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?
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?
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?
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?
Q: My relative is in ICU so he can't take taharat, can he drink zamzam water without wudhu & taharat.
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?
Q: In Islam, which city is greater, Makkah Mukarramah or Madinah Tayyibah?
Q: Is it permissible to give Zam-zam to a non-Muslim?
Q: A person went for Umrah. After a few days he decided to go for ziyarat to Taif (up to Masjid Abdullah bin Abbaas radhiyallahu anhuma) from Makkah.
1. Was it necessary for him to return with Ihraam back to Makkah?
2. If yes, then what is the penalty as he is now back in South Africa.
Q: I recently went for Hajj alhamdulillah and I benefited a lot from the audio bayaans of Maulana Saleem Dhorat sahib and also a guide to Hajj booklet by Maulana. May Allah Ta'ala reward him abundantly aameen. It so happened that when we got to Muzdalifah, and after performing our maghrib and Esha prayers, we had something to eat and slept. Our group leader told us to get ready to move and we left Muzdalifah for Mina before Fajr. I was the only Hanafi. I had no alternative but to follow. So as I missed the wuquf from Fajr onwards, is dam wajib on me?