In 2006 our company, Wadi Al-Rafidain Travel, started up in Holland under registration number 14091529 and was registered with the Ministery of Hadj and Umrah under organisation number 2566.
Our name is derived from its country of origin, Iraq, and the purpose of the set up was to organize Hadj and Umrah and Holy Tours in an official and legal manner.
As-hab Al-Kisaa for Hadj and Umrah is our proper name, trade name and it means: ‘Cloak of Mohammed, the Prophet’, may God bless him and his family.
We started our travels in the year 1997, working together with other travel agencies from Europe and by working with them we obtained sufficient experience to become independent in our work. So from the year 2004 our travel agency As-hab Al-Kisaa became independent in the Netherlands.
Family Legacy
Our grandfather, Hajj Sayyid Qasim Saleh Al-Moussawi Al-Naqqash, may God be merciful on him, was born in Iraq, Bagdad – Al Kadhimiya 1912-2000. He bestowed on us the legacy of leading the Hadj and Umrah. He started with leading Hadj and Umrah in the year 1940 and went on doing so until 1992.
His Caravan was wellknown as the Al-Naqqash Caravan in Bagdad, and he took precedence over other caravans, because he distinguished himself by his services and experience.
Because our grandfather left us such a special legacy, we felt the responsibilty to continue his travels in the best as possible way. So we took the family tradition on our shoulders and got started.
Our goal
It is our opinion that the service on the field of Hajj and Umrah is based on knowledge of the legal rules of Allah and the proper implementation of those rules in the field, so that there is no separation between those two. It is a legal responsibility that lies on our shoulders, for God the Almighty and for the pilgrims or for the performer of Umrah.
We strived to obtain the knowledge of the legal rules and on the other hand the knowledge of the movement in the field, and by doing so, we are able to solve eventual problems that can occur during the performance of the rituals and the travels.
The purpose is to inform the pilgrim or the Umrah-performer about the rituals by means of lectures and publications and to guide him during the performance of the rituals.
Our main concern is to perform the Hadj and Umrah rituals in a way that it will please Allah and his noble messenger, may God bless him and his family, and to provide the services that are suitable for guests of God, as accomodation and transportation amongst other things, and everyting that is needed during their blessed journey.
Thank God, without any exaggeration, we can say that in short time we have become a leading travel agency within the Netherlands and in Europe that provides Hajj and Umrah travels and by doing so we feel we have proven that we are worth bearing our grandfathers’ legacy.
Hadji Ali Alkisaai
Managing director of Wadi Al Rafidain Travel en As-hab Al-Kisaa.