Hajj and Umrah

Is it permissible to use scented soaps/shower gels for ghusl for Ihram ???

Hajj and Umrah

01 Oct

ANSWER: You can use normal soaps in the state of ihram.

My mother’s brother has performed Hajj this year and now he messaged me to invite him to my house for a small party (Lunch), because he has performed hajj . Even my aunt is insisting me and my mother to invite him for lunch and offer him a floral garland to be worn. Please advise is this permissible? Because many people are following this tradition.

Hajj and Umrah

28 Sep

ANSWER: This is not part of Islam at all. You can invite people to your home for lunch or dinner but doing this thinking that this is something required after Hajj or thinking it to be from the Sunnah is totally wrong.

Can we touch kaaba and make dua or is it innovation…people touch,kiss and cry falling on it..pl clarify

Hajj and Umrah

25 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Praise be to Allaah.This question was put to Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him), who replied as follows: This is an action which some people do, seeking thereby to draw closer to Allaah and to worship Him. Every action which is done with the intention of […]

A Story that once a sahaba (Ra) set out for Hajj from Iraq & on the way they met a woman with hungry kids in distress, he and his companions gave away all their money to her and returned back. Later, the Hajis who returned from hajj informed him that they saw him performing hajj in the haram indicating that Allah has accepted him performing Hajj. Do you know if this is authentic?

Hajj and Umrah

21 Aug

ANSWER: This is not authentic.

My question is what is the ruling on applying Vaseline under thighs while in the state of Ihram to prevent rashes? Similarly using toothpaste, soaps etc. which have some fragrance in it.

Hajj and Umrah

07 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in using any of these products. What is prohibited is to use perfumes and perfumed cosmetics and creams in the state of Ihraam.

Should we recite this ‘Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, wa lillaahi’l-hamd’ all ten days of Dhul Hijjah or only from Fajr on the day of Arafah until the sunset on the last day of the days of Tashreeq?

Hajj and Umrah

02 Aug

ANSWER: You recite it from the first day of thul hijja all day and night without specifying it after Fard prayers. From Fajr of Arafat day, Muslims say it loudly after Fard prayers until the Asr of the 13th.

Can you advise for Du’a in Hajj. There’s a minimum of like 6hrs on Arafah. For someone who doesn’t have much to ask except for forgiveness, Jannah etc. Or if he asks all of what he wants, and all Du’as finish in 30 mins, what to do? Besides perhaps keeping repeating it

Hajj and Umrah

27 Jul

ANSWER: Make duaa and ask Allah for your own personal things and also for the whole ummah, people in the family etc and make dhikr and recite the Quran as much as possible.

Is it mandatory for a man to shave his head after umrah Everytime. For example if a man shaves his head after umrah in 2017 should he shave his head again after umrah in 2019.

Hajj and Umrah

24 Jul

ANSWER: This is not mandatory. He can just trim his hair as well but it’s highly recommended to shave the head as Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam made dua thrice for the men who shaved the head after umrah and once for men who trimmed their hair.

I will be performing Hajj this year in sha ALLAH. Which dua we should ask Allah when we gaze Kabba for the 1st time? I read this dua in hadees Allahuma zid hazal baita tashrefan…some people say to ask Allah subhan wa ta’ala accept my all dua in this hajj or accept my all dua’s which I ask in rest of life

Hajj and Umrah

24 Jul

ANSWER: This is baseless. There’s no specific dua to be recited nor is there any special virtue when you look at Kaba for the first time.

Can we atten the function before going to hajj or umrah It’s been a tradition now a days in India Who ever has planned to hajj or umrah Their relative or family member call them for lunch or dinner They make us eat They greed us with shawl and they gift us with some dresses I’m asking this question as because We are fulfilling our farz What’s there to give us Dawath lik

Hajj and Umrah

08 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in this if it’s just a halal gathering to see you off, without any innovations involved and if it’s not a mixed gathering of non mahrams.

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