Is it required to face the Black Stone with one's face only when saying the takbir during tawaf?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it a condition for the validity of tawaf that one faces the Black Stone with his face when saying the takbir?
The Shaykh:
He faces it with his body; it is not just the face. He may turn away from it and direct his face toward the Black Stone; that is sufficient. He faces it with his body.
The questioner:
He says: And at the end of the seventh lap, does he say the takbir?
The Shaykh:
Just as he began, he says the takbir at the beginning and end of every lap, and at the beginning and end of the tawaf.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it a condition for the validity of tawaf that one faces the Black Stone with his face when saying the takbir?
The Shaykh:
He faces it with his body; it is not just the face. He may turn away from it and direct his face toward the Black Stone; that is sufficient. He faces it with his body.
The questioner:
He says: And at the end of the seventh lap, does he say the takbir?
The Shaykh:
Just as he began, he says the takbir at the beginning and end of every lap, and at the beginning and end of the tawaf.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/993] هل يُشترط استقبال الحجر بوجهه فقط عند التكبير في الطواف؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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