Find Your Path
Answer 2–3 questions, get your scenario.
All 6 scenarios are below if you'd rather browse — but this routes you straight to what works for you. Remember: if your period starts, you can do everything except ṭawāf, and if needed we can discuss an exception for that too. Alhamdulillah.
Before Hajj Begins
Buffer time on your side · May 17 – 24
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Standard Trip · No Hayḍ
For comparison — what the journey looks like without hayḍ disruption.
Routine
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Standard Pathway
- All rituals complete in order — Madinah → ʿUmrah → Hajj → Wadāʿ.
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Hayḍ Before ʿUmrah · Clears in Buffer
Period starts before/around Miqāt and clears before Hajj begins.
Easy Path
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What to do
- Make niyyah & talbiyah at Miqāt normally — entering iḥrām during hayḍ is permitted.
- Stay in iḥrām. Skip masjid entry, ṣalāh, and ṭawāf until pure.
- When pure: ghusl → ʿUmrah (ṭawāf, saʿy, taqṣīr).
Buffer holds. Hajj starts 25. ʿUmrah completes day 23 — 2 days breathing room.
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Hayḍ Before ʿUmrah · Doesn't Clear
Period continues into 8 DH — ʿUmrah cannot complete before Hajj begins.
Niyyah Shift
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What to do
- Shift niyyah: Tamattuʿ → Qirān. ʿUmrah's ṭawāf folds into Ṭawāf al-Ifāḍah after purity.
- Do all other Hajj rites in hayḍ — Mina, ʿArafah, Muzdalifah, ramy, ḥalq.
- When pure (Eid day): ghusl → combined ṭawāf serves both ʿumrah + Hajj.
- Talk to your Imam — confirm shift before 8 DH.
Hady (sacrifice) required for Qirān — already paid in your Hajj package.
During Hajj Days
Ṭawāf al-Ifāḍah is the question · 8–13 DH
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Hayḍ After ʿUmrah · Clears in Tashrīq
ʿUmrah complete. Period starts after, clears within Tashrīq window.
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What to do
- Do everything else — Mina, ʿArafah, Muzdalifah, ramy, ḥalq. None of these need ṭawāf.
- Wait to do Ṭawāf al-Ifāḍah after ghusl.
- Hajj is valid. Ifāḍah simply waits for purity.
No fidya. No niyyah shift. Hajj rites complete normally; only Ifāḍah delays.
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Hayḍ Won't Clear · Flight Approaching
Period continues, flight cannot be delayed, Ifāḍah not yet performed.
Last Resort
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What to do
- Speak with your Imam first. Don't default to rukhṣah — only when waiting truly isn't possible.
- If genuine necessity: follow Ibn Taymiyyah's rukhṣah — perform Ifāḍah with proper protection.
- This position is followed by the Saudi Fatwa Council in cases of necessity.
Last resort only. First explore: delaying flight, ghusl + check timing, alternative purification window.
After Ifāḍah
Wadāʿ has its own rule
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Hayḍ Before Wadāʿ Only
Period starts after Ṭawāf al-Ifāḍah is complete, before Wadāʿ.
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What to do
- Skip Wadāʿ entirely. Just go to the airport.
- No fidya. No make-up. No sacrifice.
- Based on the ḥadīth of Ṣafiyyah (RA) — Bukhārī.
Most pilgrims don't know this and panic. Don't. The exemption is explicit.
How to Know When You're Pure
The diagnostic tool · use throughout the trip
×Still on your period
- Black
- Dark red
- Red
- BrownBefore the sign of purity appears
- Yellow / cloudyBefore the sign of purity appears
✓You're done — make ghusl
- White discharge"Qaṣṣat al-bayḍāʾ" — clearest sign
- Clear / no color
- Completely dryCheck with tissue
Don't confuse two things:
• Brown/yellow spotting before the sign of purity appears — still hayḍ. Wait.
• Brown/yellow spotting after the sign of purity has appeared — not hayḍ. You are pure.
Use the sign your body normally shows. If you usually see white discharge at end of period, wait for it. If you usually go dry, dryness is enough.
After ghusl: no waiting period. The moment you're pure → ṭawāf, ṣalāh, Qurʾān — everything.
• Brown/yellow spotting before the sign of purity appears — still hayḍ. Wait.
• Brown/yellow spotting after the sign of purity has appeared — not hayḍ. You are pure.
Use the sign your body normally shows. If you usually see white discharge at end of period, wait for it. If you usually go dry, dryness is enough.
After ghusl: no waiting period. The moment you're pure → ṭawāf, ṣalāh, Qurʾān — everything.
Period-delay medication: Permissible across all four madhāhib for Hajj and ʿumrah. Whether it's right for you, and what to take, is a conversation for your doctor — not this guide.
Have that conversation before May 17 — not in Madinah.
Have that conversation before May 17 — not in Madinah.
Ṭawāf al-Wadāʿ flexibility: may be performed on 30 May (13 DH) or 31 May (14 DH) depending on departure timing — chart shows 31 by default.