It was mentioned that a person should not perform more than one 'Umrah during a journey

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The questioner : The questioner says: Your Eminence, it was mentioned that a person should not perform more than one 'Umrah during a journey. Is it permissible to perform 'Umrah after returning from Abha, having already performed 'Umrah before leaving for it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he returned from Ta'if, having not started a journey from his home?

The Shaykh : Yes. There is no harm if a person leaves Makkah for a valid reason or need and then returns to Makkah; there is no harm in performing 'Umrah. However, our discussion concerns those people who perform 'Umrah, stay in Makkah, then go out to Tan'im and perform another 'Umrah. The Companions did not do this, nor did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The most that happened was that 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had a valid excuse when she came from Madinah in a state of ihram for 'Umrah. During the journey, she began menstruating. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her while she was crying, and she told him that she had started menstruating. He said to her:

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that A'isha said, "I came to Makka at the time of my period so I did not do tawaf of the House or go between Safa and Marwa. I complained to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said, 'Do what the people doing hajj do except do not do tawaf of the House and go between Safa and Marwa until you are pure.' " Malik said, concerning a woman who entered ihram for umra at the time of hajj, and she arrived in Makka during her period and so could not do tawaf of the House, "When she fears that the time (for hajj) is getting close, she gets into ihram for the hajj and sacrifices an animal. She is like someone who combines the hajj and the umra. One tawaf is enough for her. If a women starts her period after she has already done tawaf of the House and prayed, she does say between Safa and Marwa and stops at Arafa and Muzdalifa and stones the jamras but she does not do the tawaf al-ifada until she is pure and has finished her menses."

افعلي ما يفعل الحاج غير ألا تطوفي بالبيت

Muwatta Malik 20:236

She did so and combined Hajj and 'Umrah. When she finished her Hajj, she said:

O Messenger of Allah! The people are returning with Hajj and 'Umrah, while I am returning with only Hajj.

يا رسول الله ! يرجع الناس بحج وعمرة وأرجع بحج

When she persisted with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he ordered her to go out with her brother 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr to Tan'im and perform 'Umrah from there. She went to Tan'im and performed 'Umrah from there, and her brother 'Abd al-Rahman was with her, but he did not perform 'Umrah, because performing 'Umrah from Tan'im was not known to them. If a woman were to experience what happened to 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and her mind were not at ease unless she performed a separate 'Umrah, there is no blame on her. Yes.

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