كيیفيیة االعمرةةHow to Perform Umrah

اظفر الدين

Points to keep in mind

• Checklist

• ifn.imam@ifnonline.com

• 630-344-3431

Things to pack

Things to pack

Things to pack

Things to pack

Copy of passport and Umrah visa page

Things to pack

Gameplan

How do I prepare for Umrah?

What should be my mindset?

What are the virtues of performing Umrah?

Linguistic and technical definition

Legal ruling

Fara’id, Wajibat, Sunan, Prohibited

Gameplan

When is the best time to perform Umrah?

What is Meeqat?

Common mistakes while performing Umrah

What is considered Ihram?

How do I put on the Ihram?

Before departing for Umrah

Gameplan

Points to consider while traveling

How should I enter Masjid-al-Haram?

What is the four step process to perform Umrah?

How do I perform Tawaf

How do I perform Sa’i?

Gameplan

Should men cut all of their hair? Why or why not?

What happens if I have impure thoughts but don’t act upon it?

Should I perform multiple Umrahs?

Significance of Zamzam (Video)

Significance of the black stone

Gameplan

Tips for having elderly, children, and women

Tips for going to the Prophet’s mosque

Tips for Ziyarat

Common questions

Raise your hand if…

You have performed Umrah in the past

W R I T E I N A J O U R N A L

W H Y W R I T E ?

Planning for Umrah

Phone number of lawyers who help draft Islamic wills

• (630) 909-9114 - Farooqi and Husain

• (312) 929-8334 - Zaki Anarwala

وأتموا الحج والعمرة هللQur’an {2:196}

إنما األعمال بالنيات

What sins have you witnessed?

D I S P U T E AT T U R K I S H A I R P O R T A B O U T C O M B I N I N G P R AY E R S

• “Don’t pray ‘Asr until you reach Banu Qurayza”

Going to perform the Umrah is a Vacation (True or False)

Am I tourist?

“Travel like a pilgrim, not as a tourist”

“Bring 10 bags of patience with you”

D O I N G TA W A F W I T H H E AV Y L A P T O P S T O R Y

N O H O T E L F R O M 2 P M T O 8 P M

C A N ’ T S L E E P O N T H E P L A N E

M U S L I M S C U T T I N G L I N E S

"Have a balance of not being taken advantage

of while accepting everything Allah sends

your way”

T R Y D O I N G T H O S E T H I N G S W H I C H Y O U C A N ’ T D O AT O T H E R M A S A J I D

I N M A D I N A H

C A R R Y B O D Y T O B A Q I

P I L L A R S O F T H E M A S J I D

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اسطوانة توبة

اســـــــــــــطوانـــــــــــــة عـــــــــائـــــــــشة

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اســـــــــــــطوانـــــــــــــة الـــــــــــوفـــــــــــود

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بـــــــــــيت حـــــــــــــــفصة

و عـــــــــــلي بـــــــــــيت فـــــــــاطـــــــــمة الـــــــــــــزهـــــــــــــراء

S E N D S A L U TAT I O N SA L - H I Z B U L ‘ A Z A M , N A S H E E D ( G H A L I ) , S I R A H , M L . TA M E E M S T O R Y,

بـــــــــــيت ابـــــــــــي أيـــــــــــــــوب األنــــــــــــــــــصــــــــاري

اصــــــــــــــــــحاب الــــــــــــــــــصفة

هلل بــــــــن عـــــــــــمر ا بـــــــــــيت عـــــــــــبد

Madinah Landmarks

FAV O R I T E PA R T I N M A D I N A H

Tour guide for famous landmarks in Makkah

and Medinah

Visit Museums in madinah

B I D D I N G FA R E W E L L

A R R I V E D AT M I Q AT, S O M E B R O T H E R S H A D T R O U B L E P U T T I N G O N T H E I H R A M

” I W I S H I W A S I N M A D I N A H T H E E N T I R E T I M E ”

R E C I T E TA L B I YA A S A C H O R U S ( U N I T Y, A S K A L L T H E B R O T H E R S / C H I L D R E N T O G R A B T H E M I C )

Why perform Umrah?

العمرة إلى العمرة كفارة ما بينهما

إذا كان رمضان فاعتمري فيهة " . فإن عمرة فيه تعدل حج

Meaning of Umrah

الطاعة

زيارة بيت اهلل الحرام ألداء الفعال مخصوصة

Ruling of Umrah

سنة مؤكدة

Is there a specific time to perform Umrah?

وليس للعمرة وقت معني شرعا كالحج فيجوز فعلها في جميعأيام السنة. ولكن يكره فعلها في خمسة أيام

يوم عرفة

يوم النحر

أيام التشريق الثالثة

ويندب فعلها في رمضان

What is Umrah

Minor Hajj

Sunnah Muakkadah

Can be performed anytime except the 5 days of Hajj (Makrooh)

2 Far’aid of Umrah

الطواف حول البيت سبعة أشواط

إحرام مع نية و تلبية

The Waajibat of Umrah

وللعمرة واجبان

أحدهما السعي بني الصفا واملروة

وثانيهما الحلق أو التقصير

What are the 2 Faraid of Umrah?

What are the two Wajibat of Umrah?

What is Meeqat?

Place which is fixed for putting on Ihram

One has to be in the state of Ihram before reaching the Meeqat

Legal ruling

Jeddah to Makkah

Jeddah to Madinah

Meeqat

الجحفة

ذو الحليفة

ذات عرق

قرن المنازل

يلملم

Preparation for wearing Ihram

Preparation for wearing Ihram

• Legal ruling - Clothing that has been washed in scented detergent?

Salah for Ihram

• 2 Rakah Sunnah

• Intention of Ihram out loud

• 1st rakah - Surah Kafirun

• 2nd rakah - Surah Ikhlas

Talbiyah

• Once is wajib

• Recitation of the talbiyah with an intention to enter ihram begins the state of Ihram

Ihrām is considered Ihrām when...

1. Niyah

2. Talbiyah

How to put on the Ihram

1) Cloth with left hand longer than right

2) Feet spread apart

3) Fold the cloth with the right hand first

The Test

How NOT to sit while wearing the Ihram

إحرام

• The state that you must enter prior to going into the sacred boundary of Makkah for Umrah or Hajj

• Literally, “to make haram”

• While you are in this state, certain acts become prohibited

إحرام

• Two clean white unfitted pieces of cloth

• Sandal must not cover the top bone of the foot (men)

• Women - Islamic dress code

• Wearing Ihram = state of Ihram?

G E T W AT E R P R O O F S A N D A L S

Before departing for Umrah

إذا أراد اإلنسان أن يعتمر تجرد وتنظف

اللهم إني أريد العمرة فيسرها لي وتقبلها مني

ثم يلبي

فهذا هو اإلحرام بها

Before departing for Umrah

When leaving the hotel in Istanbul, Medinah, Jordan, recite the dua when leaving

بسم اهلل توكلت على اهلل والحول والقوة إال بااهلل

Make the intention to perform Umrah

While traveling

Some pain is good?

What does “Labbayk” mean?

Alternatives to watching movies?

Write in your journal

Write down a list of du’as you want to say when you first see the ka’bah

Finish reading at least 1 entire Qur’an by yourself

Read the material Imam Azfar will post in the IFN Umrah WhatsApp Group

Upon arrival at the hotel

• Rest for an hour

• Meet in the hotel to review Umrah process

• In Wudu

• What to do in case of an emergency

• Du’a at the sight of the Ka'bah

4 step process to perform Umrah

1. Enter in the state of Ihram (Niyah+Talbiya)

2. فإذا دخل مكة طاف بالبيت

3. ثم سعي بني الصفا واملروة سبع مرات

4. ثم حلق شعره أو قصره

فإذا فعل ذلك فقد تمت عمرته

Upon Entering Masjid Al-Haram

Enter with your right foot

Make the du’a of the Masjid

اللهم افتح لي ابواب رحمتك

Sighting the Ka’bah for the first time

Advice of Imam Abu Hanifa

Share 2018 Umrah Participant story

If you get lost

Stay where you are

Meet back at the hotel

Keep a business card of your hotel with you and your child

Pin an identification tag on your child

Babies that crawl should be watched during salah

If you get lost

Warn child not to wander off during salah

Dress them in brightly colored clothes so they are easily recognizable in a crowd

Sit on the stroller

TawaafMust be in Wudhu the entire time

Leave the right shoulder bare (Men)

Start at the black stone

بسم اهلل اهلل اكبر

Kiss it or point to it

Walk hastily for the first 3 rounds (Men only)

No specific duʿāʾ

ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي اآلخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار

.وإن قرأ شيئا من القرآن فحسن، ألن القرآن أعظم الذكر

Parts of the Ka’bah Khutbah

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=VQDaDxqgh6w

Tawaf

• Circling around the Ka’bah 7 times with an intention to perform the act

طواف العمرة •

طواف القدوم للحج •

طواف اإلفاضة ويسمى أيضا طواف الزيارة •

طواف الوداع•

Step 1 Wudu

Step 2Locate the starting point

Forget which number?

Step 3Idtiba and Ramal

Step 4Intention and Takbir

بسم اهلل اهلل أكبر وهلل الحمد

Step 5Istilam

1) Stretch out both arms towards Hajar al Aswad

2) Palms facing the stone

3) Recite بسم اهلل اهلل أكبر

4) Repeat each time you reach the black stone

Step 6Circling the Ka’bah

Step 7Passing the Yemeni corner

Step 8Completing the rounds

Step 9The final round and istilam

Step 10Salah at Maqam Ibrahim

Step 11Drinking the water of

Zamzam

Tips for Tawaf

• If you have women with you, remain outside for all 7 circuits (Pushing, shoving)

• Don’t walk against the flow of people

• No set du’a to be recited

According to circumstance

ليشهدوا منافع لهم

ومن دخله كان آمنا

True or False: Immediately after performing tawaf,

perform sa’i

After Tawaaf, perform 2 rak’ah Nafl

واتخذوا من مقام إبراهيم مصلى

(2:125)

Pray 2 Rakah as close as possible to it

Surah Kaafiroon - 1st rakah

Surah Ikhlaas - 2nd rakah

Drink Zamzam

Watch the “Virtues of Zamzam” video by Mawlana Kamil

Sa’i

• “To run”

• Going between Safa and Marwa 7 times

Sa’i

Wudhu is highly recommended

Upon reaching Safa, recite the following ayah

إن الصفا واملروة من شعائر اهلل فمن حج البيت أو اعتمرفال جناح عليه أن يطوف بهما ومن تطوع خيرا فإن اهلل شاكر عليم

There is no specific duʿāʾ mentioned

Praise Allah, send Salaam upon the Prophet (S) and make as much personal duʿāʾ as you can

Sa’i

• After each round, Imam will share a lesson that we can derive from the life of Ibrahim (AS) and Hajar (AS) and historical sights nearby.

• We will make a collective du’a after finishing sa’i

The green lights

• Quicken pace

Wudu

•Not required •(Sisters can come to the sa’i area if in menses)

Approaching Safa

• أبدأ بما بدأ اهلل به إن الصفاواملروة من شعائر اهلل

Intention

• Perform 7 rounds of sa’i between Safa and Marwah

• Can be made in any language

• اللهم إني أريد السعي بني الصفا واملروة سبعة أشواط هلل عزوجل فيسره لي وتقبله مني

Head towards Marwa

Completion of Sa’ee

• 7th round of sa’ee ends at Marwah

• Shave hair to exit ihram

Shaving/Cutting

• Cutting or shaving one’s head is required after Hajj or Umrah to release an individual from the state of Ihram

• Men - Shaving > trimming

• Women - Trimming

Method for men

• Shave entire head

• Trim at least 1.5 inches from each hair

• Already bald?

Method for women

• Must trim 1.5 inches from each area of the head

• Divide hair into 3 sections

• Legal ruling: Umrah = all injunctions of Ihram are lifted

Brothers, will you cut all of your hair?

Why cut all of your hair?

Signify a new beginning

Prophet and the Sahabah did it

Pray a 2 rak’ah prayer of gratefulness after the Umrah is complete

Watch clip with the checklist

In the dunya, not accountable for the involuntary suggestions

Impure thought - not sinned

But in Makkah and Madinah

The bar is set high

ومن يرد فيه بإلحاد بظلم نذقه من عذاب أليم

Home sweet home

• Discuss positive points (Know audience)

• Share your story

• Behavior after Umrah

• Eyes on prize

Bonus material

Zamzam

Talbiya

Women

Which circuit am I in?

Yaqin

1) Write down 7 du’as/topics that you would like to focus on in your tawāf

2) In each circuit, make du’a from only one of the 7 du’as/topics that you selected.

2) 2) In each circuit, make du’a from only one of the 7 du’as/topics that you selected

Can I wear a mask?

Who should I give sadaqah to?

Company

Surround yourself with people who will encourage you to perform good deeds

Do your HW

Umrah seminar

Learn about the historical sights of Makkah

Learn about the historical sights of Madinah

Know the rules of Ihram

No intimacy

Can’t cover head (men)

Can’t use scented soap

Cover awrah

Barber hygiene

Know the prohibited times to pray

Performing multiple Umrahs?

On behalf of someone else

Wearing soles because of pain

Friday (Jumuah Salah)

Gets crowded

Come at least 2-3 hours early

Towel

Water

Witness a burial in Medina

Visiting Masjid-al-Quba

Visiting the grave of Hamzah

Where to buy dates?

Madinah has one of the best fresh dates markets

B E W A R E O F B U Y I N G T H E PA C K A G E D D AT E S

• Old dates inside the packaged dates

Virtues of the black stone

Any Questions?

What is the expiation for Umrah?

Best acts in Umrah?

Tawaf, Fard Salah

Why women praying with men in the Haram?

Sunnah is for the women’s rows to be behind the men

Sometimes not possible due to the crowd

Fighting over prayer space in Jum’uah

R O O M M AT E E T I Q U E T T E

• Take quick showers

• Clean your area

• Don’t be toxic

R O O M M AT E E T I Q U E T T E

• When your roommate wants quiet, be quiet

• Don’t use your roommate’s stuff without permission

• Be reasonable about visits from your friends

• Don’t make your roommate uncomfortable

E X C E L L E N T R O O M M AT E S

• Always asked if I needed to go to the bathroom first.

• Got food for myself on days I didn’t feel like getting food.

• Clean

O N E P E R S O N C A N R U I N T H E T R I P F O R E V E R Y O N E

تــــــــــــــــــهادو تـــــــــــحابـــــــــــوا

Should we protest the acts of Saudi government by not going for Hajj and

Umrah for a few years?

Common mistakes

Entering Jeddah without Ihram

Refuse to perform the expiation

Women refusing to enter Ihram while in mensus

Not reciting the Talbiyah

Keep shoulder uncovered for the entire Umrah

Common mistakes

Pushing and hurting others in order to kiss the black stone

Men not lowering their gaze

Men cutting only a few strands of hair.

Imam will..

Email/WhatsApp a list of Azkar to recite in Madinah

Send a video to watch on the Virtues of Zamzam

Recommended Daily schedule

10-15 minute motivational talks (After ‘Asr). Meet in the lobby

Provide a short description of the historical sights in Makkah and Madinah before the tour and during the tour