Is it permissible to perform 'Umrah on the Day of 'Arafah for one who is not performing Hajj?
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The questioner : He said: Last year, because I was unable to perform Hajj, I performed 'Umrah on the Day of 'Arafah. This was because the Haram was empty of pilgrims, and also because of the virtue of doing good deeds in the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah. So I performed the 'Umrah. Is my action valid? I did this while believing that I should not perform 'Umrah at such a time every year.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with a person performing 'Umrah on the Day of 'Arafah if he is not a Hajj pilgrim. A person who has performed the obligatory Hajj is not required to perform Hajj again. So if this man is from Jeddah, for example, and he says, "I want to go to Makkah to perform 'Umrah on this day when the Haram is empty," we say there is nothing wrong with that and there is no blame on him, whether he does it one year and leaves it off the next, or he continues to do it.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with a person performing 'Umrah on the Day of 'Arafah if he is not a Hajj pilgrim. A person who has performed the obligatory Hajj is not required to perform Hajj again. So if this man is from Jeddah, for example, and he says, "I want to go to Makkah to perform 'Umrah on this day when the Haram is empty," we say there is nothing wrong with that and there is no blame on him, whether he does it one year and leaves it off the next, or he continues to do it.