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Hajj-Umrah

I WANT TO KNOW IN SIMPLE THE PERFOMANCE AND PROCEDURES OF UMRAH AND THE IMPORATNCE FOR PRAYING IN HARAM ON EID.
On Hari Raya Haji,why do people give qurbani by slaughtering the goats?
Is it mentioned in Quran that a son cant go on haj if parents havent been there even once?
People say that going for umrah in ramadan is equal to hajj.
I WANNA PERFORM HAJJ THIS YEAR
I am planning to perform Hajj insha Allah this year.
I want to be know that what is the age of do Hajj.
My father died about 10 years ago. He never did the hajj pilgrimage. I now want to pay for someone to do it on his behalf.
When i read namaz at home i can almost always cry when i do my dua and i really get very emotional.
In UAE, Hajj companies have drastically increased their charges in last three years due to reduction in quota (more than 500% increase).
My main intentions are to perform hajj with my parents
Can Jews & Christians come to Makkah?
I have a question, I am working in a pvt company and started saving money. Right now I am staying jointly with my parents in their apartment. I have brothers & sisters who are all married and stays at their homes.
I flew to Jeddah from Riyadh with the intention of Umrah. Once in Jeddah, I drove by car to Masjid Tanmeem (recognised as a Meeqat)
Is it compulsory to shave the head during umrah, or is it sunnah.can one perform umrah without shaving the head.
I m resident of Jeddah KSA. This time I paid Hajj with my family, the last day of Hajj we came to Jeddah from Mina without Tawaf-e-Wida but we paid Tawaf-e-khudoom with Saih one day before. Some people said Jeddah resident can pay Tawaf-e-Wida later on.
CAN WE PERFORM UMRAH ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS ALIVE AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THE HOUSE OF ALLAH.
Last time we performed two umrah in the span of 3 days. For the first umrah we said our intentions and put on our ihram in the Taif meeqat, but for the second umrah we just went outside Makkah border to a meeqat mosque for the intentions and ihram.
I have heard that a person if he has money hajj becomes compulsory on him can you tell me if someone who has money in hand but he does not has his own house he is living on a rented house and he wants to buy own house for his family and himself does hajj become compulsory on him
A person who goes for hajj badal for some one, must first go for his hajj/umrah or he can just go for the first time for others?