Delaying Haj For three years I have submitted requests to my employer so I may perform the obligatory Haj. However, my requests have been turned down, as the job needs me. Is there any sin on me because of that? Yes, as long as you are restrained by someone else against your will, there is no (obligation of) Haj on you till you attain the agreement of that person. If the need requires that you stay (and not go for Haj), there is no harm in that, until the need is not there, either by someone else filling in for you or through some other method. Sheikh Bin Uthaymeen Fatawa Islamiyah, vol. 4, p. 58 Haj sans Mahram I performed Haj with the women in my family and an elderly women who did not have a Mahram came along. I bore her financial expenses. She performed the rites of Haj while being with the women of my family and returned to her country. Have I committed a sin in that? Since the woman was extremely old in age, and you had women of your family with you, and the elderly women stayed with them due to not having anyone to care for her and not knowing how to perform the rites of Haj, then you have done an act of good in this matter. And there is no blame against those who do good. Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fatwa Fatawa Islamiyah, vol. 4, p. 49 Menstruation pills What is the ruling about the woman using pills that prevent the monthly menstrual cycle during the days of Haj? There is no harm in that because it contains a benefit and a helpful advantage. She will be able to perform Tawaf with the people and will not lose her group. Sheikh Bin Baz Fatawa Islamiyah, vol. 4, p. 50 Hesitation in ruling Is there a reason why a scholar may hesitate to give a legal ruling? A scholar may hesitate to give a legal ruling – if he is qualified to do so and has knowledge – because the evidences that he has may seem contradictory, or it could be that he feels that the questioner is not serious. Some questioners are not searching for the truth. They only want to play around, or to know the opinion of one scholar, and then of a second scholar, and then of a third scholar, etc. In such cases, the scholar may hesitate or may refuse to answer the questioner, if the scholar feels the questioner is playing around in order to see what scholars say, or he wants to compare some with others – and this is worse. Such a questioner then goes around saying, “The scholar so-and-so said such and such and the scholar so-and-so said such and such.” These are some reasons why a scholar may hesitate to deliver a ruling. Sheikh Bin Uthaymeen Fatawa Islamiyah, vol. 1, p. 372 __
