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Umrah is a blessed visit to the Sacred House in Mecca, where Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba and walk between Safa and Marwah with prayers.
Umrah is the lesser pilgrimage to the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which can be performed at any time of the year. The pilgrim enters the sacred state of ihram, circumambulates the Kaaba seven times (tawaf), walks seven times between Safa and Marwah (sa'i), and concludes with clipping or shaving the hair, bringing spiritual renewal and unity.
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The lesser pilgrimage in Islamic law, consisting of visiting the Sacred House in Mecca to perform specific consecrated rites: entering the state of ihram at the designated station (miqat), performing seven circuits of tawaf around the Kaaba, seven traverses (sa'i) between the hills of Safa and Marwah, and concluding with shaving or clipping the hair (tahallul). Sanctioned by the Qur'an and Sunna as expiation for sins, Umrah may be performed at any time throughout the calendar year, with distinctive merit attached to its observance during Ramadan, fostering perpetual spiritual renewal and connection to the sanctuary of Mecca.
Overview
'Umra is, in language, a visit; in usage, tawaf of the House and sa'y between Safa and Marwa in ihram. Hajj includes its acts and adds the standing at 'Arafa, the night at Mina, and more. 1
Ruling
The Malikis and most Hanafis hold it an emphatic sunna once in a lifetime; some Hanafis obligatory on their usage of wajib; the evident Shafi'i position and the Hanbali school hold it a lifetime obligation once, on "complete the hajj and 'umra for God" and 'A'isha's report "their jihad without fighting: hajj and 'umra"; the recommenders cite Jabir: "was 'umra obligatory? He said: no — and your performing it is better." 1 2
Its merit
Among the reports on its merit: "'umra to 'umra is expiation for what lies between them." 2
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- Muwatta 1046· Muwatta 1048· Muwatta 1049· Muwatta 1052· Muwatta 1053· Muwatta 1061· Muwatta 1092· Muwatta 1094· Muwatta 1098· Muwatta 1107· Muwatta 1128· Muwatta 1132· Muwatta 1133· Muwatta 1137· Muwatta 1139· Muwatta 1145· Muwatta 1148· Muwatta 1166· Muwatta 1174· Muwatta 1227· Muwatta 1230· Muwatta 1243· Muwatta 1267· Muwatta 1281· Muwatta 921· Muwatta 931· Muwatta 942· Muwatta 945· Muwatta 946· Muwatta 948· Muwatta 949· Muwatta 950· Muwatta 954· Muwatta 956· Muwatta 963· Muwatta 970· Muwatta 971· Muwatta 972· Muwatta 973· Muwatta 974· Muwatta 975· Muwatta 976· Muwatta 977· Muwatta 978· Muwatta 979· Muwatta 980· Muwatta 981· Muwatta 982· Muwatta 983· Muwatta 984· Muwatta 985· Muwatta 986· Muwatta 987· Muwatta 988· Muwatta 989· Muwatta 990· Muwatta 991· Muwatta 992· Muwatta 993· Muwatta 994· Muwatta 995· Muwatta 1362· Qur'an 2:196
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· Malik ibn Anas· Hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca)· Mecca· Tawaf (circling the Kaaba)· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Muhammad· Sa'i (walking between Safa and Marwa)
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.11821
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.11822
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “Umrah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/practice/umrah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.