Hajj & Umrah

Q: Hajj is coming and some people I know are going for Hajj. Can You recommend some Books to read about Hajj with author names?

Q: Alhamdulillah, I performed Umrah this week. After performing tawaaf and before performing the waajib-ut-tawaaf salaah, I realized that I forgot to open my right shoulder while performing tawaaf. However, I completed the remainder of the Umrah.

What is the ruling if I forgot to open my right shoulder while performing the tawaaf? Should I sacrifice a goat as damm?

Q: Is the following correct?

A woman came for Hajj and got her period after she entered ihaam. Her mahram had to leave straightaway and she has no one else in Makkah. What is the ruling?

She should travel with him and remain in ihraam, then she should come back when she has become pure. This applies if she lives in the land of the Two Holy Places, because it is easy to come back and does not involve a great deal of trouble or need a passport etc. But if she is a foreigner and it is difficult for her to come back, then she should tie a piece of cloth over her private part (so that no blood will leak and contaminate the Mosque), and do tawaaf and saa’i, and cut her hair, and end her ‘Umrah on the same journey, because in this case her tawaaf has become necessary, and in cases of necessity things that are ordinarily forbidden are allowed. But she does not have to do tawaaf al-wadaa’ (farewell tawaaf), because menstruating women do not have to do the farewell tawaaf, because of the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told the people that the last thing they should do in Makkah was to circumambulate the Ka’bah, but he exempted menstruating women.

Q: Can one perform umrah for any non-mahram who is not alive? Will the person performing umrah be sinful?

Q:

1-Is the marble area outside the Masjid of Haram Sharif included in the Masjid?

2-Is it permissible for a female who is in her mensuration period, to go on the marble area outside the Masjid of Haram Sharif?

3- A female who is in her mensuration period,how does she go to do Saee without entering the Masjid of Haram Sharif? Where does she go from?

Q: Can a person use money he inherited to go for hajj?

Q: If one performs Umrah in the month of Shawwaal or anytime thereafter during the months of Hajj (i.e. from the beginning of Shawwaal till the 10th of Zul Hijjah), will Hajj become fardh upon him?

Q: A person had the means of performing hajj, but didn't do so. When he becomes old he becomes more practising and regrets not having performed hajj when he was young. Now he is too old, weak and sick to perform hajj. Will he be punished in the hereafter for not having performed hajj when he was young and able to do so, or will he be forgiven due to his regret?

Q: Can you please inform me of the ruling of niqaab while in ihraam?

Q: My mother passed away few months back. I want to know that can I perform hajj on her behalf or firstly I have to perform hajj. My mother didn't perform hajj in her life time.