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  • Performing Hajj with salary from interest-based bank

    Assalaamu alaykum. I work in an interest-based bank in Saudi Arabia. My work is related to programming, where I am mostlynot involved with interest directly. However, 5% of my work is about the loan calculations (having interest) that will be applied to the customer loans. Now, I was planning to go Hajj this year. Would it be ok for me to perform it.. More

  • Sacred months are four and Hajj months are three

    Assalaamu alaykum. I received the answer for fatwa No: 336652. May Allaah reward you for your time. My question was that perhaps we are doing something wrong regarding the rituals of Hajj and Allaah is alerting us to correct the mistakes. (2:197) The pilgrimage is (performed in) the well-known months. (9:36) Four of them are sacred. Abu Bakrah said.. More

  • Doing free ‘Umrah through multi-level marketing

    I want to know whether ‘Umrah is permissible or not using a MLM (multi-level marketing) system, like, for example, person A has to register first with such-and-such fees and then invite two other persons, say B and C. Now they both have to invite two others. Every person will invite two others, and that constitutes the first level. All member have.. More

  • Taking interest-based loan to perform Hajj

    Can Hajj be performed by taking a loan form a GPF fund, which is interest-based? .. More

  • Using hoverboard in Tawaaf and Sa'y

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I have pain in my heels and knees. Is it permissible for me (being a woman) to use a hoverboard wheel that exists these days? Families use these to go to the park and so on? (Please note, praise be to Allaah, that I am covered from head to toe and wear a loose abaya). Also, can I use it in Makkah.. More

  • Carrying perfumed shampoo while in Ihraam

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Can I carry perfumed shampoo and oils and such in a bag with me while I am in Ihraam (ritual state of consecration) while doing 'Umrah in Masjid Al Haraam? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Better for women to perform Tawaaf away from men

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. If a woman feels uncomfortable among men in a crowd (especially because I have seen bad things among a lot of people in this world), is it better for her to stay at a distance from the Ka‘bah, where the crowd is less, while doing Tawaaf (circumambulation)? May Allaah reward you, Shaykh. .. More

  • Mistakes in rituals of Hajj

    Assalaamu alaykum. We were selected as Hajj Assistants to assist the Indian Hajj Mission in Saudi Arabia in facilitating the Hajj pilgrims to perform Hajj smoothly. The Hajj Mission authorities in Makkah put some conditions for us if we perform the Hajj in addition to performing our official duties; we agreed and performed the Hajj in the following.. More

  • Pillar on Mount 'Arafah not obelisk

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I am a man who has embraced Islam. I have been intensely studying and researching about Islam and all its sciences for years. Meanwhile, my faith has been increasing more each time, praise be to Allaah, The Exalted. I believe that I am becoming a better Muslim every time, little by a little. Recently,.. More

  • Taking Udhhiyah slaughtered in someone else's name impermissible

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is with regards to the Udhhiyah (sacrificial animal). There is a coupon system available nowadays. Once the slaughtering is done, we have to go and collect it. Is it ok if the sheep that they give us after slaughtering is not the one that was registered in our name? .. More

  • Preferable Hajj rituals for Makkah residents

    Which type of Hajj is preferable for the residents of Makkah, Tamattu’or Ifraad? .. More

  • Employer refuses giving employee permission to perform Hajj

    A man works in an Islamic institution and wants to perform Hajj, but his chief at the institution is not giving him permission, what should the employee do now? The chief at the institution is a Mufti. .. More

  • Sharing Udhhiyah with employee of interest-based bank

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am currently looking for seven people in my neighborhood in order to collect some amount of money to buy a cow as sacrifice (Udhhiyah). While I now have three people, one more person came to us, saying that he wanted to join us in the Udhhiyah. The problem is that he works in an interest-based bank. We do not know whether he works.. More

  • Expiation for not throwing Jamaraat in Hajj

    Assalaamu alaykum. I made Hajj in 2010, but I have been wondering if I sufficiently completed the rituals for it to be considered valid. The key point in question is that I only pelted the Jamaraat in Mina on the first day after Muzdalifah. I was very tired from the walk from Muzdalifah to Mina and then to Mecca. There was a person hired by our group.. More

  • Performing Hajj and ‘Umrah on installments

    Is it permissible to go for Hajj or ‘Umrah on installments? Some companies offer ‘Umrah on installments. With such offers, one is considered financially able to perform Hajj or ‘Umrah, especially if performing it is an immediate obligation. If it is impermissible, then who bears the sin, the company's owner or the pilgrim? .. More