Hajj & Umrah Quiz
Ten questions on the rites of Hajj and Umrah. Each answer is explained with its source in the Quran or Sunnah.
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1. Hajj is obligatory, once in a lifetime, on whom?
Answer: Those who are able to make the journey. “And pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to Allah by those who are able to find a way to it.” Source: Quran 3:97
2. In which Islamic month is Hajj performed?
Answer: Dhul Hijjah. The main rites of Hajj take place from 8 to 13 Dhul Hijjah, the twelfth month. Source: Islamic calendar 2027
3. What is walking around the Kaaba called?
Answer: Tawaf. “And let them perform tawaf around the Ancient House.” Source: Quran 22:29
4. How many rounds are there in one tawaf?
Answer: Seven. The Prophet ﷺ walked briskly in the first three rounds and walked normally in the remaining four: seven in all. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1644
5. Walking between which two hills is called Sa’i?
Answer: Safa and Marwah. “Indeed, Safa and Marwah are among the symbols of Allah.” Source: Quran 2:158
6. Sa’i remembers whose search for water for her baby?
Answer: Hajar, mother of Ismail. Hajar ran between Safa and Marwah seven times looking for help for baby Ismail, until the angel brought out the water of Zamzam. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3364
7. What is the name of the blessed well in Masjid al-Haram?
Answer: Zamzam. The spring of Zamzam appeared for Hajar and Ismail, as told in Sahih al-Bukhari. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3364
8. What is the state of consecration a pilgrim enters, with its special clothing?
Answer: Ihram. The Quran refers to pilgrims as being “in ihram” (hurum), with rules such as not hunting. Source: Quran 5:1
9. What is the pilgrims’ chant “Labbayk Allahumma labbayk” called?
Answer: The Talbiyah. The talbiyah of the Prophet ﷺ was: “Labbayk Allahumma labbayk, labbayka la sharika laka labbayk…” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1549
10. The Prophet ﷺ said “Hajj is…” which day?
Answer: Arafah. “Hajj is Arafah.” Standing on the plain of Arafah on 9 Dhul Hijjah is the heart of Hajj. Source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 889
11. What did the Prophet ﷺ say is the reward of an accepted Hajj (Hajj mabrur)?
Answer: Paradise. “The reward of Hajj mabrur is nothing but Paradise.” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1773
12. What did the Prophet ﷺ say one Umrah to the next is?
Answer: An expiation for sins in between. “Umrah is an expiation for the sins committed between it and the previous one.” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1773
13. Fasting the Day of Arafah (for those not on Hajj) expiates the sins of…
Answer: The year before and the year after. The Prophet ﷺ said he hoped that fasting the Day of Arafah expiates the sins of the previous year and the coming year. Source: Sahih Muslim 1162
14. The sacrifice of Eid al-Adha remembers the story of which prophet?
Answer: Ibrahim and his son. Ibrahim was ready to sacrifice his son for Allah, “and We ransomed him with a great sacrifice.” Source: Quran 37:107
15. In which city is the Kaaba?
Answer: Makkah. The Kaaba is in Makkah, which the Quran also calls Bakkah. Source: Quran 3:96
16. On which date is the Day of Arafah?
Answer: 9 Dhul Hijjah. The Day of Arafah is 9 Dhul Hijjah, the day before Eid al-Adha. Source: Eid 2027
17. Which caliph said to the Black Stone: “I know you are only a stone that can neither harm nor benefit; had I not seen the Prophet ﷺ kiss you, I would not kiss you”?
Answer: ‘Umar. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab said this as he kissed the Black Stone: we follow the Sunnah, and the stone itself has no power. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1597
18. Which three things does the Quran forbid during Hajj?
Answer: Sexual relations, disobedience and arguing. “Whoever has made Hajj obligatory upon himself therein, there is no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during Hajj.” Source: Quran 2:197
19. Which place near the Kaaba does the Quran tell us to take as a place of prayer?
Answer: Maqam Ibrahim (the Station of Ibrahim). “And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer.” Source: Quran 2:125
20. What should be the last thing a pilgrim does before leaving Makkah?
Answer: The farewell tawaf around the Kaaba. Ibn ‘Abbas said the people were ordered to make tawaf of the Kaaba the last thing they did, with an exception for women on their period. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1755
21. Which of these may a man in ihram NOT wear?
Answer: A shirt. The Prophet ﷺ said a man in ihram should not wear shirts, turbans, trousers, hooded cloaks or khuffs (leather socks). Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1542
22. The Prophet ﷺ said that Umrah in Ramadan is equal to…
Answer: A Hajj. He said Umrah in Ramadan is equal to Hajj in reward. It does not replace the obligatory Hajj. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1782
23. How many pebbles are thrown at Jamrat al-‘Aqabah on the Day of Eid, saying Allahu Akbar with each?
Answer: 7. Ibn Mas‘ud threw seven small pebbles at Jamrat al-‘Aqabah, saying Allahu Akbar with each one, as the Prophet ﷺ did. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1750
24. After leaving Arafat, the Quran tells pilgrims to remember Allah at al-Mash‘ar al-Haram. Where is it?
Answer: Muzdalifah. “When you depart from ‘Arafat, remember Allah at al-Mash‘ar al-Haram.” It is in Muzdalifah, where pilgrims spend the night. Source: Quran 2:198
Questions are checked against quran.com and sunnah.com and only cover facts with one clear answer. Reviewed 19 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Let us know.
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