QUESTION: Last year my parents went for Umrah. My mother told me that while doing her 4th tawaf, she passed Maqam Ibrahim, then the adhan was called, so she went to pray. My question is, when she returns, should she start the 4th tawaf again from Hajar al-Aswad or continue from where she left off? And does the gap affect the tawaf?

Hajj and Umrah
31 Oct

ANSWER: 1. She can start from where she left  2. No

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QUESTION: If someone is going to perform umrah, they have to arrange for food to the local people, imam will be reciting Fatiha and make congregational dua. People will make musafah with those who is gonna perform umrah. After fajr on the day of travel, Imam will visit the house, recite Fatiha and write some dua on the entrance wall of the house. Are these practices necessary?

Hajj and Umrah
18 Oct

ANSWER: All of this is not part of Islam hence not permissible and an innovation!

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QUESTION: In India, people say that if a person performs one Umrah, then it becomes fard on them to perform Hajj. So if I perform two Umrahs, it becomes fard on me to perform two Hajjs

Hajj and Umrah
14 Oct

ANSWER: This is totally baseless!

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QUESTION: What is the ruling on someone who goes to perform umrah and then made intention to be in the state of ihram and to perform umrah but he wasn’t wearing the ihram while making the intention and then change his mind and decided to not perform umrah and return to his country (can he cancel his intention?)

Hajj and Umrah
05 Oct

ANSWER: It seems that you don’t know what it means to be in the state of Ihram. The intention to make an Umrah is different from intending to assume the state of Ihram. To assume the state of Ihram, one must put on the ihram towels, firmly intend after this point not to do any […]

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QUESTION: What is the ruling of a person who do something intentionally in Umrah that impose Dum on him rather than doing unintentionally? Like if he touches Ka’aba knowing it has fragrance in it.

Hajj and Umrah
19 Sep

ANSWER: If he knows that touching the black stone would result in him having perfume on his hand, he must not do that.  If he does that knowingly, he must expiate for breaking one of the restricted acts in Ihram.

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QUESTION: I’m going umrah next week in shaa Allah so after I complete my umrah I shave my head and when I do my second umrah which will be next day so do I shave my head again

Hajj and Umrah
04 Sep

ANSWER: If you are planning to do 2 umrah, you shouldn’t shave in the first one, rather simply trim your hair so that you leave something to shave for the next umrah

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QUESTION: I wanted to ask when the dajjal arrives the only 2 safe places are Makkah and Madinah. What if a female is on her periods at the time and she isn’t allowed to enter the mosque . What can she do in such a situation?

Belief in the Last Day and the Signs of the Hour, Hajj and Umrah
05 Aug

ANSWER: Who said anything about the masjid? The hadith refers to the 2 cities and not haramain masjids

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QUESTION: In the Haramain, when the imam is leading prayers in the mosque, some people pray outside due to a lack of space. Will they receive additional rewards (100,000 and 1,000 x) for praying alongside the imam?

Hajj and Umrah, Prayer
30 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, in sha Allah, as long as the rows are connected

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QUESTION: Is it true that when you come back from hajj, your duas will be accepted for a period of time.

Hajj and Umrah, Supplications
19 Jul

ANSWER: There is no evidence from the Quran or Sunnah to back up such a claim

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QUESTION: Alhamdulillah we performed Umrah in 2024 and couldn’t afford going to Hajj in 2026. Can we again go for Umrah before performing Hajj. Is it permissible?

Hajj and Umrah
13 Jul

ANSWER: It would be wiser to save for your hajj as this might be viewed as not wanting to go for hajj by squandering your wealth on Umrah every time you save a bit! You have already performed one Umrah and that is sufficient.

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