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We arrive in Makkah 1 day before Ramadan and will stay for 4 days. Can we pray full salah and fast? We will wear ihram at masjid al shajarah and take the train at night. How should men travel whilst avoiding shelter and looking after the family?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'āla

You are travelling, and will be there for less than 10 days, so you cannot fast or pray full. Only when you are in the Holy Haram, you can pray full.

Men should do the ihram evening time, and catch the train after that, so it is at night.

And Allah knows best
Is it permissible to wear Ihram from Masjid al-Shajara in Medina and travel by closed vehicles to Mecca after Isha prayer, if I am following the taqlid of Ayatollah Khoei?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

According to the verdict of Ayatullah Sistani, it is not permissible for man during Ihraam to travel in a covered vehicle. If he had no choice but to do that, he has to pay Kaffara which is slaughtering a sheep or a goat and distributing it among poor believers.

Wassalam.
Are we allowed to wear Ihram from Manchester airport if we are landing directly in Jeddah?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Ehraam state can not be performed but from one of the designated places called Meeqat. We can not start our Ehraam from any other place unless we do Nathr نذر.

Your Meeqat is Juhfah if you go to Makkah via Jeddah. If you want to go to Makkah via Madina,by our Meeqat will be then Masjid Al-Shajarah.

Wassalam.
Does seeing ourselves in mirrors or reflections while in Makkah and checking into a hotel invalidate our state of Ihram, even if it is not for the purpose of beautification?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It does not invalidate our Ihraam, although we must avoid it as much as possible and we should never do it for the purpose of beautification.
In any case, it never invalidates our Ihraam.

Wassalam.