The tawwafin taking a fee for guiding the circumambulators

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The tawwafin who offer themselves to guide people in tawaf, is their action permissible? And is it not considered a sale, since they negotiate the price?

The Shaykh:
No, there is no harm in this. They help the ignorant person who does not know the rituals of Hajj and cannot find his way to tawaf or sa'y. They help him, and there is no harm in that, nor is there any objection to him taking a fee for it. This has existed for a long time, and the scholars did not prohibit it. There is no harm in it, and it is beneficial for the ignorant and those who do not know how to perform tawaf and sa'y.

The questioner:
My dear.

The Shaykh:
The scholars did not prevent them; rather, they grant them a dispensation. That is why they test them. The administration of al-Masjid al-Haram tests them, and if they find them competent, they grant them a dispensation. Not everyone can come and perform tawaf; no, one must have a dispensation. Yes.