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Bhai,
As salaam aleikum

Kindly give one line answers to these please

Jazak Allah khair

My aunt along with her son would like to visit for umrah as she is a widow not yet finish her iddat period, can she go for umrah during her iddat period? 

 
Can one do tawaf during umrah with the deceased name and living person?  my aunt want to do one tawaf for her late husband the other for my grand mother who is alive and so on.

 
Is it permissible in islam to  take picture of kabaa and other places as people do in mecca n medina?

 
Tawaf alwida is done in the night and the person leaves mecca only the next day afternoon, is it right?

 
Can one do shopping while going for umrah/hajj?

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Answer:

Umrah tawaaf questions

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Q-1: My aunt along with her son would like to visit for umrah as she is a widow not yet finish her iddat period, can she go for umrah during her iddat period? 

Best to go and perform the Umrah after the iddah period has expired.

Q-2: Can one do tawaf during umrah with the deceased name and living person?  my aunt want to do one tawaf for her late husband the other for my grand mother who is alive and so on.

There is allowance in Shariah for a believer to perform the Umrah/Hajj pilgrimage or even only the ‘tawaaf’ on behalf of their loved ones, regardless of whether their loved ones are deceased or alive.

Q-3: Is it permissible in islam to take picture of kabaa and other places as people do in mecca n medina?

The camera was invented after the death of the Prophet (saws); thus obviously there is silence regarding this issue in the Sunnah.

The majority of the scholars are of the opinion that if one wishes to take photos/videos with no malicious intent, there is no harm….and Allah Alone Knows Best.

Q-4: Tawaf alwida is done in the night and the person leaves mecca only the next day afternoon, is it right?

Firstly, ‘tawaf al-wida’ is only applicable and a requirement during the Hajj pilgrimage and not during the Umrah.

The recommendation and preference is to perform the ‘tawaaf al-wida’ as the last act before one leaves Makkah; thus if one is leaving Makkah in the afternoon, it would be preferred that one perform the ‘tawaaf al-wida’ in the morning rather than the night before.

Q-5: Can one do shopping while going for umrah/hajj?

There is absolutely no prohibition or restriction upon the believers to trade/buy/sell during their Hajj or Umrah pilgrimage. One is absolute liberty to trade/buy/sell during their pilgrimage, or abstain, if they wish to do so.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan