Q:
1. If I am planning to go for hajj and trying to gather funds, can I use the investments I made for my kids towards my hajj? Do I have to repay it when I get back?
2. Can family members (wife/mother) give me money for hajj as an interest free loan to be repaid as I see fit when I return?
Q: I am going for umrah next week insha-Allah. How much sadaqah do I have to give if the purdah touches my face? Is it okay to wear the normal purdah and later give sadaqah or does one have to wear the cap purdah?
Q: I am going for umrah next week insha-Allah. I am a female. I am going to Makkah first. Do I have to don the ihraam on the plane when they make the announcement that we are passing the miqaat or is it okay to reach Makkah and then go back to the miqaat and don the ihraam?
Q: 3 weeks ago I came from Pakistan to Riyadh. Now I went from Riyadh to Jeddah to my brothers house but I didn't wear ihram and I didn't take any niyyat for Umrah. I was thinking that I will go for Umrah after 3-4 days. But now my father says that I have to give damm (penalty) because I supposed to go for Umrah first. I am in confusion about this issue.
Q: Saudia Arabia has announced that women do not need a mahram for umrah or hajj. They can come by their own and perform umrah or hajj. How valid is this fatwa?
My sister has gone without mehram for umrah. There are 10 females and one male (the male is not a mahram for my sister). What is the validity of her umrah? She says that the Saudi government has given a fatwa so she can go without a mahram.
When she comes back, she is planning to go with my mother who is 75 years old without a mahram after 2 months. Only the 2 of them will be going. Can they go according to the new Saudi rule?
Umrah and hajj are now very expensive and spending money and going there just to know that they were not valid feels very sad.
Q: What is the penalty for pulling out hair by mistake in ihraam?
Q:
1.When going for Umrah, in light of it being makrooh for women to go to the Masjid, should a woman rather remain in her room for salaah (in Madinah Shareef as well)?
2. Usually men go to the Haram for salaah, tawaaaf, Rawdha, etc. and the women go by themselves in their own time. Is this OK or should the mahram accompany them?
Q: I have been for hajj in 1989 when I was 29 years old and wish to go again now that I am 63. In principle, is this encouraged or am I seen to be depriving someone else who has not been for hajj the opportunity of going for hajj?
Q: I want to go on umrah with my mother. We don’t have a mahram, so what should we do?
Can we travel alone because as per new rule of Saudia, women can go. Please guide.
Q: I will be performing umrah with my 3 month old son. Can I carry him in a sling? It is just a long cloth and I will tie him on my belly with it.