I intend to perform ‘Umrah in the coming month of Sha‘baan, Allah Willing. I will be accompanying my grandmother, and she is an old woman who cannot perform tawaf (circumambulation) and sa‘y (going back and forths between Mount Safa and Mount Marwah) except in a wheelchair, and I will be taking care of that (i.e. pushing the wheelchair). Does.. More
Since a week, I am experiencing doubts about the ‘Umrah that I performed eight years ago. I entered into the state of ihram (ritual consecration) but experienced menstrual bleeding in Makkah. I cannot recall whether this was on the same day that I performed ‘Umrah or few days later. I feel that those are merely devilish whisperings. What should.. More
My father performed Hajj a long time ago. He is very old now. I knew that he stood on ‘Arafah only and then returned to Jeddah. What is he liable to now, knowing that it was not the obligatory Hajj?.. More
During Hajj, a woman vomited while performing tawaf al-ifadhah (circumambulation for Hajj). She cleaned the place of vomiting and did not perform ablution, then she completed tawaf till the end of the seven rounds. Is she liable to anything?.. More
What is the ruling concerning a woman who came from her country in a state of ihram (ritual consecration) for Hajj and who had to renew her residence permit; she arrived on the seventh of Thul-Hijjah, but her husband had intercourse with her?.. More
In case of assuming ihram (ritual consecration) for Tamattu‘ Hajj, what should a pilgrim say? Could you please answer quickly? May Allah reward you... More
What is the ruling on a pilgrim who died but performed neither tawaf al-ifaadhah (Hajj circumambulation) nor tawaf al-wadaa‘ (farewell circumambulation)?.. More
I performed Tamattu‘ Hajj and on the morning of the tenth of Thul-Hijjah, I went to the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and paid the value of a sacrificial animal; they informed me that they would slaughter it and distribute its meat on my behalf. Then, I threw the jamrah of Al-‘Aqabah (stoning of the devil), shaved my head, put on perfume, and took.. More
What is the religious ruling concerning a woman who performed Hajj and intended to combine tawaf al-ifadhah (circumbulation for Hajj) and tawaaf al-Wadaa‘ (circumambulation before leaving Mecca) in one tawaf (circumambulation), but now she doubts that, when she was in Mecca, she held the intention of performing tawaf al-wadaa‘ only? What should.. More
When a pilgrim commits a number of violations during Hajj, should he offer only one fidyah (expiation) for all the violations or does each violation entail an independent expiation?.. More
Is it permissible to perform more than one ‘Umrah while being in the same state of ihram (i.e. ritual consecration) without having to leave Al-Masjid Al-Haraam?.. More
I performed Hajj, praise be to Allah, with a group from Kuwait. The group hastened to leave Mina having spent only two nights there without any excuse, given that the group organizers delayed the throwing of pebbles until after the Maghrib prayer in the second day of Tashreeq. Should we have stayed at Mina that night as well? Is it incumbent on us to.. More
Should the two rak‘ahs (units of prayer) offered after tawaf (circumambulation) during ‘Umrah be separate and independent rak‘ahs or may they be two rak‘ahs of Sunnah prayer for an obligatory prayer for example? What is the ruling on these two rak‘ahs if one performs tawaf after the Asr prayer (a time in which prayer is disliked)?.. More