Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling of shaving and trimming during ʿUmrah and Ḥajj? Is there a minimum requirement to be trimmed? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Kind, Most Merciful Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for your question. Trimming or shaving the hair of the head in ʿUmrah and or Ḥajj…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permitted to change one’s Iḥrām into another? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Kind, Most Merciful Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. While in the state of iḥrām, there is no objection in changing into another iḥrām, regardless of reason such as the garments…
Answered by Shaykh Omar Subedar Question: My children (a 12 years boy and an 8 years old girl) and I are planning to go for ʿUmrah next March during the school break in-shā Allāh. My question is that can my 12 year old son be considered my maḥram (non marriageable relative) as I have separated from my…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling of using soap during Iḥrām? Answer: Using perfumes and scents are forbidden during the sacred state of iḥrām. It is advisable to only use scentless soaps and or shampoos. If one uses a soap or shampoo while taking a shower or bath, that has a…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can worshipers attain multiplied rewards for ṣalāh (ritual prayers) anywhere at the Ḥaram in Makkah or is it restricted to a specific area around the Ka’abah? Also related is the question of whether worshippers can follow the imam in congregational prayers from inside the nearby hotels? There are prayer-rooms…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the correct way of making Istilām of the ‘Ḥajr al-Aswad’ and ‘Rukn al-Yamānīy’? Answer: Jazākumullāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Istilām of the Black Stone Regarding the Black Stone, the pilgrim making ṭawāf (circumambulating) should do one of the below mentioned during each circuit, while facing…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I understand that there is a farewell ṭawāf (circumambulation) during the Ḥajj pilgrimage, however, what is the ruling of the farewell ṭawāf for the one who visits the sacred lands for the ‘Umrah pilgrimage? Are such pilgrims permitted or required to do a farewell ṭawāf? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: How is it to say “Aṣṣalātu Wassalāmu ‘Alayka Yā Rasulallāh”? Is there a difference when we are at the Prophet’s masjid in the presence of the Prophet’s tomb or away from the city of Madīnah, for example, in Toronto or Tokyo? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I have a question regarding the niqāb face veil in Ḥajj. Alḥumdulillāh, I am wearing the niqāb and also observing the ḥijāb. Is it necessary to wear the niqāb in Ḥajj or is there any exception? Also if I choose to observe the niqāb during Ḥajj, if the cloth…
ʿUmrah Procedure (Download Free E-Guide: Umrah-in-Four-Steps-SSS01) ʿUmrah entails 4 major steps: Iḥrām (intention and getting into the required state for pilgrimage) Ṭawāf (circling the Ka’abah in the Grand Mosque at Makkah) Saeʿīe (pacing between the two hills) Ḥalaq/ Qasr (shaving or trimming the hair on the head) Step 1, Iḥrām Approximately two hours prior…