HOW TO PERFORM HOLY UMRAH

1. By: Havin Issa
HOW TO PERFORM HOLY UMRAH

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.

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.

12. HAJARUL ASWAD

13. Multazim

14. Maqam Ibrahim

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

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)

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 .