Fatwas Regarding Women In the Name of Allh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful Questions Regarding Hajj and Umrah Menses Came Before She Made the Umrah Question: [This question is] about a woman who was going to perform the Hajj and Umrah as Tamattu and she entered the state of ihram 1 . However, before she reached the Inviolable House, her menses came. What should she do? Should she perform the Hajj before she makes the Umrah? Response: She should remain in her state of ihram for her Umrah. If she becomes pure before the ninth [of Dhul-Hijjah] and she has the ability to complete the Umrah, she should do so. Then she enters the inviolable state for the Hajj and goes to Arafah to finish the rest of the rites of Hajj. If she does not become pure before the Day of Arafah (the Ninth), she then combines the Hajj with the Umrah, by saying, "O Allah, I have entered the inviolable state for Hajj with my Umrah." She then is performing it as Qiraan . She stays with the people and completes all of the acts. Her entering the inviolable state and her circumambulation on the Day of Eid or afterwards suffices for her visiting circumambulation and the running between the two hills for both the Hajj and Umrah. She must also offer the sacrifice of Qiraan , as also the one who does Tamattu must do. Shaikh ibn Jibreen Footnote 1. The "state of ihram " is