Umrah: What is Umrah? Your Guide To Umrah Pilgrimage
Umrah is a holy pilgrimage to Mecca which has different duration according to your wishes. Umrah is sub type of hajj or you may call it mini hajj, Umrah is comprised of some major rites of hajj which includes tawaf, Sa'e and then shaving/cutting of your head hair.
Umra is also known as umrah some people search for umra on search engine instead of umrah. Both of the words possesses same meanings in Arabic and in Islamic definitions, because there is only a spelling difference but both are pointing towards same thing a holy pilgrimage.
Tawaf is an anti-clock wise movement of a person around Qabba with a same action done at precise seven times, While Sa'e is a practice of moving to and forth between the points of Safa and Marwah with a same count of seven time.
After the performance of the above two stated tasks the person than either completely cuts his hair (shave down) or either he cuts down his hairs in to very short size.
The women on the other hand only cuts a little hairs, all this is to depict that the person is now free of sins and is going to have a new start.
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