Rulings specific to women

A woman performs Umrah as a man does, with a few small differences.

The steps

1. No idtiba‘, no ramal, and no hurrying between the green markers.
2. The talbiyah in a low voice.
3. She avoids the niqab and gloves in ihram.
4. If her period or postnatal bleeding comes before ihram, she still enters ihram at the miqat, and does not perform tawaf until she is pure and has bathed.
5. Cutting a fingertip’s length from the ends of the hair.

The evidence

The Prophet ﷺ said to Aishah when her period came: “Do what the pilgrim does, except do not perform tawaf around the House until you are pure” (al-Bukhari 305, Muslim 1211).