Ref. No. 2564/45-3919

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

It should be noted that as it is preferable for women to perform daily prayers at home in their homeland, in the same way it is preferable for women to pray at their residences (hotels) in Makkah and Madinah without attending congregational daily prayers or Friday prayer. To pray the salah in the hotels, will be rewarded the same as in Haramain. However, when women go to visit the House of Kaba or the Rauza of the Prophet (saws), they can pray in congregation daily prayers or Friday prayer in Haramain. But they must not pray in Muhazat of men. So the question of attending just Friday prayer is meaningless.

عن عبداللہ عن النبی ﷺ قال صلوۃ المراۃ فی بیتھا افضل من صلوتھا فی حجرتھا وصلوتھا فی مخدعھا افضل من صلوتھا فی بیتھا (ابوداؤد ، کتاب الصلوۃ ، باب ماجاء فی خروج النساء ، الرقم 570)

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Ref. No. 1291/42-636

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The answer to your question is as follows:

The protection of human life is very important in Islam; Self-destruction is strictly forbidden in the holy Quran. Therefore, one should not travel to a place where the pandemic is severe. However, in the current situation, if travelling is necessary, one can travel with precautions.

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Ref. No. 1898/43-1786

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The answer to your question is as follows:

It is mustahab only for those who intend to sacrifice not to cut their nails and hair during these ten days. And the adults who are not obliged to sacrifice can cut their hair and nails like normal days. (2) It is permissible to have sexual intercourse with one's wife during these ten days.

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Ref. No. 41/974

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The answer to your question is as follows:

We found Ahadith about prayers in Masjid e Nabawi which are hereunder:

* The reward of a prayer offered in Masjid Nabawi is equal to 1000 prayers in any other masjid except Masjid Al-Haram.  (Muslim Hadith No. 1394)

* A person who offers forty prayers consecutively in my Masjid (Masjid Nabawi), without missing a prayer in between, will secure immunity from the fire of Hell, and from other punishments and also from hypocrisy. (Musnad e Ahmad – Musnad Anas Bin Malik, Hadith No. 12583)

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Ref. No. 41/975

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The answer to your question is as follows:

(i) Using menses control pills may harm a woman. Hence, it is better that she does not use the pills. Though using the pills is allowed due the severe needs as detailed in the question. Nevertheless, if a woman couldn’t take pills and menses started. Now the situation is that while she is still going through menses, the departure time has arrived and she is yet to perform Tawaf-e Ziyarat. In this case, the woman should wear sanitary pads and perform Tawafe Ziyarat. Along with this, she must also slaughter an animal, such as camel, in the Haram premises. However, she will not be obligated to sacrifice the animal if she becomes pure and is able to perform the tawaf in a condition of purity.

ولوطاف للزیارۃ جنبا او حائضا او نفساء کلہ او اکثر ہ و یقع معتدا بہ فی حق التحلل ویصیر عاصیا فان اعادہ سقطت عنہ البدنۃ (غنیۃ الناسک 272)

(ii) If the woman couldn’t do tawafe Wadaa and menses started then she should do nothing for it. She will not be required to offer any sacrifices etc. 

 وکذلک لیس علی الحائض والنفساء طواف الصدر ولاشیئ علیھا بترکہ (تاتارخانیۃ 2/522)۔ امر الناس ان یکون آخرعھدھم بالبیت الا انہ خفف عن المرآۃ الحائض (مسلم شریف 1/427)

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Ref. No. 1268 Alif

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The answer to your question is as it follows:

Shawwal and Zi-qada are the month of Hajj, but performing Umrah or visiting Makkah in these months doesn’t make the Hajj obligatory upon him if he doesn’t have capacity to fulfill the Hajj. Moreover, performing hajj is obligatory only once in a lifetime. Likewise, if he returns home after performing Umrah, and then goes for Hajj the same year, it will not be Hajj e Tamattu owing to the previous Umrah, but it is hajj e Ifrad (without Umrah). For Hajje Tamattu, it is compulsory to perform Hajj and Umrah both in one journey.

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Ref. No. 41/1076

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The answer to your question is as follows:

The Hadith is labeled with Dhaeef. (شرح ابن ماجہ لمغلطائ 1/1340) مسند احمد الرسالۃ 20/40)

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Ref. No. 41/998

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The answer to your question is as follows:

It is in a Sahih Hadith that a prayer in Masjid Haram is equal to 100000 and a prayer in Masjid Nabawi is equal to 1000 prayers. The hadith which indicates the increase in Masjid e Nabawi being fifty thousand times has been deemed weak. The increase in reward relates to the whole area that is considered Masjide Nabawi or Masjide Haram in our times. So, the increase in reward is not confined to a specific area. Moreover, the increase in reward relates to only obligatory prayers not optional prayers. For, optional prayers are recommended to be offered at home. Women had better offer the prayers at home, room and in seclusion. The Prophet of Allah (saws) preferred for women to pray in their houses and said that their reward for doing so is greater than their reward for praying in the masjid. 

ومعلوم أنه قد زيد في المسجد النبوي؛ فقد زاد فيه عمر ثم عثمان ثم الوليد ثم المهدي، والإشارة بهذا إلى المسجد المضاف المنسوب إليه - صلى الله عليه وسلم -، ولا شك أن جميع المسجد الموجود الآن يسمى مسجده - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فقد اتفقت الإشارة والتسمية على شيء واحد، فلم تلغ التسمية، فتحصل المضاعفة المذكورة في الحديث فيما زيد فيه. وخصها الإمام النووي بما كان في زمنه - صلى الله عليه وسلم - عملا بالإشارة(فتاوی شامی مطلب فی سترالعورۃ ١/٤٢٦)قوله: (إِلا المَسْجِدَ الحَرَامَ) وفي المفاضَلَة بين المسجدِ الحرامِ والمسجد النبوِيّ كلامٌ. وحقّق في الحاشيةِ أن الاستثناءَ لزيادةِ الأجْرِ في المسجد الحرام. ثم ادعى العلماءُ بتضعيفِ أجْر المَسْجِد النبوي بعده، إلا أنَّ ما استدلوا به لا يُوازي روايةَ الصحيح. بقي أَنَّ الفَضْل يَقْتَصِر على المسجدِ الذي كان في عَهْدِ صاحبِ النُّبوة خاصَّةً أو يَشْمَل كُلَّ بناءٍ بعدَهُ أيضًا؟ فالمختار عند العَيْني رحمه الله تعالى أنه يَشْمَل الكُلَّ، وذلك لأنَّ الحديثَ وَرَدَ بِلَفْظِ: مسجدي هذا». فاجتمع فيه الإِشارةُ والتسميةُ. وفي مِثْله يُعْتبر بالتسميةِ، كما يظهَرُ من الضابطةِ التي ذكرها صاحِبُ «الهداية».تنبيه: قال الطحاوي رحمه الله تعالى: إنَّ الفضيلة في الحَرَمين تَخْتَصُّ بالفرائضِ، أما النوافل فالفَضْلُ فيها في البيت. قلت: وهو الصواب، فإِنَّ النبيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلّم لم يؤدِّها إِلا في البيت مع كونِه بِجَنْب المَسْجِد ). فيض الباري باب في مسجد قبا3/589) ،

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Ref. No. 41/985

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The answer to your question is as follows:

The virtue is applicable for Fardh only as it is wriiten in Fiqh books, and Nafl prayers should be offered alone at home. 

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Ref. No. 41/982

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The answer to your question is as follows:

The above mentioned hadith is recorded in Sunan Ibne Majah and its isnad is dhaeef (weak).

(حدیث نمبر1413، باب ماجاء فی الصلوۃ فی المسجد الجامع(

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