Umrah al badal goes Uber
Photo: MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - MAR 14, 2015 : Muslims look into Maqam Ibrahim (the station of Ibrahim) March 14, 2015 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, while they perform the tawaf / Mawardi Bahar / Shutterstock.com
A UAE start-up is going Uber with umrah al badal.
As a technology solution, iUmrah.world, launched in June last year, is designed to connect people who want to perform umrah al badal with people in Mecca registered on the site as badals.
“It’s basically an Uber or Careem service model, connecting users, linking buyer and seller, and cutting down travel time and a lot of red tape. It’s umrah on demand,” iUmrah.world's Ahmed Alhaddad told Salaam Gateway.
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