Read the answers to common questions from sisters.
Adab & Etiquette
- Why is Makkah special?
- Why is Madina special?
- What is the adab of a pilgrim?
- What actions should I avoid while in the haram?
Getting Around Makkah
- How can ladies spend their time in Makkah?
- What are the names of the mosque gates that correspond with the Ka’ba?
- How do I find the entrance for the sa’y?
- Can women attend the Friday prayer?
- Can women enter the Mu’alla Graveyard? Who is buried there?
- What are good tips for mothers with small children?
- What do I do if my child gets lost?
- Where are the bathrooms and wudu areas for women?
- Where can I buy groceries?
- Any extra tips?
Getting Around Madina
- How can ladies spend their time in Madina?
- How do I find the women’s section?
- What are the ziyara times for inside the mosque for women?
- Can women enter the Baqi’ Cemetery? Who is buried there?
- What are good tips for mothers with small children?
- What do I do if my child gets lost?
- Where are the bathrooms and wudu areas for women?
- Where can I buy groceries?
- Any extra tips?
Historical Background
- How was the Ka’ba constructed?
- What sites should I see in Makkah?
- What sites should I see in Madina?
- What books help me learn more about the Prophet’s life and mosque ﷺ?
- What is the original mosque of Madina? What is the history of its extensions?
- What do the columns in al-Masjid al-Nabawi represent?
Menstruation
- What advice do you have for menstruating women?
- What acts of worship are impermissible and permissible during a state of menstruation?
- What umrah rites can I do and not do while in a state of menses?
- What medicine do I take to block my menstrual blood? What if I see breakthrough bleeding?
Purification & Prayer Rulings
- How do I take a ghusl?
- How do I pray the group prayer? What if I join after the imam started?
- What times do the group prayer start?
- How do I pray the funeral prayer?
- How do I pray the Friday prayer? What should I do on Fridays?
- What are the rulings related to the traveler’s prayer?
Supplications (Du’a)
- Where is my du’a answered in the haram?
- What are the best times to make du’a?
- What can I do for my du’a to be answered?
- How do I make repentance (tawba)?
- What supplications (du’a) should I make during my umrah?
Traveling Preparations
- What should I pack?
- What are the rulings related to the traveler’s prayer?
- What is the dua for traveling?
Umrah Fiqh Rulings
- What are the main rites of the umrah and their rulings?
- How do I perform the umrah (Step-by-Step Guide)?
- How does a woman’s umrah differ from a man’s umrah?
- How much hair do I cut in order to exit a state of ihram?
- What penalties are due for ihram violations?
- What penalties are due for umrah tawaf violations?
- What penalties are due for sa’y violations?
- What are the rulings related to the nafl tawaf?
Visiting the Prophet ﷺ – Ziyara
- What are the ziyara times for inside the mosque for women?
- How do I make ziyara? (Written by Sheikh Habib Hussain as-Saqqaf)
- What do the scholars recommend doing while in Madina? (Imam Nawawi’s recommendations)
- What does it mean to love the Prophet ﷺ more than one’s own self? (Imam ibn Rajab Hanbali’s response)
- What is the original mosque of Madina? What is the history of its extensions?
- What is the Rawda (green carpet area)?
- What do the columns in al-Masjid al-Nabawi represent?
- Can women enter the Baqi’ Cemetery? Who is buried there?
- What is the significance of being buried in a place like Jannatul Baqi?
