Q648 :Can one person perform a second Umrah
immediately after he has finished the first one?
A648 : There is nothing to stop a person from
offering another Umrah after he has finished one. However, when he
finishes the Umrah, he has to release himself from ihraam. For second
one, he has to go to the nearest point of the “hill” area, i.e. outside
the Haram area, to put on his ihraam. and declare his intent there. He
cannot do that in Makkah itself. Maybe it is convenient for him to put
on his ihraam. garments in Makkah, but he does not make the declaration
of intent until he has gone out, at least to the nearest place outside
the Haram area. The place most people prefer, is called Al-Taniem. I
think I have to explain that in normal cases, one Umrah a year is
sufficient for any person. If one is visiting Makkah, whether he is
neting from a far away place or from Jeddah, or Dhahran or even nearer,
he needs to do only one Umrah. If he is staying in Makkah for several
days, he can do the tawaf as frequently as he can. But you realize,
that tawaf is considered in the same light as prayer. The only
different is that it is permissible to talk during tawaf while
ordinary talk in prayer invalidates it. You can do one tawaf after
another, without any restrictions. Sa’ie , the other main feature of
Umrah, is not something we are encouraged to do voluntarily. We do only
one sa’ie for Umrah and one for pilgrimage and we are not encouraged to
repeat that sa’ie. Therefore, when we do the tawaf voluntarily, we are
doing the part of Umrah which can be offered in voluntary worship.
Our Dialogue ( Source : Arab News – Jeddah )