What is the specified period between one 'Umrah and another?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
What is the specified period after performing 'Umrah? If a person performs 'Umrah, for example, and then comes back a week later, does he perform 'Umrah again?
The Shaykh : Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned an approximate limit, saying: If his head has grown hair, meaning if his head has grown black hair after shaving, then he performs 'Umrah. This is because 'Umrah requires either shortening the hair or shaving it, and that is not completed until the hair has grown. As for what some people do today in Ramadan or during the days of Hajj, repeating 'Umrah every day, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah), and they are closer to sin than to reward. Therefore, it is obligatory for students of knowledge to clarify to these people that this is an invented matter and an innovation. They are not more eager than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) or the Companions. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) remained in Makkah for nineteen days during the Conquest and did not even think of going out to perform 'Umrah.
Likewise, in the 'Umrah of Qada', he performed the 'Umrah and remained for three days without performing 'Umrah.
Likewise, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not repeat 'Umrah. Yes.
What is the specified period after performing 'Umrah? If a person performs 'Umrah, for example, and then comes back a week later, does he perform 'Umrah again?
The Shaykh : Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned an approximate limit, saying: If his head has grown hair, meaning if his head has grown black hair after shaving, then he performs 'Umrah. This is because 'Umrah requires either shortening the hair or shaving it, and that is not completed until the hair has grown. As for what some people do today in Ramadan or during the days of Hajj, repeating 'Umrah every day, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah), and they are closer to sin than to reward. Therefore, it is obligatory for students of knowledge to clarify to these people that this is an invented matter and an innovation. They are not more eager than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) or the Companions. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) remained in Makkah for nineteen days during the Conquest and did not even think of going out to perform 'Umrah.
Likewise, in the 'Umrah of Qada', he performed the 'Umrah and remained for three days without performing 'Umrah.
Likewise, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not repeat 'Umrah. Yes.