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  • A pilgrim wants to optionally fast on Monday and Thursday

    Question: Can a pilgrim fast on Mondays and Thursdays if he has the habit of doing so? I do feel that I have committed a lot of sins always and I do askfor forgiveness but that state is always with me. What can I do? Please give me some ways in which sins are forgiven apart from Tawbah and Wudu. Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord.. More

  • Wants to join his mother-in-law in Makkah to perform Hajj with her

    Question: I work in Qatar with my family and my parents live in India. This year we are intending to do Hajj Inshaa Allah. My parents will arrive from India and we will join them from Qatar. I have my mother-in-law who wants to do hajj also. But I being the only Mahram, I want her to do the hajj with me and accompany my mother and father from India... More

  • Throwing the pebbles before Fajr on the 12th Thul-Hijjah

    Question: I performed Hajj Tamattu this year (January 2006), on 12 Dhul Hijjah, we left Mina for Makkah at approx10am. We did our stoning before Fajr on 12 Dhul Hijjah then returned to Mina and left Mina before Zawwal. Please can you advise if this is allowed or if a sacrifice needs to be offered? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord.. More

  • Farewell Tawaaf for Jeddah residents

    Question: Please tell me if at the end of Hajj, Tawaaf-al-Widaa' is necessary for those who are residents of Jeddah? I did not perform my Tawaaf-al-Widaa' when I went to Hajj (my Hajj was Hajj al-Ifraad) because people accompanying me insisted that it is not for Jeddah residents as they are with in the Meeqaat, but later on I sacrificed a goat with.. More

  • Government offering employees low prices to perform Hajj

    Question: my faher is working in a government office,and every government employe can do the hajj in low cost from the government compare to others. is this is correct or they have do the hajj by paying complete rupees.can it called be a hajj or not. please give the answer as soon as possible. Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of.. More

  • Menstruating woman passing the Meeqaat without assuming Ihraam

    Question: AS-SALAMU-ALAIKUM, MY SISTER ALONG WITH MY PARENTS CAME FROM INDIA TO MADINA DIRECTLY FOR HAJJ. THEY STAYED IN MADINA FOR ONE WEEK AND PROCEEDED TO MAKKAH, DUE TO MENSES {M.C} MY SISTER DID NOT INTEND TO PERFORM UMRA EVEN THOUGH THEY STOPED IN DHUL-HULAIFA {MADINA MEQAT} ALSO MY MOTHER DECIDED TO PERFORM UMRA WITH MY SISTER, ONLY MY FATHER.. More

  • A pilgrim not spending the night in Mina due to tiredness

    Question: I with my Family missed the first night(10th Zil'haj) to be spend in MINA during Aayam-tashreeq due to extreme tiredness,and we reached our tent, which was in Azizia at around 1:00a.m in night after performing tawaf e Idafa and Sayee. I had given some amount in poor,as it was informed to me by our guide." Was that sufficient or what.. More

  • His father assumed Ihraam from Jeddah

    Question: my parents performed hajj long time back,but he put ihram in jeddah,as he was not aware,now whether he has to give expiation for that ?what is the ruling on expiation,only we have to offer sacrifice and feed poor in haram area,is there any othere option for expiation,as now very difficult to offer sacrifice in makkah,as they are now in.. More

  • Helping someone financially to perform Hajj

    Question: If I give someone money for the sake of Allah to perform hajj will I be rewarded for performing hajj? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. If a Muslim helps another Muslim.. More

  • Feeding hungry Muslims is better than helping someone financially to perform Hajj

    Question: intend of giving Sadaka.Which is better sending a poor muslim broter to Hadj or feed hungry muslin children.If feeding hungry Children is more important what if i have already make niyat to send some one to hadj this year if i can afford it Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy.. More

  • Protective clothing to avoid cold weather during Ihraam

    Question: Assalamu Alaykum; Inshallah I will be performing Hajj this year and I have several questions regarding what is permissible vs. what is not. Hajj this year will be in the winter. I have some concerns about staying overnight in Muzdalifah. My first question is whether it is permissible to double the ihram cloth (for men) by sewing a second.. More

  • Performing 'Umrah does not make Hajj obligatory on a person

    Question: I have performed Umra twice in my life, first in 1988 and then in 2007. Some people say that if one performs Umra once in his life, then the Hajj becomes fardh (compulsory). What would be the case with me as I have performed another Umra after the first one without performing Hajj as I couldn't afford the Hajj and only afforded Umra this.. More

  • Wearing socks while in the state of Ihraam

    Question: Bukhari Volumn 001, Book 008, Hadith Number 362.Narated By Ibn 'Umar : A person asked Allah's Apostle, "What should a Muhrim wear?" He replied, "He should not wear shirts, trousers, a burnus (a hooded cloak), or clothes which are stained with saffron or Wars (a kind of perfume). Whoever does not find a sandal to wear can.. More

  • A pilgrim offering the sacrifice of ‘Eed Al-Adhha

    Question: Salam. i would be going for hajj for 20 days. during this period, i would be mussafir in makkah, medina. i know i would be slaughtering an animal for hajj , BUT Do i have to do slaughtering back home as well as i give zakat every year? JazakAllah Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is.. More

  • Going on Umrah with her brother in-law

    Question: My mother is going on Umrah with her sister and brother in-law. My mother is 50 years old. Is it right to go with her brother in-law? Fatwa:All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. The woman's husband is not Mahram.. More