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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Q:
1. I want to know that I heard from an aalim that a female performing salah in the innermost room is superior and more rewardable then performing in the courtyard or varendah. I also heard that a female performing salah in the hotel room is more virtuous and rewardable than in Haramain Sharifain. Is this correct?
2. If it is more rewardable then will the females get the sawab/reward of one lakh namaz when she is reading in a hotel in Haram and fifty thousand in Madinah. As a male would get one lakh when reading his namaz in Haram near Kaabah and 50000 in Madinah in Masjid-e-Nabawi.
3. Moreover, will a person, male or female, get the reward of one lakh when reading his or her namaz anywhere in Makkah and Madinah or it has to be specifically in Haram near Kaabah and in Masjid-e-Nabawi. But for female they will read namaz in hotel rooms as it is more rewarding so any hotel situated anywhere in Makkah or Madinah will she get the same reward or it has to be near the Haramain and not far away. (Far away means how far away) from Haramain?
Q: Hajj was fard on a person, but he delayed it until he became old and lost his senses due to severe dementia. Is it valid for his family to fulfill the fard for him by:
1. Bringing him along for Hajj and making the intention of ihram etc for him
2. Doing hajj e-badal for him during his lifetime (note that he is not in his senses to command this, but it will be fully on their own initiative)
3. Doing hajj e-badal for him during after his death
Please provide the ruling for each of the three scenarios.
Q: What is the ruling for the following scenarios?
1. A man puts on his Ihrām and goes into Makkah. When he checks into his hotel, he receives news of the passing away of a family member, hence he flies back, in Ihrām, for the Janazah, thereafter returning and commencing his Umrah. Is there anything due upon him?
2. A couple are going for Hajj. As they don the Ihrām and are about to enter Makkah, the wife's menstruation commences, which will end on the 7th of Dhul-Hijjah, hence after the completion of the husband's Umrah, they decide to spend the remaining time in Madinah. Is there anything due upon the wife?
Q: I live in Jeddah and I want to know, will it be permissible for me to perform umrah badal with a small fee for transport and doing the umrah. It will solely be with the intention of performing the umrah for that specific person. I do not intend on charging exorbitant amounts but just a small fee.