Tamattu' is the performance of Umrah and Hajj in a single journey, during the months of Hajj, with two different Ihraam. One Ihraam for Umrah and one Ihraam for Hajj.

Hajj-e-Tamattu' is performed only by an Aafaaqee. An Aafaaqee is one who lives outside the Meeqaat limits. When the Aafaaqee who wishes to perform Tamattu', reaches the Meeqaat, he will don the Ihraam for Umrah. After making wudhu or ghusl, he will don the Ihraam garb and perform two raka'ts Nafl Salaat. After this Salaat, he has to open his head and recite the niyyat as follows:

He then recites the Talbiyah. He is now in the state of Ihraam. He should now proceed to Makkah, perform Tawaaf-e-Qudoom and the Sa-ee. He has to abstain from all the prohibitions of Ihraam. After completing the Tawaaf and Sa-ee, he removes the Ihraam. He emerges from the state of Ihraam by either shaving his head or cutting his hair. He should now remain in Makkah until the 8th of Zil Hijj.

On the 8th of Zil Hijj he has to don the Ihraam of Hajj. It is better to don the Ihraam for Hajj even before the 8th. He has now to remain in the state of Ihraam until all the acts of Hajj have been discharged. The one who performs Tamattu' is called Mutamatti'.

It is Waajib upon the Mutamatti' to make Qurbaani. If he lacks the means of making Qurbaani, then he has to fasts ten days in the same way as the Qaarin has to.

The Mutamatti' renders all the acts of Hajj as the Mufrid does.

CONDITIONS OF TAMATTU'

(1) The Mutamatti' must be an Aafaaqee (i.e. one who lives outside the Meeqaat). Those who live in Makkah or anywhere within the confines of the Meeqaat are not allowed to make Tamattu.

(2) The whole Umrah or the greater part of the Umrah Tawaaf has to be made during the months of Hajj even if the Ihraam of Umrah and Hajj was donned before the months of Hajj, e.g. before sunset on the last day of Ramadhaan the Ihraam of Umrah was adopted, and after two or three Shauts of the Tawaaf were made, the sun set. Thus, the remaining four Shauts of the Tawaaf were made on the 1st night of Shawwaal. In this case the Tamattu' is valid. However, if the sun sets after four or more Shauts of the Tawaaf were made, the Tamattu' will not be valid because the greater part of the Tawaaf was made during Ramadhaan which is not among the months of Hajj.

(3) The whole or the greater part of the Umrah Tawaaf has to be made before the Ihraam of Hajj. If this was not done, the Tamattu' will not be valid. The Hajj will in this case become Qiraan.

(4) The Hajj and Umrah have to be made in the same year. If the Tawaaf of Urnrah was made during the Hajj months of one year and the Hajj was made in the following year, the Tamattu' is not valid even if one did not return home during this time.

(5) Both Hajj and Umrah have to be made in the same journey. If after having made Urnrah during the Hajj months, one ends the Ihraam, returned home and then went back for Hajj, the Tamattu' is not valid. This will then not be known as Tamattu'. However, if one returned home before or after the Tawaaf of Umrah, but before shaving the head, and then went back for Hajj, the Tamattu' will be valid. Similarly, if after shaving the head, one went out of the precincts of the Haram, but not beyond the Meeqaat, the Tamattu' will be valid.

(6) The Urnrah should not be invalidated. If the Umrah becomes invalid the Tamattu' will be nullified.

(7) The Hajj should not be invalidated. If the Hajj becomes invalid, the Tamattu' is nullified.

(8) After completing the Umrah during the Hajj months, one should not take up permanent residence in Makkah.

*    If the Ihraam for the Umrah of Tamattu' was not donned at the Meeqaat, but was adopted after reaching Makkah, the Tamattu' is valid. However, the Dum penalty will be obligatory since it is forbidden to go beyond the Meeqaat without Ihraam.

*    If the Mutamatti' donned the Ihraam of Hajj from Hiel or Arafaat, the Tamattu' will be valid, but the Dum penalty will be Waajib since the Ihraam was supposed to have been donned in the Haram. The Dum penalty is Waajib or alternatively, one has to return to the Meeqaat which in this case is the Haram where the Mutamatti' dons the Ihraam for Hajj.

*    For the validity of Tamattu' it is not conditional to don the Ihraam of Urnrah during the months of Hajj. But, it is a condition for the validity of Tamattu' that the greater part of the Tawaaf of Urnrah be rendered during the Hajj months, even if the Ihraam was donned prior to the Hajj months.

*    For the Tamattu' to be valid, it is not conditional that both Hajj and Umrah are executed on behalf of the same person. If one act is for oneself and the other act on behalf of another person, the Tamattu' is valid. In fact, if one person delegates a man to perform Umrah on his behalf while another person appoints the same man to perform Hajj on his behalf, and both consented to Tamattu', then the Tamattu' thus performed is valid. However, the Dum of Tamattu, will be the obligation of the Mutamatti'. He has to pay for the Dum himself. If he is not by the means to afford an animal, then he should fast as described earlier.

*    If Hajj and Umrah were executed during the months of Hajj and all conditions of Tamattu' fulfilled , the Tamattu' will be valid even if no niyyat for Tamattu' was made.