Taking one's own bottles to fill Zam Zam
Q: Is it permissible to to take your own bottles and fill up in the Haram zamzam drums and take those bottles of zamzam home?
Hajj & Umrah
Wealthy woman not finding a mahram to go with for Hajj
Q: A lady wants to go for hajj. She has her own money to pay for hajj fees, but her husband does not want to go. Wife does not know the reason. Her husband does not go anywhere, never ever take her out anywhere for vacations. What should the wife do?
Wife is 49 years old. Can she go for hajj with a group of ladies. She has no brother and her father died many years ago. She has no child. Is there any way she can go on hajj?
Female travelling for umrah with one's male cousin
Q: My khala and her 26 year old son are travelling for Umrah. My mom wants to go too. I am a 27 year old female. Can I accompany my mother? My brother can not go.
Woman selling her gold to go for Hajj
Q: A women in her near 60's is diabetic, has blood pressure issues and foot corn such that if she walks much she get's pain in her legs.
Now when she was married many years back, she was gifted some gold such that if that is sold she can pay for hajj. Initially she didn't do so. Now, she can only do hajj by selling the gold. She doesn't earn otherwise. Would hajj be fard on her?
Kissing the keys of the Kabah shareef and kissing the feet of elders
Q:
1. Is it permissible to kiss the keys of the Kabah with the intention that it can bring you blessings?
2. Is it permissible to touch and kiss the feet of elders with the intention that it can bring you blessings?
3. If the answer is yes, how is this not bidah or shirk?
Conveying salaam to Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) from a non-mahram
Q: Is it permissible to convey salaam to Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) from a non-mahram?
Example: my wife's sister tells her to tell me to convey her salaam and my wife is not coming for umrah with me? If someone does this, should we convey the salaam?
Haidh commencing while in Ihraam
Q: I am currently in Makkah to perform Umrah.
Entered Ihram state 2 days ago. I was supposed to do my Tawaf and Sa'i yesterday. Unfortunately, I got my menses (1 week earlier than normal). I am still in my ihram state.
I am due to leave Makkah in 3 days and my menses will not be finished by then. Thus I will not be able to perform Tawaf and complete my Umrah. I do no know when I can come back to perform Umrah again.
I thus do not know if I should pay for Dam/sacrifice and exit my Ihram and if this is the right thing to do.
Can you please help?
Woman in haidh entering into ihraam and delaying the umrah
Q: I'm currently in Madinah and my period started last night (Friday). My period lasts for 10 ten days. That has always been my habit. We leave for Makkah on Sunday insha-Allah. Do I enter into my ihraam and perform my umrah when we reach Makkah and pay my dum, or do I not enter ihraam on Sunday and delay my umrah till before we leave for home?
Using unscented sunscreen in ihraam
Q:
1. Can a tinted lip balm be applied before going into ihraam?
2. What sunscreen can be used while in ihraam?
3. Is it permissible to take pills to delay haidh before the 5 days of hajj?
Wife completing her hajj after her husband passes away while waiting for the days of hajj
Q: A couple went for hajj and after completing the umrah, while waiting for the days of hajj, the husband passed away. What must the wife do? Can she complete the hajj?