Q: I intend performing Umrah for my deceased parents. I’m travelling to Jeddah and staying for 2 days with my niece who resides there. After I finish Umrah I will go back to Jeddah for a week and then to Doha for 2 days.
When and where do I don Ihraam?
Can I perform 1 umrah for both my parents?
Q: Does a resident of Makkah have to tie an ihraam every time he exits the meeqaat?
Q: What is the Shar’ee ruling regarding the person who lives out of the meeqaat, and passes the meeqaat multiple times without ihraam to come to Makkah Mukarramah? How will he compensate for passing the meeqaat without ihraam?
Q: At which point is one required to tie the ihraam?
Q: A person departs from South Africa to perform hajj. From which point is it compulsory upon him to tie his ihraam? Does he have to tie it in the aeroplane when the announcement is made, or is it permissible for him to tie it in the Jeddah Airport after they land? Could you please explain the details of the mas’alah of tying the ihraam at the meeqaat?
Q: If going for umrah with Ethiopian airlines, when one stops at the Ethiopian airport for transit, can one put on ihraam at the airport but only make niyyat of going into ihraam in the plane when the plane is flying close to Jeddah?
Q: Years ago I made umrah and then I made an overnight visit to Taif. Was I suppose to perform another umrah on my return to Makkah?
Q: I came for umrah from Dubai by road. Now I am in Madina. Can I go to Jeddah and than tie ihraam from Jeddah’s meeqat and then go for umrah?
Q: Can one go into ihram in Jeddah and then go to Makkah for umrah?
Q: A family coming from Taaif entered the meeqaat without ihraam, then they left the meeqaat and re-entered it from Masjid Sayyidah Aaishah with ihraam. What would be the ruling in this case? Would they have to give damm?