Tamattu` means performing `Umrah during the Hajj season, and on the Day of Tarwiah a pilgrim gets into the state of Ihram for Hajj.

Anyone intending to perform a Tamattu`` Hajj should on approaching the Miqat make intention for `Umrah.

After fulfilling the Hajj rituals, one should offer a sacrificial animal.

In this type of Hajj, a pilgrim should declare his intention to perform both Hajj and `Umrah together.

Only when he throws the Jamrah of Al-`Aqabah, gets his hair shaved or cut that he can put off his Ihram.

 However, he should offer a sacrificial animal.

In the Miqat, a pilgrim of Ifrad Hajj declares his intention for Hajj only.

 He maintains his Ihram up to the Day of Sacrifice. No offering is required from him.

In Arabic the word `Umrah is derived from I`timar which means a visit.

However, `Umrah technically means paying a visit to Ka`bah, performing Tawaf  [Circumambulation] around it, walking between Safa and Marwah seven times.

A performer of `Umrah puts off his Ihram by having his hair shaved or cut.