The Months in Which Al-’Umrah Is Preferable and the Case of One Who Assumes the State of Ihram in One Month and Comes Out of Such State in another Month

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ عُمْرَةً فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ تَعْدِلُ حَجَّةً فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي امْرَأَةٍ وَعَدَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ لَهَا اعْتَمِرِي فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَهِيَ لَكِ حَجَّةٌ[1].

“I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘It is narrated to us that performing al-‘Umrah in the month of Ramadan is equal to al-Hajj. He (the Imam) said, ‘This was only about a woman to whom the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, had promised

كُنْتُ مُقِيماً بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ- سَنَةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا قَرُبَ الْفِطْرُ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْخُرُوجُ فِي عُمْرَةِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ أُقِيمُ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ الشَّهْرُ وَ أُتِمَّ صَوْمِي فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ كِتَاباً قَرَأْتُهُ بِخَطِّهِ سَأَلْتَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ عَنْ أَيُّ الْعُمْرَةِ أَفْضَلُ عُمْرَةُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ أَفْضَلُ يَرْ

“I had decided to stay in al-Madinah in the month of Ramadan in the year two hundred thirteen. When al-Fitr came close I wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), and asked if leaving for al-‘Umrah in the month of Ramadan is better or to stay to complete fasting. He (the Imam) wrote to me a letter that I read was in his own handwrit

إِذَا أَهَلَّ بِالْعُمْرَةِ فِي رَجَبٍ وَ أَحَلَّ فِي غَيْرِهِ كَانَتْ عُمْرَتُهُ لِرَجَبٍ وَ إِذَا أَهَلَّ فِي غَيْرِ رَجَبٍ وَ طَافَ فِي رَجَبٍ فَعُمْرَتُهُ لِرَجَبٍ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one says Talbiyah for al-‘Umrah in the month of Rajab and comes out of the state of Ihram in another month, his al-‘Umrah is considered as al-‘Umrah in the month of Rajab. If one says Talbiyah for al-‘Umrah in another month and comes out of the state of Ihram in the month of Rajab,

كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا أَرَادَ الْعُمْرَةَ انْتَظَرَ إِلَى صَبِيحَةِ ثَلَاثٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ مُهِلًّا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ.

“When abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), wanted to perform al-‘Umrah he (the Imam) would wait until the morning of the twenty-third of the month of Ramadan, then saying Talbiyah leave on that day.” (Fatwa best explains Hadith 1-4 of this Chapter)

يُكْتَبُ لَهُ فِي الَّذِي قَدْ نَوَى أَوْ يُكْتَبُ لَهُ فِي أَفْضَلِهِمَا[2].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that a man who assumes the state of Ihram during a month and comes out of it during the next month, the Imam said, ‘This is counted al-‘Umrah in the month in which he has made his intention or al-‘Umrah in the more virtuous month.’”

الْمُعْتَمِرُ يَعْتَمِرُ فِي أَيِّ شُهُورِ السَّنَةِ شَاءَ وَ أَفْضَلُ الْعُمْرَةِ عُمْرَةُ رَجَبٍ.

“One may perform al-‘Umrah during any month of the year. The best al-‘Umrah is the al-'Umrah of (the month of) Rajab.”

قُلْتُ لَهُ الْعُمْرَةُ بَعْدَ الْحَجِّ قَالَ إِذَا أَمْكَنَ الْمُوسَى مِنَ الرَّأْسِ‌[1].

‘If that is the case then the shaving blade is enabled to work over the head/” NOTE: (Fatwa best explains Hadith 7 of this Chapter)