Questions 45

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Shaykh ‘Abdul-Kareem bin ‘Abdullah al-Khudayr [May Allaah Preserve him]
Member of Permenant Committee of Senior Scholars and Member of Council of Senior Scholars
Jaami’ Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ar-Raajihi, Shibrah, ar-Riyadh
17/11/1433 – 3/10/2012

Question: I am young man but my father is stopping from doing Hajj because he fears for my life, do I obey him or do I do Hajj?

Answer: Yes, the view of the majority is that Hajj must be done right away if one is able to. So you must do it if you are able and don’t obey your father as there is no obedience to the creation in disobedience to the creator. However, speak to him and get others to speak to him, he may come around.

Question: I want to do Hajj this year, with the favour of Allaah, we will leave on the eighth day so how can I do Tamattu’? Do I leave my ihram in Makkah and then put it on again?

Answer: It is possible for you to do Tamattu’, put your Ihraam on at the Meeqaat and do ‘Umrah and then shave your hair and then take off your ihram. Then straight away put your Ihraam for Hajj and then start the Talbyyah for Hajj. Taking off your ihram is a sign that your Ihraam is over, but if you shaved your hair and kept the ihram on and started the Talibiyyah for Hajj then this is OK as well. If you are late getting to Minaa on the eighth then this is OK as long as you have done the ‘Umrah as doing ‘Umrah is Wajib, but if you are delayed then it is better maybe not to shave your hair and make is Qiraan or Ifraad. Whatever the case, it is possible to do Tamattu’ as the haram won’t be as full, as is usually the case on this day.

Question: If a woman is on her menses and she doesn’t do the final Tawaaf and she lives far away, what does she do?

Answer: She must wait to become pure and then do Tawaaf and then go. The same thing happened with Safiyyah [May Allaah be Pleased with her] and The Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “We are waiting for her” so when she finished her rituals they moved on. But if she did the Tawaaf of Hajj or Tawaaf al-Ifaadah then this is OK so she doesn’t need to do Tawaaf Widaa’.

Question: If a person has a wet dream, is his Hajj falsified?

Answer: This person didn’t intend anything so there is nothing upon him as nothing was done intentionally.

Question:  What are the virtues of the ten days of Dhul Hijjah?

Answer: It has come the hadeeth that the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] said that, “There are no days on which good deeds are more beloved to Allaah than these ten days….” [Reported by al-Bukhaaree (2/457)] 

The Majority of the scholars have explained that there are no better days than the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah throughout the year and a point of evidence is that there is ‘Arafah within then, and the virtues of ‘Arafah is immense, so there are no better days than these. But as for the nights, then they have explained that there are no better nights than the last ten in Ramadan and we know this because there is Laylat al-Qadr during these ten, so these days and those nights stand out to be the best throughout the year.

Question: A man wore his Ihraam and travelled to Makkah by car and he fell asleep on the way and then performed Tawaaf and Sa’ee and completed is ‘Umrah with shaving his head and then returned to his home city. Then I realised that I need to be in a state of Wudhoo to do Tawaaf, so what do I do now?

Answer: If you fell asleep but it was a light sleep, meaning you were still aware of your surroundings then you didn’t break your state of Wudhoo and your ‘Umrah is valid but if you fell into a sleep where you lost consciousness, then you must wear your Ihraam again and redo your ‘Umrah again as your Tawaaf without Wudhoo is not correct.