Fatwas Archive

Question: A man performed Hajj, and on the night at Muzdalifah he committed zinā (fornication/adultery) with a woman there. After that heinous act, he put on his clothes—believing that his Hajj had been invalidated—and returned to his country without completing...

Question: Which type of Hajj is best for one who has not yet performed Hajj?

Question: A man entered iḥrām for ʿUmrah, then performed ṭawāf and saʿy and forgot shaving or trimming. He then went out to the ḥill and entered iḥrām for another ʿUmrah, for which he performed ṭawāf and saʿy, then shaved or...

Question: A man performed ʿUmrah, but after ṭawāf and saʿy—and before shaving or trimming—he had intercourse with his wife out of forgetfulness. What is due upon him?

Question: A man entered iḥrām for ʿUmrah before sunset on the last of the Days of Tashrīq, out of ignorance. What is required of him?

Question: A man entered iḥrām for ʿUmrah, then performed ṭawāf of the House and prayed two rakʿahs, then shaved but did not perform saʿy—thinking that saʿy was not required. He then committed acts prohibited in iḥrām. What is required of...

Question: Some people, if they perform Hajj or ʿUmrah, seize the opportunity to go out from Makkah to the miqāt to enter iḥrām for an ʿUmrah; then, when they complete that ʿUmrah, they go out again to enter iḥrām for...

Question: A man performed Hajj twenty years ago, and today he is uncertain whether he performed Ṭawāf al-Ziyārah or not; what is required?

Question: What is your view regarding performing Ṭawāf around the Kaʿbah from the second or third level? And likewise, stoning the jamarāt from atop the bridge? And performing Saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah from the second level?

Question: If a pilgrim rides by car from ʿArafāt to Muzdalifah and does not reach Muzdalifah until after midnight due to severe congestion, and he cannot get out of the car and walk on foot because he is accompanied by...