QUESTION: If a couple decides to get married in Madinah and then plans to perform Umrah, are they allowed to perform the act of marriage before the starting the Umrah?

Fiqh of Marriage, Hajj and Umrah
06 Jan

ANSWER: As they are not in the state of Ihram, there is no problem in consummating the marriage or conducting the marriage contract.

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Hi I’m visiting umrah. I have acne marks and darkness on my face. Is it permissive me to use light makeup while in state of ihram? To cover the marks

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Hajj and Umrah
23 Dec

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited!

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QUESTION: In sha Allah i will be going to umrah soon. I have long hair (till my shoulders) and want to shave it and go bald. However my mom does not want me to go bald. What is better for me to do?

Hajj and Umrah
11 Dec

ANSWER: Prophet ﷺ prayed thrice fir the one who shaves his head & once for the one who cuts then hair, so you should choose what’s more in reward. 

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QUESTION: We are living in jeddah.And we were travelling from jeddah to taif just for visiting some parks and entertainment and we travelled from inside makkah boundaries and came back from the same route.Is this permissible? because someone told me that you are not in ihram and you cross the meeqat without any ihram so you have a dam(دم) on you means you have to slaughter a sheep inside haram boundaries…

Hajj and Umrah
14 Nov

ANSWER: What they said is totally wrong! No problem in crossing the miqat without intending to do umrah.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is it more virtuous to pay for someone to go for umrah or to feed the poor?

Charity, Hajj and Umrah
24 Oct

ANSWER: Feeding the poor.

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QUESTION: While in ihraam, can I touch the kaabah or black stone as it has perfume on it?

Hajj and Umrah, Innovations
14 Sep

ANSWER: You shouldn’t touch the Ka’abah but you can touch and kiss the black stone as this is sunnah However, if you found that there is perfume in it that may have stuck to your hand, you must wash it off immediately

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QUESTION: As a non inhabitant of Makkah, when I want to perform Umra can I stay for a night in Makkah when I just arrived in the city then on the next day I take miqat of Ahlul Makkah to do ihram? Or is it obligatory upon me to make niyya since my departure from my home country and perform ihram from the assigned miqat of my country and immediately perform Umra as I arrive in Makkah?

Hajj and Umrah
05 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible, its only permissible if you have already made your umrah and you want to perform another umrah! You must go back to your miqat and assume ihram from there to make your first umrah of the trip.

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QUESTION: Mother who passed away in old age had 10 lakhs indian rupees in savings and has never performed hajj. Are her children obliged to use the money to perform hajj on her behalf (if it takes 5lakhs to perform for indians)? What if the money is already shared and spent before knowing the ruling?

Hajj and Umrah
03 Sep

ANSWER: If she died and didn’t perform hajj, it is mandatory to take from her wealth and perform hajj before distributing the inheritance as this is a debt to Allah

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QUESTION: Can I take loan from my father to perform haj with my wife?

Hajj and Umrah
27 Aug

ANSWER: You should not take loan to perform umrah or hajj

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QUESTION: My father is deceased and i have no brother of my own, my remaining mehrams ( 3 brothers of my father) they are not willing to go to umrah with me. in this situation, can i perform umrah on my own? or with a female companion? and will my umrah will be accepted?

Hajj and Umrah
12 Jul

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to travel without your mahram because Prophet ﷺ forbade this & said a woman who believes in Allah and the day of judgement must not travel without her male mahram  If you are living in Makkah or Jeddah then no problem in making umrah without your mahram since this is not […]

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