Halq or Taqsir During Umrah

Halq or Taqsir during Umrah

Umrah:

            Umrah is a non-mandatory religious obligation that every Muslim desired to perform one time at least in his or her lifetime. Through Umrah Muslim can get the blessings of Allah Almighty and seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty. Umrah can be performed at any time in the year because there is no fixed time to perform Umrah. Muslims came all over the world in the Holy House of Allah Almighty to wash out their sins and blessed by great rewards. Mostly Muslims try to perform Umrah in Ramadan because there are great rewards to perform Umrah in Ramadan. Umrah is the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) and that’s a big reason that Muslims perform Umrah to show love and devotion to Allah Almighty and His beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

There are some rituals that are required to perform without them Umrah is incomplete.

•    Wearing Ihram

•    Doing Tawaf

•    Performing Sa’ey

•    Halq or Taqsir

What is Halq or Taqsir?

                                          Halq or Taqsir is the final ritual of Umrah. Halq is performed after performing the Sa’ey. Halq means to shave the head completely and Taqsir means to shorten the hair of the entire head.

Halq or Taqsir During Umrah:

                                                            Halq and Taqsir are performed after performing the Sa’ey.

•    Pilgrims who arrived there with cheapest Umrah packages should make the intention sincerely for seeking blessings and pleasure of Allah Almighty. This the one of the essential condition for performing Halq or Taqsir. Because in Umrah everything we do have one goal which is to seek nearness of Allah Almighty.

•    Women are not allowed to do the Halq for them they should only do the Taqsir.

•    Men have the choice in Umrah to choose between cutting the hair or the beard.

•    It is percussion for those pilgrims who choose to shave the head and then head should be shaved completely.

•    Shaving he head is especially for men pilgrims and women pilgrims are not allowed to do Halq. Taqsir is obligatory for women which means trim the hair from the head equal to at least an inch or finger tip’s length.

•    Even if a woman's hair is in short length but then the hair must be trimmed so the pilgrim leaves the state of Ihram.

•    After performing the Halq or Qasr the Umrah will be complete and male pilgrims come out of the state of Ihram. Now they can wear daily life clothes. 

Many Muslims are willing to perform Umrah in October and Most muslims prefer it to perform Umrah in November with best packages during their holidays. For them this post explained some outlines. If you liked our article Halq or Taqsir please mentioned it on my google plus profile.