ritual

Umrah

Rituals

The named lesser Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that may be performed any time of year. Not hajj as the annual obligatory rite, and not tawaf as the circuit alone.

Also known as Lesser pilgrimage · ʿUmrah

Islam

  • Umrah is used in Islam.

    The Qur’an names the ʿumra among pilgrimage speech (including 2:158 and 2:196). Islamic lesser-pilgrimage rite in that revelation, not ḥajj as the major pilgrimage alone and not a tourism dump.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

    used in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)

    M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).