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The Ruling on Repeating 'Umrah Every Year!!

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Question : The questioner says: "It is obligatory to perform 'Umrah once in a lifetime. I have already performed it, praise be to Allah, and I have done it more than once. What is the ruling on the one who performs it every year in the month of Ramadan?"

Answer : There is no harm in a person performing 'Umrah every year in the month of Ramadan, based on the saying of the Prophet
God’s messenger as saying, “An 'umra is an expiation for sins committed between it and the next, but a hajj which is accepted will receive no less a reward than paradise.”صلى الله عليه وسلم العمرة إلى العمرة كفارة لما بينهما، والحج المبرور ليس له جزاء إلا الجنة،
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And it seems to me, and knowledge is with Allah, that the questioner wants to ask: Is it permissible for a person to perform 'Umrah while he has not yet performed Hajj? We say: Yes, it is permissible for a person to perform 'Umrah while he has not yet performed Hajj, and his 'Umrah is valid. However, it is obligatory for him to perform Hajj if he has the means to do so.
As for repeating 'Umrah in Ramadan several times, as some ignorant people do now, performing 'Umrah twice in one day or once every day, this is an innovated act. It was not done in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) nor in the time of his Companions. If it had been good, they would have preceded us to it. I tell you that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah in the Year of the Conquest on the twentieth of this month and remained for the rest of the month without going out to perform 'Umrah, despite the ease and facility of it for him. If this had been prescribed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would have clarified it for his Ummah, either by his words or by his actions. It is not reported from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he gave permission for a person to leave Makkah for 'Umrah except in one story in a specific situation, which is the story of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She had come from al-Madinah with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the rest of his wives and his Companions, having entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her at Saraf while she was crying. He said to her: "What makes you cry?" She said: "I am not praying." He said: "This is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to enter the state of ihram for Hajj, so she entered ihram for Hajj and became a Qarinah (one combining 'Umrah and Hajj). He said to her: "Your Tawaf of the House and your Sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah suffice you for your 'Umrah and your Hajj." However, after she had completed her Hajj, she (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to come and perform 'Umrah. He gave her permission to perform 'Umrah and sent her with her brother 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr to al-Tan'im. He said: "Take your sister out of the Haram and let her declare her intention for 'Umrah." So she went and performed her 'Umrah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, "Take 'Umrah with her," nor did Abi Bakr do so. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr had actually gone to the Miqat at al-Tan'im, yet he was not ordered to do so. This indicates that it is not among the prescribed matters. As for repeating it every day or twice in a day, I have no doubt that it is an innovated matter and that it is forbidden. And Allah knows best.
Yes, the hadith regarding following Hajj with 'Umrah, not between Hajj and 'Umrah. And the hadith regarding 'Umrah to 'Umrah is restricted by what has come in the Shari'ah, because absolute texts must be restricted by what has come in the Shari'ah. That is, follow them in the Shari'ah manner, such that a person performs 'Umrah from his home to Makkah.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[47 من 70] حكم تكرار العمرة كل عام!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com

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