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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Manasek Hajj Various Kinds of Umrah Rule 135: Like the obligatory pilgrimage, the optional pilgrimage is also at times obligatory and at times optional. It is Mufradah or Tamatoo. Rule 136: Like the pilgrimage, the umrah is obligatory on all those with means and, like the obligatory pilgrimage, becomes obligatory immediately upon attainment of means, although the means may be sufficient for the umrah but not for a pilgrimage.

However, it is apparent that if a person's responsibility is the performance of Hajj-ul-Tamatoo, the Umrat-ul Mufradah is not obligatory on him. Thus if an agent performs all the ceremonies of the obligatory pilgrimage on behalf of a principal, then the performance of an Umrat-ul Mufradah for himself is not obligatory on him even if he has the means to perform it, although as a matter of precaution it is better to do so. Rule 137: It is recommended to perform the optional pilgrimage repeatedly.

It is preferable that it be performed every month. It is better that a month elapse between two such pilgrimages, that is, if the last optional pilgrimage was performed at the end of the last month, then the next one also be performed at the end of the month. It is not permissible to perform two such optional pilgrimages in the same month.

There is no objection to a person performing two optional pilgrimages, one for himself or another and the other in the hope that it is required by the Sharia ('Raja") or one for himself and the other for another person or both of them for another person or if one is Mufradah and the other Tamatoo.

So if a person has performed Umrat-ul-Mufradah, it is permissible for him to perform Umrat-ul-Tamatoo after it in the same month and the same is the rule about performing an Umrat-ul-Mufradah on completion of an obligatory pilgrimage. However, it is not permissible to perform an optional pilgrimage between the Umrat-ul-Tamatoo and the obligatory pilgrimage.

Rule 138: Just as the optional pilgrimage becomes obligatory to perform on attainment of means, so does it become obligatory to fulfil a vow, oath, promise or otherwise.