawdah area for women is big, and you can get great ibadah time if you want. (May Allah SWT accept it). My last Rawdah visit was in 2019. ......apologies for the long note. :)
MashaAllah great. May Allah accept it. I haven't been in years as my first time I almost got into stampede. Glad they monitor better. I think there might be something for them from Gate 32 and I guess better than nothing.
@@Muslimtravelgirl - I heard ‘saying salam’ was only for men. But Alhamdulillah recently they started for women too. And that is at the gate number 32. (I was not sure as I did not have chance to explore). But have seen many sisters are rushing that gate right after Isha.
Forgot to mention, as they started Rawdah visit at gate 37, portion of men’s Rawdah has been opened for women now, as there are no schedule for men then. Those schedules/times are only for women.
That way Alhamdulillah it’s not that small area, it used to be. Jazakallahu khayr for accepting my replies. I tried to explain to the best of my knowledge 🙏🏼
That's a valuable information sister, So nusuk app is not for praying at rawdahi? It's just for saying salam at rawdah and that's it?and for both we need to go via different gates. Also plz make it clear that once we enter a particular gate are there any signs to guide to area of prayer at rawdah ?
Gate 32 is the nearest ladies can get to the Rawdah. One can view the Rawdah but it is outside the Riaz ul jannah area. I left Medina on 22nd December.
A little correction Sister, gate 32 opens *after*(not before) Fajr and Isha. JazakAllah Khair for the video
OMG yes did I say before 🫣 thank you will add yo comments
Another thing to note is boys are not allowed to enter women’s gates even if they are under age.
I was told I had to leave with him his father. Several other young boys were also refused entry at the women’s gate.
My registration on nusuk is not going through, keeps giving me error and try later. Any advice?
I did my Umrah DEC 22-26 [tourist visa]. very very busy. Did Nafl Tawaaf on the top floor - 15 mins per circuit. As regards the permits, they WERE checking at permits when we went but when i say checking it wasnt a 'proper' check. you could have showed them a screenshot of an expired permit and you would have got in. very laxed checking.
ZAMZAM - you are NOT allowed to take your own zamzam in suitcases. You HAVE to get it from the airport at the designated place and show passport for the number of people in family. this was at Medinah airport. I flew with Saudia.
Did you manage to get zamzam? What I meant is a small 500ml bottle I have been doing for years is OK. Didn't say put 5lt bottle in your suitcase this will be taken away.
So by the time i went on 31st Dec they gave up on even trying to check permits :)
@@Muslimtravelgirl No I didn’t bother with smaller bottles in the suitcase 🧳. It was too full of dates anyway 😂. I just took 2x5l bottles that I was entitled to at the airport.
But like you said the 5l bottles are available in a few Islamic shops here in London, and elsewhere if you really need it.
And as I mentioned in the video this is the issue. You got water om tourist visa same time I went, the people who I know that went same time didn't because of the "rule". So truly the luck of the draw in this case. I wish they were honest.
@@realabzhussain so they allow 2 x5l bottles per person? I thought it was one 5l bottle only
@@mzzaidi no. It’s 1 per person. We were 2 people.
salam i came yesterday 22 january 2023 on saudi airline no problem bringing zam zam everyone on group had no issues bought zam zam at jeddah airport
as I mentioned, some are lucky others not :( glad you managed to get some.
Quick question please , at the airport were you asked about Meningococcal Meningitis vaccination ?
@@karamkhattab4640 no
@@QessarQayum jazak Allah Khair
Jazakallah Khair ❤
Assalamualaikum sis. Thank you so much for these videos. They are so informative, may Allah bless you! I went for Umrah after 6 yrs in November last year on a tourist visa. I literally begged at Jeddah airport and even cried for just one bottle of Zamzam and they didn't let me take it. It was so so upsetting. I had to go through so many people to constantly be told as I am a tourist I cannot take Zamzam. Unfortunately it seems this is the rule from Jeddah especially with Saudi Airlines. Thank you for covering this in your video. Much love, wassalam xx
This never happened to me I was allowed to take zam zam on tourist visa with Saudi airlines
@@absbse sadly it is very luck of the draw with who can take it
@@absbse The sister is right. It's the luck of the draw. I think it's about who is selling it to you on the day. The guy at the window literally threw my papers at me and said you're a tourist, no zamzam. He told me to speak to the head supervisor of the airline who said it is the Kingdom policy or something. It happened to another family on our flight too as I spoke to them afterwards. Our travel agent had come just 2 weeks before and they were all allowed to take 2 bottles of ZamZam each. It really just depends on who you deal with. Qadar Allah I guess.
@@1991Amara Threw your papers !!! I would have complained to their manager in person and in writing, this is the difference between people in Jeddah airport and madinah - the people in madinah airport and madinah itself are much friendlier, respected, helpful and kind, completely opposite to people in Makkah and Jeddah
@@absbse He literally threw the visa paper and told me to go away. I went to every supervisor in the airport to ask for help and for them to allow me to take just 1 bottle. After sending me from person to person they got quite angry and said it is the rules of the Kingdom and they aren't allowed to do anything to break their laws. I contacted the travel agent whilst at the airport and he also told me to just let it go as they can make things difficult if they get angry enough. It was a horrible experience. I think next time I will leave from Madinah InshaAllah. I flew into Saudi from Madinah and had a pleasant experience. Jeddah airport is just awful in my experience.
Salaamu alaykum
Any suggestions on doing Umrah leaving from Madinah beginning of May...
1. Best time to leave Madinah
2. Traveling with minibus or VIP coach
3. Best time to arrive in Makkah
4. Best time to perform first Umrah etc
Shukran
Traveled to Umra in March 2023 and at the airport in Jeddah I saw so many people who had Zam Zam water and I was guided to go the special gate of the airport. I showed them my passport and I was given one gallon with the charge of 8 us dollars. They were giving everyone one gallon per passport with te charge of 8 dollars.
shukran May allah swt reward you! ameen
Brilliant
Thankyou very helpful video. New subscriber
Assalam aleikum wa rahmetullah wa barakatu. Can you please mske a video about nusuk. Jazakallahu kheiran
Hi.. Could we apply umrah visa online by ourselves or we need authorized travel agent to get our umrah visa?
Thank you, Elena for this amazing information!
One question I have is, were you required to show a negative PCR test before boarding your flight to Saudi Arabia?
No. No PCR or other vaccines required.
@@Muslimtravelgirl Thank you so much, sister! Always appreciate you! ♡
@@lianee.fujita-ahmed5121 if you're travelling from the UK, 'Meningococcal Meningitis' is required
I am claustrophobic. And when I hear you speak about the crowds I panicked! I want to go but do you think that I there are places where there is less of a crowd?😅
Yes on the top floor is not busy! look at the short clips i posted on this video , but this is December peak time and also Friday jummah! so apart from that it is not too bad. there are crowds but there is also space on the top floors
:) sorry i made you feel this way
@@Muslimtravelgirl I am so thankful that you are helping me and others to facilitate our Umrah. Djazakallahu ghairan!!!!😍😍😍🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
When’s the last umrah day before hajj? I am planning of going
we dont have date, but around 20th of May
When do they close umrah before hajj? If your on a visitor visa, can you still perform umrah end of May?
No l, there are checks. 20th may
You can risk it but is it worth it?
Assalamu alaykum. Do you know if the transit/stopover visa is free when one flies on Saudia Airlines but books via a travel agency or Skyscanner for example?
assalamualaikum, we'll go for umrah in February 17,2023, we did everything by ourselves, so my questions is do we need to do travel health insurance?
On the actual app it shows dates only on the “umrah” services and not on the “prophets mosque services”. Which one do we use to book the rawda? Please help
If it shoes no availability then it's booked, keep checking daily
As-salamu alaykum sister and all others traveling from US for Umrah, do Saudi airline announce Mikat location while on board ?
yes they do
@@Muslimtravelgirl we are so confused do they have designated area where you can wear your ihram or its just the regular bathrooms in plane✈️ Also is it wise first land in Madina and then go Miqat location for ihram? 🙏
@@jamesr4806 just normal bathroom, you will have to do it in there or wear before you board the plane. If you are coming from US and you can go medina first i think its easier for you, you rest enjoy medinah and then take the train for makkah wear your ihram on the train and they also tell you the miqat point.
salam. Is performing Tawaf on the ground level (by kaabah) allowed if you are not doing umrah. I heard you are only allowed on the grounds by the kaabah if you are doing umrah. is that true?
Sister where do you buy your small amount of zamzam? Cause when I went to umrah some years ago they didn't let us take any bottles inside the masjid, so there was no way of getting zamzam from inside the masjid
i do get a small bottle and fill it in my bag, not a huge one like 300ml or smth esp for kids, i personally didnt have an issue dont know.
There are zamzam water taps on the outer wall of Haram by king Fahad gate.remember the wall only not where the wudu areaa are that's just drinking water not zamzam.also at certain times they bring zamzam plastic drums out side in masjid nabawi either asr or maghrib not sure.ask those workers in there .they are very helpful.
I would like to update that zamzam gallons were available at bin dawood Mekkah, we stored some small bottles in our booked luggage as we were not sure if they will issue us zamzam on tourist visa to take back home, but when we showed our nusk app umrah appt at zamzam station at Jeddah Airport we were issued zamzam gallons without any problems, these were booked without an issue by our airline Gulf Air until UK. At check-in they asked us to take out any other water bottles in booked luggage so unfortunately we had to gaveup the ones we were taking initially. dated 4.march.2023
Salam. What age is required to have the app booking for Umrah? I have 14 year old and 12 year old with me. They don’t have phones. Do they need to also be registered with the app?
if they dont have phones then no, i am not sure the age but in general 12 yr old doesn't need it. the 14 is still young as well it will depend if someone asks.
Umrah guide please
I have registered with NUSUK with my email, but I can't register my parents because they don't have seperate emails? Will they be allowed to do umrah and visit the rawda? I'm going next 13 Nov, so please reply asap. Salaams
if you can't register them they cand book Rawdah, set them up with an email. for umrah it is not an issue but rawdah is tricky
sister what the name of app you mention in sha allah i pkan going umrah . we never been there.
nusuk is the app you need
Can u do one for hajj
What happens without the nushuk app confirmation?
Salam 3likom, 24th -26th December I've been in Makkah and i was lucky to do the omra without anyone checked the permit because I was not able to obtain such through Tawakalna Khadamat,appeared a message that I am identified as a non-muslim! Noone gives me an answer why and how this issue can be fixed... I've seen many people complained about same case and no solution found. Do you know something about it or if anyone had same problem and sort it out how exactly. Just now I found out about Nusuk,I will try with it hopefully I don't face same story.
When we register and get the permit for umrah, before we fly from our country or once we get to Jeddah? And is it for women only or men has to get an appointment as well?
Everyone needs permission, irrespective of gender. You can do either one of those things, but especially for Rawdah i suggest before coming since places are more limited.
please tel me what kind of insurance, i mean any kind of travel insurance is fine for basic to enter for umra or saudia ?
You need yes. You get with visa but I always recommen3d extra
Thanks for all great info! What is the process for obtaining tourist visa through e visa for USA EAD/AP card (not GC or Visa stamp) with India passport/citizenship. Living in USA for years with family including US born kids. Main intention is for Umrah Inshallah!
السلام علیکم sister
Sister i have tourist visa and i am planning to do umrah InshaAllah, do i need menigetis vaccination?
i already have covid 19 vaccination
Assalamualikum, JazakAllah for details
We are planning to perform umrah this Ramazan insha Allah on tourist visa
If you could suggest please how many days in Madinah and Makkah ?
Really depends on your personally. A lot of people do 10 days in total split either 5 each or 4medinah and 6 makkah
JazakAllah
Assalam Aleikum Warrahmatullah Wabarrakatu. If someone is coming with a group from the mosque do you still need the app? Please answer me, JazzakALLAH Kheiran
yes you do
When you used Wizz Air how were they with Zam Zam
also think about your connection when taking zamzam because some countries might not allow it further.
If Umrah closes three weeks before Hajj and opens three weeks after how can you preform Hajj al-Tamattu?
Then it is only for Hajj ppl
Assalamualaikum sis...jazak allahu khair for the information..May Allah (swt) bless you.. I have one doubt how many umrah we can do with one permit?
one umrah per permit but now you dont have limit on the umrah
Sister do you have any idea about doing umrah in ramadan how many umrah we can do in the month of ramadan with one permit
I will going to perform umrah in ramzan, as my flight will reach jeddah late night & as we will so tired after travelling wiht mother, so my question is shall we go to makkah without niyat to perfom umrah without ihram & then next day will go to masjid e ayesha for niyat & then perform umrah?
That will not be allowed, if you plan umrah, you will need to be in ihram, but can rest and sleep in hotel and go for umrah next day
Salam Alaikom, if I fly from the US can I get the tourists Visa in arrival in Jedda? Will that be an option?
if you have US passport yes
AsSalaamAlaikum, if getting the visa on arrival, what are the chances of getting a rawdah booking on nusuk? Is there a workaround without having to enter visa #?
Very small. But you can keep checking and also go to gate 32. It's the green bit. My family was in medinah this week said some get in without pass after isha but hard and it's luck
Hi sis what do you mean you need only 5 things like photo ....?
When toking about vaccene.
You don't need vaccines basically. Only things that are asked on the application to provide
@@Muslimtravelgirl thanks sis jasakalah khayr
Salam sister do boys age 6 & 9 need ihrams for Umrah.
1.5 hours for 1.5 tawaf!!! So how long did it take you to complete the Umrah altogether?
4 hrs it took me that day. Last week my husband went and it was the same. It is so busy that its much slower
Can we enter Mutaaf 6 hours before the time of permit on Nusuk? I mean my permit is for 12:00pm on 27 March in Ramadan الحمداللہ۔. I took this time for safer side coz i would reach Makkah at around 6am in the morning انشاءاللہ. It would be my first visit. Can I enter Mutaaf 6 hours early than the time on permit?
you could, depends on how busy it is sometimes they don't check, if they don't allow you you can go back
Do we need prescription of the medicines that we are carrying with us?
yes you always need irrispective of your travel destination unless it has your name clearly but then some would want to see it depending on quantity
Asalam alaykum, do one need a visa with a UK BRP ? I mean can one get a visa on arrival with UK BRP
Walaaikium Salam. I heard with BRP you can get visa on arrival. However if you find anything else please can you leave me a feedback here
Assalam O Alaikum Sister. Hope you’re well.
I just have a small query about solo travelling through Haramain travel. Is it safe for a female?
I will be solo travelling from Medina to Jeddah.
And this solo travelling is on Umrah visa.
I have my Umrah visa and will be performing Umrah InshaAllah in coming week.
@@abeerasalman92 normally one should have a mahram
Assalamu Alaikom
Is there a limit to the number of umrahs we are allowed to perform?
Walaikumussalam, it depends, normally scholars say one shouldn't be performing more than 1 umrah in each visit as it is not sunnah...so better to keep it or perform 2 (from Aisha masjid)
Yes one factor of Umrah is the element of travel. So you need to go to another miqat and re-enter. The nearest miqat is Masjid Aisha which is about 20 minutes away. So grab a taxi/uber and head to the masjid, make intention for doing Umrah ... and inshallah it will be accepted.
Is vaccines still required from USA??
No
are they going to check the meningitis vaccine in the airport?
for tourist no
What about umrah ,we are going from Canada .
Did you need mengitus vaccine
Not on tourist visa