What is the ruling on the farewell tawaf?

Question : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on the farewell tawaf, Shaykh Muhammad?

Answer : And the farewell tawaf is obligatory among the obligations of Hajj, and also, according to the stronger opinion in my view, among the obligations of 'Umrah. It is obligatory for one who performs Hajj or 'Umrah not to leave Makkah until he performs the farewell tawaf. However, in the case of 'Umrah, if he performs the tawaf, the sa'y, and shortens his hair, and then leaves, the farewell tawaf is not required of him, as the first tawaf suffices. Except that a woman is excluded if she is menstruating or experiencing post-natal bleeding, in which case the farewell tawaf is not required of her, as in the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn