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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
In this fatwa:
The pillars of Hajj and Umrah for Tamattu’ include entering ihram from the Miqat, performing Tawaf and Sa`i, cutting the hair for Umrah, re-entering ihram for Hajj on the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah, staying in Mina and `Arafah, collecting and throwing pebbles at Jamarat, offering a sacrifice, and performing Tawaf Al-Ifadah and Tawaf Al-Wada`.
Answering your question, Sheikh Kifah Mustapha, the Imam and Director of The Prayer Center of Orland Park and representative for Dar El Fatwa of Lebanon in the US, states:
For those performing Hajj Tamatu` the following rituals are the basics:
For Umrah: assuming for Tamatu’ you will be arriving to Makkah before the eighth of Dhul-Hijjah, hence you have to:
- Enter the status of ihram for Umrah from the Miqat.
- Do tawaf around the Kabah seven times.
- Do sa`i between Safa and Marwah seven times.
- Cut hair.
You will finish the status of ihram done for Umrah, wait for the eighth of Dhul-Hijjah and from your place in Makkah you should do the following:
- 8 Dhul-Hijjah: Enter the status of ihram again for Hajj.
- 8 Dhul-Hijjah: Head toward Mina to sleep.
- 9 Dhul-Hijjah: Depart from Mina toward Arafah.
- 9 Dhul-Hijjah: Stay in Arafah till after Maghrib.
- 9 Dhul-Hijjah: Depart after Maghrib toward Muzdalifah.
- 9/10 Dhul-Hijjah: Pray Maghrib and Isha combining prayer and shortening it in Muzdalifah. Pick up pebbles and sleep in Muzdalifah. “Elderly can leave after midnight”.
- 10 Dhul-Hijjah: Depart from Muzdalifah back to Mina and:
- Throw 7 pebbles at Jamra Kubra.
- Cut hair.
- Slaughter Hady (Qurbani). (Usually done by paying money to someone else to do it.)
- Back to Makkah perform tawaf and sa`i (ifadah).
- 10 Dhul-Hijjah: Back to tents to sleep in Mina.
- 11 Dhul-Hijjah: Throw pebbles 21 at Jamarat (7 at each). Also sleep in Mina.
- 12 Dhul-Hijjah: Throw pebbles 21 at Jamarat (7 at each). Also sleep in Mina.
- 13 Dhul-Hijjah: Choice of ending Hajj (ta`ajjul) or stay one more night with another 21 pebbles and sleeping in Mina.
- Back to Makkah performing Tawaf Al-Wada (farewell tawaf).
Almighty Allah knows best.
Editor’s note: This fatwa is from Ask the Scholar’s archive and was originally published at an earlier date.