Fatwas Archive

Question: A man performed ṭawāf for ʿumrah, then did the saʿy and shaved. Some time later he remembered that, at the time of ṭawāf, he did not have ritual purity. What is the ruling?

Question: The scholars say in the chapter of iḥrām that for movement of what is dormant a sheep is due. Is that required every time such movement occurs?

Question: The scholars of the madhhab have said that for movement of what is dormant a sheep is due for the muḥrim; and often this movement occurs during iḥrām—especially with the young. How, then, do you speak about that?

Question: A young man in the prime of his youth, of full build and sound body, performed ḥajj, and during his iḥrām involuntary arousal occurred frequently, without any deliberate cause on his part for that arousal. What is required of...

Question: A layman left ʿArafah after sunset, passed through Muzdalifah and left it without spending the night there. What is required of him?

Question: A man, while performing the saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah for ʿumrah, was harmed by the wind from the fans, so he covered his head because of that—what is required of him?

Question: Is it permissible for a muḥrim to wear eyeglasses, knowing that if he removes them he will be harmed?

Question: What are the secrets of the wisdom in wearing the two garments of iḥrām when entering iḥrām? And in forbidding the muḥrim from women, perfume, etc.?

Question: A woman entered iḥrām for ʿUmrah, then was too weak to perform ṭawāf and saʿy due to her old age, frailty, and the severe crowding. Is it valid for her to appoint a proxy to perform ṭawāf and saʿy...

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...