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Can I travel to Dubai with a trusted family friend or my sister's husband, instead of my uncle, who was meant to be my Mahram but is now uncertain about traveling, given that I believe I cannot go alone otherwise?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You should not travel with a non Mahram man, like your sister’s husband or a family friend.

Wassalam.
We are going for Umrah and landing in Madinah, then taking a train to Makkah. Can we wear the Ihrām from the hotel in Madinah (according to Sistani's rulings)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Ehraam must be started from a Meeqaat like Masjid al Shajarah or Johfah or Qarn al-Manaazil etc. Ehraam can not start from the hotel which is not a Meeqaat. Wearing the Ehraam does not mean starting the state of Ehraam. You can wear the Ehraam in the hotel then go to the Meeqat to start you Ehraam state by Intention Niyyah of the Ehraam and reciting the Takbiyah which is :لبَّيكَداللهمَّ لبَّيك لبَّيك لا شَريكَ  لَكَ لَبَّيك إنَّ الحمدَ والنعمةَ لَكَ والمُلك، لا شريكَ لَكَ لَبَّيك  Labbaykallahumma Labbayk, Labbayka Laa Shareeka Laka Labbayk, Innal Hamda Wanni’mata Laka Walmulk, Laa Shareeka Laka Labbayk.

Wassalam.
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
How are the 10 days of travel for Qasr prayers counted? If I leave the town after Fajr on the 12th, and I return home after Maghrib on the 22nd, is it obligatory to pray Qasr, or is this considered more than 10 days?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

From the minute you reach your destination where you intend to stay for ten days, you should count 240 hours or more, then your prayer should be full. If you stay at that place less than 240 hours, then you prayer should Qasr.

Wassalam.