Step-by-step guide
Umrah guide — ihraam, tawaaf, sa‘ee and cutting the hair
These steps follow the Hajj booklet published with an AskImam answer (Mufti Ebrahim Desai) and Mufti Online’s description of umrah within tamattu‘ hajj.
Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.
Consult a mufti for your situation. Fatawa SA is a read-only archive and issues no rulings of its own.
Umrah
Ihraam at the meeqaat
Ihraam is the intention to perform umrah, made on arriving at the meeqaat. It is recommended to make ghusl; a man wears two seamless sheets with no head covering. A woman’s dress covers the whole body, leaving the hands and face uncovered, and she does not use perfume.
Sources: AskImam, Mufti OnlineTalbiyah
Recite the talbiyah often — men aloud, women quietly.
Sources: AskImamTawaaf
On arriving in Makkah, circle the Ka‘bah seven times starting and ending each round at the Black Stone with takbeer, the Ka‘bah to your left.
Sources: AskImamTwo rak‘aat
Then perform two rak‘aat facing the Ka‘bah, as close as possible to Maqam Ibrahim.
Sources: AskImamSa‘ee
Walk between Safa and Marwah seven times, starting at Safa: at Safa face the Ka‘bah, praise Allah and make du‘a; walk faster between the green markers. Safa to Marwah is one round.
Sources: AskImamShave or trim the hair
End the umrah by shaving the head or trimming the hair; women cut a fingertip’s length. The restrictions of ihraam are then lifted.
Sources: AskImam, Mufti Online
Restrictions of ihraam (from the same booklet)
What to avoid
No trimming of hair or nails, no perfume or scented soap, no conjugal relations, no proposing or nikah, no gloves, nothing covering the head that touches it, no stitched shirts or trousers for men, and women do not wear a niqab.
Sources: AskImam
Sources
- Steps to perform Hajj-Qiran AskImam · 9 Feb 2002
- Tamattu Hajj Mufti Online · 15 Sep 2014
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