What is the ruling on repeating 'Umrah in a single journey?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. This person says that questions have multiplied regarding some pilgrims who perform 'Umrah for themselves and then return to the Mus'adha of Tan'im to perform 'Umrah for some of their relatives. Is that permissible? Also, questions have multiplied regarding the ruling on one who passes by the miqat without entering the state of ihram.
The Shaykh : As for the first issue, what I see is that repeating 'Umrah in a single journey is a religious innovation (bid'ah). Why do I say it is a bid'ah? Because the one who repeats 'Umrah intends to draw near to Allah, so he does it as an act of worship and devotion to Him. And whoever performs an act of worship or devotion that the Shari'ah has not brought, what is he? An innovator.
So if someone says: Did not the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:Sahih Muslim 1349a? And this is if he performs 'Umrah today, he performs it tomorrow. We say: The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is clarified by his Sunnah. Does anyone have a single hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out from Makkah to perform 'Umrah? In any case, I ... myself, if Allah wills, search through the bellies of all the books, historical and hadith ones. If you find the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) went out from Makkah to perform 'Umrah, then we say this is a Sunnah and it is not permissible for us to say it is a bid'ah. Did any of the Companions do that? Also, we have no objection.
- Be precise, my brother, be precise, my brother, be precise. May Allah bless you. -
Did any of the Companions do that?
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah and entered it as a conqueror, victorious, triumphant, and supported on a Friday, on the twentieth of Ramadan, in what year? What year? The fifth year? He says the fifth? The eighth year of the Hijrah. He entered it on the twentieth and remained for 10 days or 9 days of the month, plus a similar number of days from Shawwal, because Ibn 'Abbas says he stayed for nineteen days. Despite his love for 'Umrah, he did not go out to Tan'im to perform 'Umrah. And in 'Umrat al-Qada', how long did he stay? 'Umrat al-Qada' was in the seventh year of the Hijrah, and I do not know what? You have no knowledge of history or grammar, my brothers. The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was in the sixth year of the Hijrah, agreeing that he would perform 'Umrah the following year. He performed 'Umrah the following year, in the seventh year, and stayed for three days, and he did not perform 'Umrah except the 'Umrah he brought from the miqat once, even though the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was eager for 'Umrah and did not do it.
And if this had been part of the required Shari'ah, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have done it to legislate it for his Ummah, or he would have said, "O people, go out to Makkah to repeat 'Umrah," and he did not say this.
It remains to be said: Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) went out from the Haram, from Makkah, to Tan'im and entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah.
And the answer to this question. The answer to this objection is very easy. Do you know the story of Aisha? Who knows it? Please.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : She did not menstruate at the miqat. May Allah reward you with good. Before the miqat, she did not menstruate. Do not be a follower of the people. Rest.
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah like the rest of the wives of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). When she was at Saraf, which is a known place between Makkah and Madinah, she menstruated. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered and found her crying, and he said:Muwatta Malik 2:95 She said: Yes.
So he said to her, comforting her:Sahih Muslim 1211i, meaning, it is not a burden on you; all women menstruate. Then he ordered her to declare her intention for Hajj to be what? A Qarin. She combines 'Umrah and Hajj.
The Qarin performs in his rites as he does, right? As the Mufrad does? O students of knowledge, the Qarin performs in his rites as the Mufrad does, exactly the same, until the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Aisha:. Hajj ended, Aisha became pure, she performed Tawaf and Sa'y. And when it was the night of al-Husba, meaning the night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed at al-Mash'ar al-Haram, she said: . And she (may Allah be pleased with her) was very jealous, so she feared she would be criticized and it would be said: The wives of the Messenger performed 'Umrah as Mufradat and Hajj as Mufradat, and you did not perform Hajj, you did not bring 'Umrah. The people return with Hajj and 'Umrah, and I return with Hajj. How do I return with Hajj?
She was a Qarin, but because the work of the Qarin is like the work of the Mufrad, she said what? I return with Hajj. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to please her heart, because he knew (peace and blessings be upon him) that she returned with Hajj, meaning with the work of Hajj only. He knew this, but when she requested it, he pleased her heart (peace and blessings be upon him) and said to her brother 'Abd al-Rahman:. So he went out with her, and he was with her doing as she was doing, meaning in terms of time and work, but he did not perform 'Umrah. Why? Because this was not known among them. So we say, if a woman from our women experiences what happened to Aisha, and her heart is not pleased except that she performs 'Umrah after Hajj, we say, on our eyes and heads. And by Allah, if it had been the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) on our eyes and heads, we would have sacrificed our eyes and heads for it.
But do the Companions go back and forth to Tan'im, bringing 'Umrah today for me, tomorrow for my mother, and the day after for my father? And if time is tight, we say today in the morning for me, and ... during the day for my mother, and the next morning for my father, and the next evening for my grandfather? Then the aunts and maternal aunts come. Who said this? And the Shari'ah is defined and regulated.
And we have not known that any of the Companions performed 'Umrah or Hajj for anyone except in the obligatory case for a dead person or one who is unable. As for voluntary, one lies in his country on his women's beds and in his shop, and someone comes to perform 'Umrah or Hajj for him. Where is the worship? Worship must be from the worshipper himself, so that his heart is affected by the worship and he feels closeness to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Or I will perform Hajj for you, or I will perform 'Umrah for you. Do you find the man there in his country feeling that he performed the rites? Feeling closeness to Allah? Never. And for this, some scholars said: It is not permissible for one to act as a substitute for another in voluntary Hajj, but only in obligatory Hajj or obligatory 'Umrah for one who is dead or what? Unable, with an inability that is not expected to end, like an old person. And the people's rushing to this is strange.
And among the wonders, my brothers, is the ignorance of the Muslims, which I ask Allah to lift from them and guide them to knowledge, that many people strive for voluntary 'Umrah, and perhaps they do not pray the prayer except after its time, or they do not pray at all except when they come to Makkah. Where is the religion? Where is Islam? Where is the knowledge? Where is the understanding? My brother, this is voluntary. Perhaps the person there is a student of knowledge who benefits people with his knowledge, teaches them, and the people need him. Then he comes to perform voluntary 'Umrah, even though seeking knowledge and teaching knowledge is better than voluntary 'Umrah.
Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Knowledge is not matched by anything for one whose intention is sincere. They said: How is the intention sincere? He said: He intends to remove ignorance from himself and from others."
So, my brothers, learn the limits of Allah and follow the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
I, by Allah, if I knew that in my going out to Tan'im and bringing 'Umrah there is a reward from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) better than my staying here, I would do it. But I know that it is not a Sunnah. Until 'Ata ibn Abi Rabah, 'Ata ibn Abi Rabah was an imam in Makkah, until the Caliph in his time said: No one among the people should issue a fatwa in Hajj except 'Ata, because he is knowledgeable about the rites. He said: "These who go out to Tan'im to bring 'Umrah, I do not know if they are rewarded or blamed." Meaning, are they rewarded or blamed?
So the issue is not light. We must worship Allah with insight and knowledge, following the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And I have told you and others many times that I saw a man performing Sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah, and he had shaved half of his head lengthwise, a complete white shave, and the hair was black, colored. So I held him and said: My brother, what is this? This is Qa' (shaving patches). And Qa' is forbidden. He said to me: The shaved part is for yesterday's 'Umrah, and the rest is for today's 'Umrah. Yes.
As for the second part of the question.
The Shaykh : As for the first issue, what I see is that repeating 'Umrah in a single journey is a religious innovation (bid'ah). Why do I say it is a bid'ah? Because the one who repeats 'Umrah intends to draw near to Allah, so he does it as an act of worship and devotion to Him. And whoever performs an act of worship or devotion that the Shari'ah has not brought, what is he? An innovator.
So if someone says: Did not the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
An Umra is an expiation for the sins committed between it and the next
العمرة إلى العمرة كفارة لما بينهما- Be precise, my brother, be precise, my brother, be precise. May Allah bless you. -
Did any of the Companions do that?
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah and entered it as a conqueror, victorious, triumphant, and supported on a Friday, on the twentieth of Ramadan, in what year? What year? The fifth year? He says the fifth? The eighth year of the Hijrah. He entered it on the twentieth and remained for 10 days or 9 days of the month, plus a similar number of days from Shawwal, because Ibn 'Abbas says he stayed for nineteen days. Despite his love for 'Umrah, he did not go out to Tan'im to perform 'Umrah. And in 'Umrat al-Qada', how long did he stay? 'Umrat al-Qada' was in the seventh year of the Hijrah, and I do not know what? You have no knowledge of history or grammar, my brothers. The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was in the sixth year of the Hijrah, agreeing that he would perform 'Umrah the following year. He performed 'Umrah the following year, in the seventh year, and stayed for three days, and he did not perform 'Umrah except the 'Umrah he brought from the miqat once, even though the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was eager for 'Umrah and did not do it.
And if this had been part of the required Shari'ah, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have done it to legislate it for his Ummah, or he would have said, "O people, go out to Makkah to repeat 'Umrah," and he did not say this.
It remains to be said: Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) went out from the Haram, from Makkah, to Tan'im and entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah.
And the answer to this question. The answer to this objection is very easy. Do you know the story of Aisha? Who knows it? Please.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : She did not menstruate at the miqat. May Allah reward you with good. Before the miqat, she did not menstruate. Do not be a follower of the people. Rest.
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah like the rest of the wives of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). When she was at Saraf, which is a known place between Makkah and Madinah, she menstruated. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered and found her crying, and he said:
Are you losing blood?", meaning menstruating
مالك ؟ لعلك نفست يعني حضتSo he said to her, comforting her:
This is what Allah has ordained for all the daughters, of Adam
إن هذا شيء كتبه الله على بنات آدمThe Qarin performs in his rites as he does, right? As the Mufrad does? O students of knowledge, the Qarin performs in his rites as the Mufrad does, exactly the same, until the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Aisha:
Your circumambulation of the House and your walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah suffice you for your Hajj and your 'Umrah.
طوافك بالبيت وبالصفا والمروة يسعك في حجك ولعمرتكO Messenger of Allah, the people are returning with a Hajj and an 'Umrah, while I am returning with only a Hajj?
يارسول الله يرجع الناس بحج وعمرة وأرجع بحج ؟She was a Qarin, but because the work of the Qarin is like the work of the Mufrad, she said what? I return with Hajj. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to please her heart, because he knew (peace and blessings be upon him) that she returned with Hajj, meaning with the work of Hajj only. He knew this, but when she requested it, he pleased her heart (peace and blessings be upon him) and said to her brother 'Abd al-Rahman:
Take her out to al-Tan'īm so that she may perform an 'Umrah.
اخرج بها إلى التنعيم فتأتي بعمرةBut do the Companions go back and forth to Tan'im, bringing 'Umrah today for me, tomorrow for my mother, and the day after for my father? And if time is tight, we say today in the morning for me, and ... during the day for my mother, and the next morning for my father, and the next evening for my grandfather? Then the aunts and maternal aunts come. Who said this? And the Shari'ah is defined and regulated.
And we have not known that any of the Companions performed 'Umrah or Hajj for anyone except in the obligatory case for a dead person or one who is unable. As for voluntary, one lies in his country on his women's beds and in his shop, and someone comes to perform 'Umrah or Hajj for him. Where is the worship? Worship must be from the worshipper himself, so that his heart is affected by the worship and he feels closeness to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Or I will perform Hajj for you, or I will perform 'Umrah for you. Do you find the man there in his country feeling that he performed the rites? Feeling closeness to Allah? Never. And for this, some scholars said: It is not permissible for one to act as a substitute for another in voluntary Hajj, but only in obligatory Hajj or obligatory 'Umrah for one who is dead or what? Unable, with an inability that is not expected to end, like an old person. And the people's rushing to this is strange.
And among the wonders, my brothers, is the ignorance of the Muslims, which I ask Allah to lift from them and guide them to knowledge, that many people strive for voluntary 'Umrah, and perhaps they do not pray the prayer except after its time, or they do not pray at all except when they come to Makkah. Where is the religion? Where is Islam? Where is the knowledge? Where is the understanding? My brother, this is voluntary. Perhaps the person there is a student of knowledge who benefits people with his knowledge, teaches them, and the people need him. Then he comes to perform voluntary 'Umrah, even though seeking knowledge and teaching knowledge is better than voluntary 'Umrah.
Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Knowledge is not matched by anything for one whose intention is sincere. They said: How is the intention sincere? He said: He intends to remove ignorance from himself and from others."
So, my brothers, learn the limits of Allah and follow the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
I, by Allah, if I knew that in my going out to Tan'im and bringing 'Umrah there is a reward from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) better than my staying here, I would do it. But I know that it is not a Sunnah. Until 'Ata ibn Abi Rabah, 'Ata ibn Abi Rabah was an imam in Makkah, until the Caliph in his time said: No one among the people should issue a fatwa in Hajj except 'Ata, because he is knowledgeable about the rites. He said: "These who go out to Tan'im to bring 'Umrah, I do not know if they are rewarded or blamed." Meaning, are they rewarded or blamed?
So the issue is not light. We must worship Allah with insight and knowledge, following the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And I have told you and others many times that I saw a man performing Sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah, and he had shaved half of his head lengthwise, a complete white shave, and the hair was black, colored. So I held him and said: My brother, what is this? This is Qa' (shaving patches). And Qa' is forbidden. He said to me: The shaved part is for yesterday's 'Umrah, and the rest is for today's 'Umrah. Yes.
As for the second part of the question.