2. Table of Content
• What is Umrah?
• The Rites of Umrah.
• Purification.
• Intention (Niyyah) and Talbiyah.
• Prohabition of Ihram.
• Restrictions While in the Haram.
• How to perform Tawaf (Seven Circuits).
• How to perform Sa’ey?
• Shaving or Clipping of hair.
• Performing Multiple Umrahs.
• The Interior of the Kabah.
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4. What is Umrah?
• The Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be undertaken
at any time of the year.
• Umrah is expiation for the sins committed between it and another
Umrah (Bukhari,Muslim).
• It cleans one’s soul from past committed sins.
5. The Rites of Umrah
1. Entering the state of Ihram (Men,Women).
2. Tawaf of Ka’abah .
3. Sa’ye between the hills of Safa and Marwah .
4. Shaving or Clipping of the hair.
6. Purification
Take a bath with the intention (Niyyah) of Ihram otherwise do wudu.
Here it is noted that there are two ways of purification:
1. Purification of Body (Shower or wudu).
2. Internal Purification (Sincere repentance on your sin). Say something
like this
“O ALLAH, I sincererly repent on my sins and seek your forgiveness”.
7. Intention (Niyyah) and Talbiyah
Declare your intention and recite the words of talbiyah three times in a
loud voice by Men and in a subdued voice by women .
َْكيَّبَلْيَّبَل كَل يك ٍَرش ال َْكيَّبَل ، َْكيَّبَل َّمُهَّاللَك.كْلُموال َكَل َةَمْعِنوال َدْمَحال َّإن.َكِي َِرش اللك
8. Prohibitions of Ihram
After intention and Talbiyah, you are in the status of Ihram from this time on you
should not do acts that are forbidden in Ihram. Other wise , you will slaughter a
sheep with every mistake you do.
• Cover head .
• Cover the middle bone of the upper part of the feet .
• Shave / cut hair
• Cut nails
• Wear perfume
• Hunting/killing
• sex
9. Restrictions while in the Haram
Every good deed or bad deed is multiplied by 100,000 times.
• Its plants must not be cut.
• Nor is any man to bear arms for fighting in it.
• Articles lost in it must not be picked up.
10. How to perform Tawaf
Tawaf means circling (moving) around ka’abah seven times with
extreme love and devotion .
• Turn right and start tawaf counter clockwise.
• Come in front of Hajar Al Aswad and raise your hands to ears keeping
open your palm toward it and say
هلل و اكبر هللا هللا بسمالحمد
• It called Istilam.
15. After Completing Tawaf
ZAMZAM: is the best
available water in the
world. Drink this water to
fill while in standing
position saying Bismillah
.Then supplicate to ALLAH:
ِع َكُلَأْسَأ يِِّنِإ َّمُهَّاللْز ِر َو اًعِفَان اًمْلاًق
ِِّلُك ْنِم ًءاَفِش َو اًعِسا َوٍاءَد
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17. How to perform Sa’ey
• Climb the hill of Safa and make intention (Niyyah) for Say’e
• Run Seven times between Safa and Marwa .
• Recite :
ا ِوَأ َتْيَْبلا َّجَح ْنَمَف ۖ َِّاَّلل ِرِائَعَش نِم َةَوْرَْملاَو اَفَّالص َّنِإَفَّوَّطَي َنأ ِهْيَلَع َاحَنُج ََلَف َرَمَتْعَمِِِبَعَّوَطَت نَمَو ۚ ا
اًرْيَخََّاَّلل َّنِإَفٌيمِلَع ٌرِاكَش(158)
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19. Shaving or clipping of Hair
• Men should get their heads completely shaved or get their hair
clipped to the length of the upper third of their finger or a little more.
• Women are allowed to have a lock of their hair clipped. The are
forbidden to shave their heads .
20. Performing multiple Umrahs
• This practice has no basis in the Sonnah of the prophet (Pbuh).
• The exceptions here is a Umrah which one performs for :
1. A deceased person
2. A sick or an old person who is not able to perform Umrah by
himself/herself
3. Fulfillment of a pledge .