Q: I went to Makkah Muazzama for hajj on 12 August, and stayed there till 30 August. Before traveling from my home country, I already intended that I will stay in Makkah Muazzama for more than 15 days. On 19 August, I was in Mina. Was I supposed to perform qasar salah or should I have performed full salah?
Q: A married lady wants to perform umrah without a mahram but with a group of ladies, is it permissible?
Q: Kindly advise the ruling on haemorrhoids (piles) while going for hajj.
Q: For Hajj tamatu, I will be wearing ihram of umrah from Karachi airport. When I reach the hotel room in Makkah, is it jaiz for me to take a nap before performing umrah?
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1. For Hajj tamatu, what is the exact day and time to wear ihram of Hajj?
2. Am I supposed to wear Hajj ihram from meeqat, or from the hotel room in which I will be staying?
Q:
1. What is the best time for tawaf without rush, so that I can avoid getting touched by men?
2. Also, should we perform tawaf on the ground floor, or on the floors above?
Q: Is it allowed in ihraam to take a shower without using shampoo, soap and changing the ihraam during the 5 days of Hajj?
Q: Can we wear bags (in which we keep our cards, documents and passport) during tawaaf in hajj or umrah?
Q: When going for umrah, is it better to go to Makkah first or should one go to Madinah Munawwarah first?
Q: In their thirst for mock Umrahs, travel operators in South Africa are defrauding the Saudi Government. They are advising prospective travellers to apply for a renewal of their passports earlier than required even though the traveller's current passport is valid and not due to renewal until after several years/months have lapsed. In other words, a traveller can have more than one valid passport and they use their latest passport to apply for UMRAH visa and they renew it again for future trips.
This means that the prospective traveller can travel for Umrah multiple times during a 24 month period without paying the additional repeat Umrah visa fee of SAR2000.
This is causing the SAUDI government a loss of revenue and is a false representation of the traveller's historical travel.
The contention from the prospective traveller is that the repeat Umrah visa fee is Zulm and therefore they are not liable for the Saudi Holiday Visa Fees. They also stated that the Ulema are doing it so why shouldn't they do it as well. Please advise if this current trend is permissible for an upright Muslim ?