Can a women cut her own hair to come out of ihraam?
Q: Is it permissible that after copmleting umrah, wife can cut her hair to come out of ihraam or only mahram (husband) can cut her hair?
Conditions & Fundamentals of Hajj and Umrah
Does one need to tie ihraam when flying over the miqaat when going to Madinah?
Q: Alhamdulillah a few years back Allah had afforded me with the opportunity to perform umrah. We flew from Jhb to Madina, and from Madina then took a taxi to the miqaat to tie ihraam and proceed to perform umrah. However while flying we flew over the miqaat, and I was wondering, were we supposed to tie ihraam on the plane before landing in Madina.If yes, then should dumm be paid?
Fulfilling the rituals of hajj while in the state of haidh
Q: What is the maslah regarding a woman who has her haidh during the days of Hajj?
Leaving Muzdalifah before wuqoof
Q: A friend and his family were not able to stay in muzdalifah on Youm-u-nahar in between fajar to tuloo', not even for 5 mins as they were forced to leave muzdalifah @12:30 (at night) as they were having toddlers and womenfolk with them, so they were not able to offer fajr namaz there in muzdalifah.
One mufti sb told that they should have left the women in mina and came back for wuqoof in muzdalifah, hence they have to offer damm. Another mufti sb told that there is no need for damm. Both are great Deobandi mufti's. What should they do?
Performing tawaaf on the second and third level
Q: If a person performs tawaf in the lowest floor around the ka'bah (ie. the sahn floor), it is likely that he will (unintentionally) come in physical contact with women due to the crowd, especially close to the al-hajar al-aswad corner. Will he still be permitted to perform tawaf on this floor (whilst doing his best to avoid contact), or is it wajib for him to perform the tawaf on any of the higher floors where the risk of contact is less?
Making the intention for ihraam while in the plane
Q: I live in Mumbai (India) and I am planning to perform Umrah. I will be taking a flight from Mumbai to Jeddah and continue onwards from Jeddah to Makkah via bus/car. I know that I need to be in the state of ihram while passing the Miqaat. I will wear Ihram at Mumbai airport so that all I have to do while passing the Miqaat (in the air) is make the Niyah.
My query is that I do not know when should I make the Niyah so that I am sure I have not missed the Miqaat boundary. I will be travelling in a flight which will not be notifying me when I pass over the Miqaat area. What is the way that I should follow? Should I make Niyah from Mumbai (India) airport OR should I make Niyaah 1 hour before reaching Jeddah? There can be a chance that I do not pass over any specific Miqaat point (rather pass through between 2 Miqaat points), what do I do in that case? ?
Continuing the tawaaf after salaah
Q: If a person is performing tawaf around the Kabah and takes a break for salah, does he have to restart the entire round or can he continue the tawaf from the spot that he stopped?
Performing nafil tawaaf in a wheelchair
Q: Is it permissible to perform nafil tawaaf on a wheelchair despite being able to walk? I know that it is impermissible to make tawaaf in a wheelchair for obligatory tawaafs, but I would like to know if the ruling is different for nafil tawaaf?
Tawaaf e ziyaarah and Tawaaf e widaa
Q: What is Tawaafuz Ziyaarah and Tawaafaul Widaa? How will one compensate for not performing it?
Performing tawaaful widaa on the 12th of Zul Hijjah
Q: I performed hajj. I donned the ihram from Jeddah and did a nafl tawaf on the 12th morning then I did rami. After dhuhr I did my nafl tawaf. Will it suffice for tawaful widaa?