Hajj & Umrah

Q: Please advise me with regard to the use of toothpaste, mint sweets or any food which is meant for the use of a fragrant smell whilst in Ihraam.

Q: Is there any special virtue for visiting the cave of Hira or the cave of Thaur during hajj or umrah?

Q: I am planing to perform nafil haj and bestow it's rewards to my late parents and elder brother. Please guide me with the detailed procedure for the same. Also let me know whether after rami on 10 th of Zil Haj can I do the Halaq at Makkah instead of Mina and also how many Qurbani should I offer. Lastly since I will be a musafir can I perform sunnat salat also at Makkah, Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifa and Madinah?

Q: I have taken my parents for Umrah with me at my expense. They have no source of incomes and I fully support them. I will Insha Allah take them for Hajj when I can afford it. Is Hajj compulsory on them?

Q: If a little Zamzam was pored into normal water (and vice versa) will all the water become Zamzam? If so will the water continue being considered as Zamzam even if there are only a few drops in the container before normal water is added?

Q: My mother requests a fatwa to show some women regarding the purdah in ihram, explaining:

1. The cloth should not touch the face

2. Purdah has to be observed from ghayr mahrams.

There is a misconception amongst some women who, throughout the year observe purda, اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّه, but due to a certain aalim's wife informing them that purdah is not necessary in ihraam, they discard it during umrah. She also would like to find out from Hazrat that:

3. Is wearing a normal purdah intentionally a major sin?

4. Would this also be the case if out of circumstances, since due to her eyesight, she cannot see with the cap purdah clearly?

5. What would be the penalty if the cap purdah unintentionally touches the face?

Q: What is the Shar’ee ruling in the case where a person passed the meeqaat without tying the ihraam?

Q: I have the health and wealth alhumdulillah to preform hajj. But I'm 16 and the Saudi government doesn't allow anyone aged 16 to come without a parent or mahram. And I don't have any family I can go with. And my parents don't allow me to go with a group. And my parents say they can't come with me they don't have the money. Also my parents say if you get severely ill due to the heat or flu or temperature who will take care of you, so my dad said to me wait one year and I'll earn money to go with you next year. What should I do, will I get sin in delaying my fard hajj? Should I wait one year?

Q: My uncle and aunty have the funds to make a fardh Hajj. They have applied to sahuc 3 years ago and have not yet been approved. If they are not approved can they proceed for Umrah this year and save up money again for Hajj or should they store that money until they are approved for Hajj?

Q: I wanted to know that with regards to being a musaafir, is makkah and mina considered as one city? Some say that its not - if this is your view, then what is the proof for it and if it is not considered as one, then some say its urf. What is the proof that this masalah is based on urf?