Wearing a belt in ihraam
Q: Can my husband and sons use a belt while in ihram to secure it instead of pins?
Hajj & Umrah
Drinking Zam Zam water while standing
Q: We drink water by sitting, then why do we have to drink zam zam water standing ? If we are in Makkah and the water available there is zam zam, then should we drink it by standing everytime?
Performing waajibut tawaaf after asr or maghrib?
Q: If you made tawaaf after asr, do you read wajibut tawaaf at that time or after maghrib?
Going for hajj while paying off a mortgage
Q: I would like to go for hajj and we have enough money for my husband and I to go but we have a house mortgage that we took 7 years ago ( I understand it is not allowed to take interest based mortgage but I was then advised by a local Mufti Saheb in England that as there are no other options and I had been paying rent for so many years it would be permissible as not for business purpose and purpose is to live in the house). I do not have enough money to pay it off but have enough for hajj. It will take me at least another 5 years to pay the mortgage off. Do we need to postpone hajj and pay off the mortgage first or can we go for hajj first?
Cutting and shaving the hair after umrah
Q: I follow the shafi mathab, regarding cutting the hair in ihraam (I wear a wig):
1. The sides and back of my hair is my own - How much of this must trimmed?
2. The top part is bald with fine hair - can I shave that?
Wearing a wig in the state of ihraam
Q: I'm male and suffer from male pattern baldness and as a result I'm wearing a wig to only cover the top part of my head, the rest of my hair is my own.
1. Am I allowed to wear the wig while I perform Umrah?
2. If not, and I continue wearing it do I have to pay dumm?
3. How much is the dumm and what do I need to do?
Performing Hajj for a person who did not make any bequest for Hajj-e-badal
Q: My mother passed away 38 years ago. She made her niyyat to perform her hajj but she passed away before she could do it. My mother had two children from a previous marriage from which one son passed away twelve years ago without doing his hajj. Almost three years ago, my father also passed away without doing his hajj. He left a house behind which we, as his children, are in the process of selling. After selling the house, can we use the money, which is our inheritance, to pay someone to perform hajj-e-badal on behalf of my mother, father and brother?
Using inheritance money for hajj-e-badal
Q: Can a person use his inheritance money to pay someone in Makkah to do a Hajdj on behalf of a close family member that has passed away?
Drinking zam zam water without wudhu
Q: My relative is in ICU so he can't take taharat, can he drink zamzam water without wudhu & taharat.
Doing Hajj-e-badl for a person who did not make a bequest
Q: A person passed away without fulfilling his/her hajj. Can the family pay someone living in Makkah to do the hajj on behalf of the person that passed away?