UMRAH
(THE LESSER PILGRIMAGE)
Œ
DEFINITION OF UMRAH:
§ LINGUISTICALLY: TO VISIT.
§ JURIDICALLY:
UMRAH IS A WAY OF WORSHIPING
ALLAH BY MAKING
TAWAFF OF THE
KA'BAH AND
SA'IY BETWEEN
SAFA &
MARWAH AND SHAVING OR CUTTING HAIR.
ISLAMIC RULING ON UMRAH:
OBLIGATORY / MANDATORY.
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'AISHAH SAID :رواه احمد وابن ماجه) "يا رسول الله على النساء جهاد قال نعم عليهن جهاد لا قتال فيه الحج والعمرة"
"O MESSENGER OF
ALLAH, IS
JIHAD INCUMBENT UPON WOMEN?"
HE (r) REPLIED: "YES,
JIHAD WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE FIGHTING IS
INCUMBENT UPON THEM, (IT IS) THE
HAJJ & THE
UMRAH."
(COLLECTED BY
AHMAD & IBN-MAJAH)
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MERITS OF UMRAH:
ABU-HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF
ALLAH (r) SAID:
(رواه البخاري ومسلم) "العمرة إلى العمرة كفارة لما بينهما"
"ONE
UMRAH TO THE NEXT
UMRAH ERASES SINS COMMITTED BETWEEN
THEM." (COLLECTED BY
BUKHARI & MUSLIM)
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ABDALLAH BIN-ABBAS REPORTED THAT THE PROPHET (r) SAID:
" (رواه البخاري ومسلم والترمذي) "عمرة في رمضان تعدل حجة
"MAKING
UMRAH DURING
RAMADAN IS EQUAL TO
HAJJ."
(COLLECTED BY
BUKHARI & MUSLIM & AT-TIRMIDHI)
CONDITIONS FOR MAKING UMRAH:
ISLAM. ‚ PUBERTY. ƒ SANITY. „ FREEDOM.
… CAPABILITY (PHYSICALLY & FINANCIALLY).
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MAHRAM COMPANION FOR WOMEN:
(A SANE, ADULT, MUSLIM HUSBAND OR MALE RELATIVE WHO IS NOT
PERMITTED TO MARRY HER. ex. FATHER, BROTHER, etc..)
PILLARS OF UMRAH:
IHRAAM (INTENTION TO ENTER THE STATE OF
UMRAH)
‚
TAWAFF.
ƒ
SA'IY.
§
NOTE: IF ONE LEAVES A PILLAR HE MUST RETURN AND MAKE THE
MISSED PILLAR, IF NOT, THEN HIS
UMRAH IS INVALIDATED.
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OBLIGATIONS OF UMRAH:
IHRAAM AT THE
MIQAT.
‚ SHAVING OR CUTTING HAIR.
§
NOTE: IF ONE LEAVES AN OBLIGATION A
FIDIAYAH (COMPENSATION) IS
NEEDED BY SACRIFICING IN
MAKKAH, A SHEEP, OR 1/7 OF A COW,
OR 1/7 OF A CAMEL AND DISTRIBUTING IT TO THE POOR IN
MAKKAH.
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MIQAT (SPECIFIED TIME & PLACE OF WORSHIP):
MIQAT IN TERMS OF TIME:
§ FOR
HAJJ: THE MONTHS OF
HAJJ
(SHAWWAL, DHUL-QADDAH,
DHUL-HIJJAH).
§ FOR
UMRAH: AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR.
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MIQAT IN TERMS OF PLACE:
§
DHUL-HULAIFAH (ABBYAR ALI):
FOR THOSE COMING FROM / THROUGH
MADINAH.
§
AL-JUHFAH (NEAR
RABIGH):
FOR THOSE COMING FROM / THROUGH SYRIA, EGYPT OR MOROCCO.
§
YALAMLAM (SA'ADIYAH):
FOR THOSE COMING FROM / THROUGH YEMEN.
§
QARN AL-MANAZIL (AS-SAIL AL-KABEER):
FOR THOSE COMING FROM / THROUGH
NAJD OR
TAIF.
§
THAT-IRQ:
FOR THOSE COMING FROM / THROUGH IRAQ.
§
NOTE: THOSE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE RADIUS OF THE
MIQAT CAN
MAKE
IHRAAM FROM THEIR HOMES.