A schoolteacher who performed Hajj and her menstruation started on the Day of 'Arafah, and she was unable to wait due to her work. Is it permissible for her to perform tawaf?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace, may Allah keep you alive. May Allah do you good and forgive you. May Allah bless you. May Allah keep you safe, Shaykh. I have a question, Shaykh. This incident happened to me three years ago during Hajj. One of the sisters went with me, and she experienced menstruation in the Haram.
The Shaykh : What does she pray?
The questioner : The monthly period during Hajj, meaning on the Day of standing at 'Arafah. The problem is that she is a teacher, and she had to return. I don't know, Shaykh. Frankly, we took a fatwa from Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah that she should cover herself completely and perform tawaf. So I don't know, Shaykh, regarding this matter.
The Shaykh : But who issued this fatwa to you?
The questioner : I was reading the fatwas of the Shaykh, and it was the best for me.
The Shaykh : Yes, but Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah only issued a fatwa that if a menstruating woman starts menstruating before the Tawaf of Ifadah, she should use a pad to protect herself and perform tawaf in a state of dire necessity. Now, Shaykh, how is the dire necessity? The dire necessity is that the pilgrims cannot wait for her, and she cannot return to her country. But here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, praise be to Allah, she goes to her country, and when she becomes pure, any one of her mahrams can bring her back.
The questioner : She is not from the Kingdom, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Even if she has work in the Kingdom.
The questioner : No, she does not work in the Kingdom.
The Shaykh : Did you not say she is a teacher?
The questioner : Yes, a teacher, but not in the Kingdom. Outside the Kingdom, in one of the Gulf states, in Abu Dhabi.
The Shaykh : Meaning she cannot return.
The questioner : Because, Shaykh, the study period was long, meaning the studies were ongoing.
The Shaykh : What is the problem? She can ask for permission for Friday and Thursday, return, and complete her Hajj.
The questioner : Or did she not have the possibility, Shaykh? Because they did not have a mahram. I am the only mahram, and I am in the Kingdom, and I am also an employee.
The Shaykh : In any case, what has passed has passed, and we hope for repentance for everyone. But in such matters, a person should ask the people of knowledge, because one might take something based on the apparent meaning he understood, which is not what the scholar intended.
The questioner : We asked some of the Shaykhs, but one of the Shaykhs did not issue a fatwa for us. When we mentioned the fatwa of Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah, he remained silent and did not answer us.
The Shaykh : Because you know that when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed that Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) had started menstruating, he said, "Is she staying with us?" So the matter is not this trivial. In any case, I hope there is nothing wrong with what has passed, but in the future, a person must be cautious with his religion and ask.
The presenter : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : What does she pray?
The questioner : The monthly period during Hajj, meaning on the Day of standing at 'Arafah. The problem is that she is a teacher, and she had to return. I don't know, Shaykh. Frankly, we took a fatwa from Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah that she should cover herself completely and perform tawaf. So I don't know, Shaykh, regarding this matter.
The Shaykh : But who issued this fatwa to you?
The questioner : I was reading the fatwas of the Shaykh, and it was the best for me.
The Shaykh : Yes, but Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah only issued a fatwa that if a menstruating woman starts menstruating before the Tawaf of Ifadah, she should use a pad to protect herself and perform tawaf in a state of dire necessity. Now, Shaykh, how is the dire necessity? The dire necessity is that the pilgrims cannot wait for her, and she cannot return to her country. But here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, praise be to Allah, she goes to her country, and when she becomes pure, any one of her mahrams can bring her back.
The questioner : She is not from the Kingdom, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Even if she has work in the Kingdom.
The questioner : No, she does not work in the Kingdom.
The Shaykh : Did you not say she is a teacher?
The questioner : Yes, a teacher, but not in the Kingdom. Outside the Kingdom, in one of the Gulf states, in Abu Dhabi.
The Shaykh : Meaning she cannot return.
The questioner : Because, Shaykh, the study period was long, meaning the studies were ongoing.
The Shaykh : What is the problem? She can ask for permission for Friday and Thursday, return, and complete her Hajj.
The questioner : Or did she not have the possibility, Shaykh? Because they did not have a mahram. I am the only mahram, and I am in the Kingdom, and I am also an employee.
The Shaykh : In any case, what has passed has passed, and we hope for repentance for everyone. But in such matters, a person should ask the people of knowledge, because one might take something based on the apparent meaning he understood, which is not what the scholar intended.
The questioner : We asked some of the Shaykhs, but one of the Shaykhs did not issue a fatwa for us. When we mentioned the fatwa of Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah, he remained silent and did not answer us.
The Shaykh : Because you know that when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed that Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) had started menstruating, he said, "Is she staying with us?" So the matter is not this trivial. In any case, I hope there is nothing wrong with what has passed, but in the future, a person must be cautious with his religion and ask.
The presenter : May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 117- مدرسة حجت وجائها الحيض في يوم عرفة ولم تكن تستطيع ان تنتظر بسبب عملها هل يجوز لها ان تطوف — youtube.com
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