Tag: Islamic Fiqh Academy of India (IFA)

By Abdul Bari Masoud New Delhi: ‘Travelling for the obligatory Hajj and Umrah without a Mahram (male companion)  is not permissible in Islam,” declared top Islamic jurists and Ulema at  the  annual Islamic Jurisprudential Seminar of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India (IFA) held in Hyderabad. The declaration has far-reaching ramifications in the face of Hajj Committee of India’s decision allowing women to go on Hajj without Mahram as about 3,500 Indian Muslim women have performed Haj without ''Mahram'' so far since this restriction was lifted in 2018. Delhi based Fiqh Academy held...