Umrah in the months of Hajj

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about performing Umrah in the months of Hajj. He said: "Hajj is (in) well-known months"; there is no Umrah in them.

Alqamah was asked about performing Umrah in the months of Hajj. He said (in astonishment): Does anyone actually do that?!

Ibn Awn said: I asked al-Qasim bin Muhammad: Did Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbid performing Umrah in the months of Hajj? After pausing for a while he said: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade it.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Keep a gap and an interval between your Hajj and your Umrah: perform the Hajj in the months of Hajj, and perform the Umrah in other months, so that your Hajj and your Umrah are performed completely."

Ibn Sirin said: I do not know of anyone who has differed on the point that performing Umrah outside the months of Hajj is better.

Ibn Awn said: Al-Qasim was asked about performing Umrah in the months of Hajj. He said: The jurists and scholars do not regard such an Umrah as complete.

Maymun said: I performed Umrah from this city of mine in months other than the months of Hajj.