I am a male, and for medical reasons am compelled to wear a corset.
Since you have a valid reason, it is permissible to wear the corset during the state of Ihraam. However, notwithstanding validity and permissibility, you still have to pay the Dum…
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Is it permissible to perform a Tawaaf or an Umrah on behalf of several deceased persons?
It is permissible to make niyyat for the thawaab of one's Tawaaf or Umrah to be for one or many amwaat (deceased).
There appears to be difference of opinion regarding the Meeqaat for South Africans going for Hajj and Umrah.
Yes, there is difference of opinion. Ihraam may be donned in Jiddah or any where before Jiddah even right at one's home or in Johannesburg or in the plane. But the final point is…
Do women have to wear only white dresses in Ihraam?
Women may wear any colour dress during Ihram. Gloves and socks are permissible.
For health reasons I have to wear a special footwear.
It is permissible to wear the special footwear. However, the Dumm penalty is incumbent. You have to sacrifice a sheep/goat.
Rami of the Jamraat was done on the 11th and 12th before Zawwaal.
Only one Dumm is necessary. However, if he had renewed the Rami in the valid time, then the Dumm penalty falls away.
My mother is 95 years old. Can I perform Hajj-e-e-Badal for her?
If your mother is genuinely unable to undertake the journey and perform her Fardh Hajj, then it will be permissible for you to perform it on her behalf with her instructions and…
It is said that one should go out to meet the Hujjaaj who are returning from Makkah.
Go to the airport only if you have to bring them home. Don't go to the evil place of fisq, fujoor and intermingling of sexes just for meeting them when they return from Hajj. Meet…
Is a Hajj and Umrah performed with an interest-bearing loan accepted?
Such Hajj and Umrah are not acceptable. On the contrary, it is sinful to obtain such a haraam loan and to go with it for Hajj and Umrah. Hajj and Umrah performed with an…
While in Ihraam, I used scented soap mistakenly.
Even if the scented soap was used mistakenly, the penalty is a Dumm. One sheep/goat has to be slaughtered in the Haram precincts and the meat distributed to the poor.
A woman coloured the palms of her hand with mendhi during the state of Ihraam.
What went wrong with her mind to do something so wasteful during Ihraam? Anyhow, she has to pay the penalty of a Dumm. A goat/sheep should be slaughtered in the Haram precincts and…
Can women wear any colour dress in the state of Ihraam?
Women may wear any colour dress during ihram.
While in Ihraam I washed my hands on two different days with scented soap.
If the soap was scented/ perfumed, then you are liable for the dumm penalty. If on the two different occasions scented soap was used to wash the hands, then two dumm are…
I had forgotten to perform the two raka'ts after completing Tawaaf.
While this unnecessary delay is Makrooh (and sinful), there is no penalty. However, repentance is necessary.
A man after performing Hajj, gives himself the title of Al-Haaj.
Yes it is riya when a person desires to be called Al-Haaj. It is just like a person who performs regular Salaat wishing to be called Musalli. Hajj is an ibaadat. The objective of…
One of my customers is going for Hajj. He has old debts which he is not paying.
It is haraam for him to go for Hajj with the money with which he has defrauded his creditors. It is Waajib to pay the debts. There is no such thing as 'old debts' in Islam. All…
I am a resident of Jiddah. I travel everyday to Makkah to work.
The residents of Jiddah need not perform Umrah when going to Makkah
When my hair was being shaved to be released from Ihraam, scented shampoo was used.
If before being released from Ihraam scented shampoo was used on the head, then the Dumm penalty will apply. One goat/sheep has to be slaughtered.
When can Tawaaf Widaa' and Tawaaf Ziyaarat be combined?
Tawaaf Widaa' and Tawaaf Ziyaarat cannot be combined. Both have to be performed separately. However, if someone had made Tawaaf Ziyaarat in the state of Janaabat and thereafter…
A shaykh charges a fee to perform Hajj Badal.
The 'shaykh' is a mercenary who is commercializing the ibaadat of Hajj. Never should he be engaged for doing Hajj on behalf of someone.