LessonsBab al-Tamattu — Forms, Rites, and Rulings of Hajj al-TamattuQuiz

وَمَنْ أَحْرَمَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ قَبْلَ أَشْهُرِ الْحَجِّ، فَطَافَ لَهَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْوَاطٍ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ أَشْهُرُ الْحَجِّ فَتَمَّمَهَا وَأَحْرَمَ بِالْحَجِّ، كَانَ مُتَمَتِّعًا
Translation: Whoever begins Umrah before the Hajj months, performs fewer than four tawaf circuits before they begin, and then completes Umrah in those months and enters Hajj ihram, counts as a mutamatti.

Fewer than four means zero through three tawaf circuits before the Hajj months. The majority of tawaf then occurs during those months. For this specific classification, the position of the tawaf circuits matters more than the date of initial Umrah ihram.

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Fewer than four circuits before the Hajj months

Bab al-Tamattu — Forms, Rites, and Rulings of Hajj al-Tamattu

وَمَنْ أَحْرَمَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ قَبْلَ أَشْهُرِ الْحَجِّ، فَطَافَ لَهَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْوَاطٍ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ أَشْهُرُ الْحَجِّ فَتَمَّمَهَا وَأَحْرَمَ بِالْحَجِّ، كَانَ مُتَمَتِّعًا
Translation: Whoever begins Umrah before the Hajj months, performs fewer than four tawaf circuits before they begin, and then completes Umrah in those months and enters Hajj ihram, counts as a mutamatti.

Fewer than four means zero through three tawaf circuits before the Hajj months. The majority of tawaf then occurs during those months. For this specific classification, the position of the tawaf circuits matters more than the date of initial Umrah ihram.