A step by step description of how every Umrah Badal booked through this site is performed.
We publish this because the act being arranged is an act of worship, not a transaction, and the family arranging it deserves to know exactly what happens between booking and the email confirming completion.
Step one. Booking received
When a family completes a booking, four pieces of information are recorded:
- The full name of the person for whom the Umrah is being performed
- That person’s relationship to the requester (mother, father, etc.)
- That person’s gender
- The reason Umrah Badal is being arranged (deceased, elderly, illness)
The full name is the most important field. It is the name held in the intention before Ihram, and the name to whom the reward of the Umrah is dedicated.
Step two. Booking assigned to a performer in Makkah
The booking is assigned to a member of our team who is physically in Makkah and has already completed their own Umrah. Each booking is assigned to one performer for one Umrah. We do not batch multiple beneficiaries into a single Umrah.
Step three. Ihram is entered with the named intention
At the appropriate Miqat, the performer enters the state of Ihram and makes the niyyah aloud: “O Allah, I am performing this Umrah on behalf of [the named person].”
This intention is the act that designates who receives the reward. Without it, the Umrah is simply performed for the performer themselves. With it, the reward is gifted, through the principle of isaal al-thawab, to the named individual.
Step four. The full Umrah is performed
The full set of Umrah rituals is completed in the same order required of every Umrah:
- Tawaf: seven circuits around the Kaaba
- Two rak’ah behind Maqam Ibrahim where possible
- Sa’i: seven laps between Safa and Marwa
- Taqsir: trimming of the hair, which exits Ihram and completes the Umrah
Video is recorded of the Tawaf inside Masjid al-Haram. The video shows the Kaaba in frame.
Step five. Proof and confirmation by email
After the Umrah is complete, the family receives an email containing:
- Confirmation that the Umrah was performed in the name provided
- Video proof of the Tawaf in Masjid al-Haram
- A short note of completion
Most bookings complete within three to seven days of payment. If a family has asked us to time the Umrah for a specific blessed period, the last ten nights of Ramadan or the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah, we prioritise accordingly.
What we do not do
We do not perform Umrah Badal for someone who is alive and capable of performing it themselves. We do not perform Umrah Badal for non-Muslims. We do not combine multiple beneficiaries into a single Umrah. And we do not arrange this work from outside Makkah.
Questions about the process
If anything about this process is unclear, write to contact@umrabadal.com. We answer every email.