Alhijaz Travel Luxury 2016 Hajj packages are providing the best possible packages for Hajj.This day is celebrated by Sunni Muslim as the (Day of Atonement), as the day on which the Israelites were freed from the pharaoh called (Firaun) in Arabic. However Shia Muslims reject these stories and maintain that Ashura is a day of great sorrow due to the tragic events of Karbala.