Fatwas Archive

Question: Some say it is valid to perform all the rites of Ḥajj in the month of Shawwāl, or during the days of Dhū al-Qaʿdah, or Dhū al-Ḥijjah, adducing Allah’s saying: “Ḥajj is [during] well-known months.” [al-Baqarah:197]. What is the...

Question: A man performed his obligatory Ḥajj. Years passed thereafter during which he was remiss in his prayers: sometimes he prayed, sometimes he did not—i.e., he was careless about prayer. After those long years he came to his senses and...

Question: A man has four adult sons, and all of them are wealthy. Is it permissible for them to outfit one of them for Ḥajj this year, then the second in the following year, the third in the third year,...

Question: There is an elderly woman who is able to perform Ḥajj in terms of money and bodily health, but when she rides in a car she experiences vertigo and continual retching, then falls ill. Is that an excuse to...

Question: A man upon whom Ḥajj is obligatory—does he have an allowance to forgo it or delay it on the pretext that Ḥajj is only possible for him by paying a great deal of money to the two states?

Question: Is Ḥajj obligatory upon a young woman in times like these, when there is severe crowding at the Kaʿbah and between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah?

Question: A woman has met the conditions that make Ḥajj obligatory, except that a number of days remain from her waiting period after her husband’s death such that, if she waits to complete it, she will be unable to perform...

Question: Is it permissible for a woman to travel more than a barīd with women while she has no maḥram other than the women (i.e., the other women have a maḥram with them)?

Question: Who is the poor person upon whom Zakāt al-Fiṭr is not obligatory? And who is the poor person upon whom it is obligatory?

Question: What is best for a layperson among devotional works on the nights of Ramaḍān?