LACK OF GUIDELINES BOOK FOR UMRAH WORSHIP SPECIALLY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Abstract

The limitations of vision disability group cause them to face problems in the implementation of umrah. Among the main factors of this problem is the lack of reference material for umrah guidelines that are friendly to the visually impaired. This study is to determine the problem of lack of umrah references material that focusing to the blind and visually impaired group. This study uses qualitative methods through interviews and references from library which involve the analysis of documents on sources that describing how to perform ibadah for the blind and visually impaired group, the Islamic law of performing umrah, the leniency and guidelines for umrah. The results showed that the blind and visually impaired group have a lack of umrah reference materials and the existing guideline books are not specific to them. The results of this study gave positive results towards suggesting improvements to the existing umrah guidelines especially to the interested parties, Yayasan Orang Buta Malaysia.