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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "At every womb Allah appoints an angel who says, 'O Lord! A drop of semen, O
Lord! A clot. O Lord! A little lump of flesh." Then if Allah wishes (to complete) its creation, the angel
asks, (O Lord!) Will it be a male or female, a wretched or a blessed, and how much will his provision
be? And what will his age be?' So all that is written while the child is still in the mother's womb."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 6, Hadith 23
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On the 1st of Dhul-Hijja we set out with the intention of performing Hajj. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Any
one who likes to assume the Ihram for `Umra he can do so. Had I not brought the Hadi with me, I
would have assumed the Ihram for `Umra. "Some of us assumed the Ihram for `Umra while the others
assumed the Ihram for Hajj. I was one of those who assumed the Ihram for `Umra. I got menses and
kept on menstruating until the day of `Arafat and complained of that to the Prophet. He told me to
postpone my `Umra, undo and comb my hair, and to assume the Ihram of Hajj and I did so. On the
night of Hasba, he sent my brother `Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr with me to at-Tan`im, where I
assumed the Ihram for `Umra in lieu of the previous one. Hisham said, "For that (`Umra) no Hadi,
fasting or alms were required.
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`Aisha said, "We set out with the Prophet (ﷺ) in his last Hajj. Some of us intended to perform `Umra
while others Hajj. When we reached Mecca, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Those who had assumed the lhram
for `Umra and had not brought the Hadi should finish his lhram and whoever had assumed the Ihram
for `Umra and brought the Hadi should not finish the Ihram till he has slaughtered his Hadi and
whoever had assumed the lhram for Hajj should complete his Hajj." `Aisha further said, "I got my
periods (menses) and kept on menstruating till the day of `Arafat, and I had assumed the Ihram for
`Umra only (Tamattu`). The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered me to undo and comb my head hair and assume the
lhram for Hajj only and leave the `Umra. I did the same till I completed the Hajj. Then the Prophet (ﷺ)
sent `Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr with me and ordered me to perform `Umra from at-Tan`im in lieu
of the missed `Umra."