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An umra in Ramadan equals a hajj

عمرة في رمضان تعدل حجة

The Prophet said to a woman of the Ansar who had missed the hajj with him because her household's camel was in use: when Ramadan comes, perform the umra, for an umra in it equals a hajj, in Ibn Abbas's narration in Muslim Sahih Muslim 3037 — a deed that equals a greater one. The story shows that the equation came as an answer to someone who had missed the greater act for a reason.

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The Prophetic Era
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The reckoning of good and bad deeds

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The good deeds (al-hasanat)· The balance (al-mizan)· Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)· The reckoning of good and bad deeds· Expiation (kaffara)· The Reckoning· Calling to guidance or to error: the like of the rewards and sins of those who follow· Hajj without lewdness or wrongdoing, and umra to umra

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  • Sahih Muslim
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “An umra in Ramadan equals a hajj”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/hisab-umra-fi-ramadan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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The good deeds (al-hasanat)