What is the ruling on repeating 'Umrah in a single journey?

The questioner : The questioner says: What about repeating 'Umrah in a single year?

The Shaykh : Yes. Repeating 'Umrah in a single journey is a religious innovation (bid'ah). Therefore, if a person is performing 'Umrah here in Ramadan or in any other month, he should limit himself to the 'Umrah he comes for from the miqat and not repeat it, because that is among the innovations that were not practiced in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) nor in the time of his successors, as far as I know. If one of you were to say: Did not A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) perform 'Umrah from al-Tan'im by the order of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? We say: Yes, that happened. But what happened to A'ishah? A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) arrived in Makkah from al-Madinah while in the state of ihram for 'Umrah, intending to perform tamattu', and she started menstruating in Makkah. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to enter the state of ihram for Hajj so that she would be performing qiran, and she did so. When she finished Hajj, she persisted with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), insisting that she perform 'Umrah, and she said: It is not possible that the people return with 'Umrah and I return without it. When she persisted with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he ordered her brother 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr to take her out to al-Tan'im to put her in the state of ihram for 'Umrah. So he took her to al-Tan'im and put her in the state of ihram for 'Umrah. And yet, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, who was with her in this 'Umrah, did not perform 'Umrah for himself. If this had been a good thing, or if it had been part of the Sunnah, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) would have done it with his sister. I say this with certainty because, in any case, he went out to al-Tan'im at that time, and yet he did not perform 'Umrah from al-Tan'im. If this had been among the prescribed matters and the known matters in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) would not have left it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah in the year of the Conquest during the Battle of the Conquest and entered it on the twentieth of Ramadan and remained there for the rest of Ramadan, as stated by the historians and as is well known. As Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he was shortening the prayer in Ramadan, as mentioned by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Kathir in al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya.
In any case, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) remained in Makkah for this period, and yet he did not go out to al-Tan'im to perform 'Umrah. What do you think, my brothers? Are we more eager for good, or was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? What is the answer? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Are we more eager to convey the Shari'ah, or was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). If it had been part of the Shari'ah for a person to go out to al-Tan'im and perform 'Umrah except for a cause that occurred, like what happened to A'ishah, if it had been part of the Shari'ah, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have done it so that the Ummah would be informed of it. Or if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had said it to the Ummah so that the message would be conveyed This is a great and beneficial principle in the Shari'ah which we have referred to in previous lessons, and it is that a thing of worship whose cause existed in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) but he did not do it and did not explain it, then it is not a condition, but rather it is contrary to the Shari'ah.
This is what pertains to this issue, and I am telling you a strange story. I once saw, during the days of Hajj, a man performing sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) wearing the garments of ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage). He had shaved half of his head lengthwise; he had shaved half of his head lengthwise and left the other half unshaved. So I asked him, "Why, may Allah bless you? This is qaza' (shaving the head in a patchy manner), and it is prohibited." He said, "I performed 'Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage) in Mecca and shaved half of my head, and I will perform another 'Umrah and shave the other half of my head." I do not know; if he wanted to perform four 'Umrahs, would he shave a quarter of his head, then the remaining quarter, then the remaining quarter, then the remaining quarter? This is great ignorance, and it is one of the things that beautify bad deeds for some people. Therefore, you, O students of knowledge, and whoever this news reaches, you must convey this to the people and warn them of this matter, in which they are exhausting themselves and are closer to sin than to reward.