Waleed Basyouni – Can You Perform Multiple Umrahs in One Trip

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The Prophet and Taneqaha discuss the importance of shaving for men and women. They discuss the rules for multiple public events and the need for a strong act. They also mention a beautiful thing to do at Mecca.

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			We have a brother who's asking about doing
		
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			multiple umrahs in one visit.
		
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			You know, a lot of people go to
		
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			Mecca and they say, hey, well, I'm here,
		
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			might as well since, let's say, if I
		
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			consider myself as a person who lives in
		
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			Mecca, can I do multiple umrahs in one
		
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			visit?
		
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			There is no harm for a person to
		
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			do multiple umrah in their travel.
		
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			In general, the Prophet said, from one umrah
		
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			to another, it will expiate all the sins
		
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			in between.
		
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			Umrah in itself is a good act of
		
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			worship.
		
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			The Prophet said, increase your hajj and umrah.
		
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			So in general, in the general sense, it's
		
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			allowed.
		
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			Al-'Ulama said, is it allowed for the person
		
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			to make multiple umrahs in the same trip?
		
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			We know Aisha, she made two umrahs in
		
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			one trip with the Prophet and it was
		
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			between them about 20 days.
		
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			So that led to a big discussion among
		
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			the Fuqaha.
		
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			Is there a time, a minimum time?
		
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			Suleyman Ahmed and others said, between the two
		
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			umrah for men, it has to be a
		
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			time where you are allowed your hair to
		
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			grow because what are you going to shave
		
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			if you do that?
		
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			But there is no really solid proof except
		
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			that it's not a common practice among the
		
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			early generation that they will do multiple umrah.
		
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			Even some of the Tabi'een said, better
		
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			for you than doing multiple umrah is to
		
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			make multiple tawaf around the Ka'bah.
		
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			Some of them said, the steps and the
		
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			time you waste going to Al-Tana'im
		
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			and coming back, you could have made so
		
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			many tawaf around the Ka'bah and that
		
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			would be more ajr for you.
		
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			Some of the scholars said that, from the
		
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			successor from the Tabi'een and the Atba
		
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			al-Tabi'een.
		
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			It's many narrations like that.
		
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			For me it is allowed, especially as some
		
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			of the Fuqaha said, for the Afaqiyeen, especially
		
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			for the people who come from far, and
		
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			it's hard for them to come back.
		
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			Also, especially if someone will do umrah on
		
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			behalf of someone else, like your parents never
		
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			did umrah or somebody passed away, so tikrar
		
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			al-umrah.
		
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			But if you do that, make sure you
		
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			don't shave your head in the first umrah.
		
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			Or if you're going to wait, you're going
		
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			to go to Medina and come back, for
		
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			example, by the time your head grows a
		
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			little bit.
		
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			What if somebody forgot and shaved his head,
		
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			and now he did umrah and my hair
		
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			is completely shaved?
		
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			Yubur al-mus, Fuqaha said, shave again, you
		
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			know, whatever there.
		
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			And some even narration that Ibn Umar that
		
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			he took a little bit from his beard,
		
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			and he said the reason for that because
		
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			he doesn't have hair on his head at
		
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			that time because he's just shaved.
		
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			So in any case, we ask Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala to accept from all of
		
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			us.
		
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			And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make
		
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			it easy for us always to visit Mecca
		
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			and to do umrah.
		
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			It's such a beautiful thing to do.
		
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			Jazakallah khair, Shaykh.
		
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			Barakallah khair.
		
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			That was very good.