Umrah - Important Masaails

Umrah - Important Masaails

The meaning of "Umrah" is "to visit." The accomplishment of Umrah at least once in a lifetime is Sunnat-e-Mu'akkadah. The Umrah performed during the auspicious month of Ramadaan supercedes that Umrah completed in other days. Bukhari Shareef states that Umrah in Ramadaan is equal to Hajj.

THE MASAA'ILS OF UMRAH CAN BE BRIEFLY SUMMARISED AS:-

The wearing of Ihraam before entering the Miqat boundary

The performance of two Rakaahs Sunnatul Ihraam

The recitation of Niyyah and Talbiyah

The advancement towards Makkatul Mukarramah while constantly reading the Talbiyah

The performance of Tawaaf with Idh'tibaa and Ramal

The performance of two Rakaah Waajib Salaah after Tawaaf behind Maqaam-e-Ebrahim

Advancement to the Multazam to make Du'a and drink water from the Zam Zam well

Performance of Sa'ee between Saffa and Marwa (9) Shaving or trimming the hair of the head.

THE FARAA'IDH OF UMRAH:

Ihraam

Four circuits of Tawaaf

WAAJIBAAT OF UMRAH:

Completion of all seven circuits Sa'ee safwa and marwa

Shaving/trimming of the hair.

N.B. The rest are either Sunnat or Adaab.

SEQUENCE OF PERFORMING UMRAH:

Adoption of Ihraam and performance of two Rakaah with Niyyah of Umrah

Tawaaf

Du'a at Multazam

Performance of two Rakaah Salaah at Maqaam-e-Ebrahim

Drinking Zam Zam water

Performing Sa'ee between Saffa and Marwa

Two Rakaah Salaah

Shaving/Trimming of the hair.

VISITING THE GRAVE OF THE PROPHET:

Visiting the grave is part of the Sunnah and is both excellent and desirable. Hazrat Ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) said that the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "My intercession is assured for all who visit me." (at-Tabarni) Hazrat Anas bin Malik (radi Allahu anhu) said that the Messenger of Allah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "Anyone who visits me in Madina for the sake of Allah is near to me and I will intercede for him on the Day of Rising." (Al-Bayhaqi).

Imam Malik (radi Allahu anhu) disliked anyone saying "the tawaf of the visit," or "we visited the grave of the Prophet," because people normally use that for visits between themselves, and he did not like to put the Prophet on the same level as other people. He preferred a specific statement like "We greeted the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)." He did not dislike people saying, "We visited the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)." (Ash-Shifa)