Hajj & Umrah Quiz
Ten questions on the rites of Hajj and Umrah. Each answer is explained with its source in the Quran or Sunnah.
All Hajj & Umrah Quiz questions and answers
Every question in this quiz with its answer and source. Each time you play, you get 10 of these in a random order.
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
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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