Q: I will be taking a small child (2 years) for umrah, and wanted to know if we should put an ihraam on him? Also if by holding the child, he pushes the niqab cap of his mothers and it touches her face, will a penalty be required?
Q: I would really like to know the exact and correct Hanafi method of performing Umrah in detail, i.e. from the very beginning till the end. (I do not require anything on hajj. Only the Umrah itself) Where to put on Ihraam, where to go from there, what are the duas, what intentions to make, how to make tawaaf, how to make sa'ee, what duas to recite during them, where to drink zam zam, how to make dua standing on safaa and marwa etc. I want to know everything in detail recommended for a Hanafi to carry out in Umrah. Also, I will be visiting Musjid-un-Nabawi and the blessed grave of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam). I would like to know the aadaab and etiquettes upon visiting them. Also the aadaab upon entering Madinah Munawwarah.
Q: All the travel agents are advising to acquire a new passport to avoid the new Umrah Visa fee's. Prominent members of the public are doing the same. In my view this is unethical and haraam. Can you please advise?
Q: We are a group of girls (18-34). We would like to go on umrah soon and was wondering if it is permissible to go without a mahram even though we are +17 in the group and in niqaab. Some of us don't have a father nor brothers.
Q: I was performing Qiraan Haj. I arrived in Makkah performed my umrah and I still had 3 days more before hajj started.
1. Can I perform another umrah?
2. If I can perform another Umrah, would it be required for me to go to the Miqaat make intention and come back to perform the Umrah since I am still in Ihraam?
Q: I did hajj 10 years back but I made a mistake. I did tawaful ifaada on the 10th but perfomed the sai on the 12th of zul hijja. Then I left Makka after the tawaful wida for Madina and from there home. My question is, was my Haj complete? If not what can I do now? Please help.
Q: I am a makkah resident who has done umrah this year 1437. Insha Allah I will be doing my first hajj. I intent to do an umrah in zul qa'dah for my deceased grandmother (passed away yesterday). Since I am a Makkah resident having niyyat to do hajj; performing umrah for myself is not permitted. Is it permissible to do umrah for the deceased?
Q: If a person is going for Haj/umrah but lands in Makkah first, where does he/she put on his/her Ihraam? And if a person Performing Haj for someone else who's deceased, his Qurbaani whose name should it be sacrificed on?
Q: Due to unavoidable circumstance, can one perform Tawaaf-e-Wida in Haj after Tawaf-e-Ziyrah during the days of Qurbani? Example on the 12th Zil Haj morning though Rami of 12th Zil Haj is to be completed.
Q: Hajj is coming and some people I know are going for Hajj. Can You recommend some Books to read about Hajj with author names?