Umrah Allah Pak ke ghar Baitullah shareef ka aik mukhtasar safar hai, jise “Chhota Hajj” bhi kaha jata hai. Yeh Hajj ki tarah farz nahi, balkay Sunnat-e-Muakkadah (behad takeedi sunnat) hai, aur agar koi shakhs isay aik martaba kar le to usay bepanah ajar-o-sawab milta hai. Umrah ke arkan Hajj ki nisbat kam hain aur yeh saal ke kisi bhi waqt ada kiya ja sakta hai (siwa’ay Hajj ke dino mein Arfat aur Muzdalifah ke waqoof ke waqt ke). Umrah musalman ko roohani sukoon, gunahon ki maghfirat, aur Allah Pak se qurbat ka mauqa faraham karta hai.

Umrah Ke Fazail (Barkatein)

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ne Umrah ki bepanah fazilat bayan ki hai:

• Gunahon Ki Maghfirat: Nabi Kareem ﷺ ne farmaya: “Aik Umrah doosre Umrah tak un gunahon ka kaffara hai jo unke darmiyan (sarzad) hon, aur Hajj-e-Mabrur ka badla to Jannat hi hai.” ^[1]Sahih Bukhari, Sahih MuslimIs Hadith Pak se wazeh hota hai ke Umrah gunahon ko dhone ka aik azeem zariya hai.
• Faqr (Gurbat) Ka Khatma: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ne farmaya: “Hajj aur Umrah ki pairwi kiya karo, kyunke yeh dono faqeer (gurbat) aur gunahon ko is tarah khatam kar dete hain jis tarah bhatti lohe, sone aur chandi ke mail ko khatam kar deti hai.” ^[2]TirmidhiYeh Hadith Umrah ke dunyavi aur ukhrawi fawaid ko bayan karti hai.

Umrah Ka Tareeqa

Umrah ada karne ka tareeqa darj zel arkan aur wajibaat par mushtamil hai:

1. Ihram Bandhna:
   • Umrah ki niyyat se Meeqat (ya usse pehle) se Ihram bandha jata hai.
   • Mard silay huay kapde utar kar do (2) un-sileh safed chadarain pehente hain. Auratain apna aam libas pehen sakti hain, bas chehra na dhakein.
   • Ihram bandhte waqt ghusal karna, khushboo lagana (libas aur jism par, Ihram pehenne ke baad nahi), aur Namaz-e-Ihram (do rakat nafil) ada karna mustahab hai.
   • Niyyat kar ke talbiyah parhna shuru karen: “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik, Labbaik La Shareeka Laka Labbaik, Innal Hamda Wan Ni’mata Laka Wal Mulk, La Shareeka Lak.”
2. Tawaf-e-Ka’aba:
   • Masjid-ul-Haram pahunch kar Talbiyah rok den.
   • Hajr-e-Aswad ke samne se Tawaf shuru karen.
   • Ka’aba ke gird 7 chakkar lagayen. Har chakkar Hajr-e-Aswad se shuru aur khatam karen.
   • Pehle teen chakkar mein mard Ramal (kandhe hilate hue tez chalna) karen.
   • Tawaf ke dauran mukhtalif duain parhi jati hain, aur Rukn-e-Yamani aur Hajr-e-Aswad ke darmiyan “Rabbana Atina fid dunya hasanatan wa fil aakhirati hasanatan wa qina azaban Naar” parhna Sunnat hai.
   • Tawaf ke baad Maqam-e-Ibrahim ke peeche do rakat Namaz-e-Tawaf ada karen.
   • Phir Aab-e-Zamzam piyen.
3. Sa’ee Bainas Safa Wal Marwah:
   • Safa pahadi par charh kar Qibla rukh ho kar dua mangen.
   • Safa aur Marwah ke darmiyan 7 chakkar lagayen. Safa se Marwah tak aik chakkar, aur Marwah se Safa tak doosra chakkar gina jayega.
   • Har chakkar mein ‘Sabz Nishan’ (green lights) ke darmiyan mard tez dauren (Harrwalah).
   • Marwah par Sa’ee mukammal hoti hai.
4. Halq Ya Qasar (Sar Mundwana Ya Baal Katwana):
   • Sa’ee ke baad mard sar mundwayen (Halq) ya kam az kam chauthayi (1/4th) sar ke baal katwayen (Qasar). Halq afzal hai.
   • Auratain apni unglion ke poron ke barabar baal katwayen.
   • Is amal ke baad Ihram ki pabandiyan khatam ho jati hain.

Umrah Ke Wajibaat

Umrah ke wajibaat jinhe tark karne se damm (Qurbani) wajib hota hai:

• Ihram Meeqat se bandhna.
• Tawaf karna.
• Sa’ee karna.
• Halq ya Qasar karna.

Khulasa

Umrah aik azeem ibadat hai jo musalmanon ko gunahon ki maghfirat aur Allah Pak ki qurbat hasil karne ka mauqa deti hai. Iske arkan aur wajibaat ko sahi tareeqay se ada karna zaroori hai taa keh Umrah maqbool ho. Har musalman ko chahiye ke agar usay istita’at ho, to Hajj ke sath sath Umrah ki bhi sa’adat hasil kare.