What is the ruling on the farewell tawaf for 'Umrah?

The questioner : Shaykh, this questioner says. Shaykh. Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good, this questioner asks: Is it obligatory for one who comes from outside the country to perform 'Umrah to perform a farewell tawaf when returning to his country?

The Shaykh : I see that it is obligatory for him. And when a person comes to this House for 'Umrah.
If he travels as soon as he finishes the 'Umrah, the first tawaf suffices him, because Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), when she performed 'Umrah in the Farewell Pilgrimage, was content with that instead of a farewell tawaf. But if he remains in Makkah, even for an hour, he must bid farewell to the House.
Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Umayyah , and this is a general wording, from which nothing is excluded except what scholarly consensus has established as excluded, such as standing at 'Arafah, which by consensus is not included, staying overnight at Muzdalifah, which by consensus is not included, staying overnight at Mina, which by consensus is not included, and stoning the pillars, which by consensus is not included. What remains is tawaf and sa'y, and tawaf has two parts: tawaf al-qadum, which is the first tawaf upon arrival, and tawaf al-wada', which is the first tawaf upon departure.
And because 'Umrah is an act of worship. It has a tawaf of arrival, so it must have a tawaf of farewell. Just as he began with the House by tawaf, let him conclude with the House by a farewell tawaf. So I see that it is obligatory for a person not to leave 'Umrah except with a farewell tawaf. And if he says it is difficult, and the people are many and crowded, we say: the reward is according to the effort. As long as this is a matter that is necessary, and you are tired by doing it, you are rewarded. Yes.

The questioner : This sister, the questioner, says.

The Shaykh : That it is not obligatory. They said that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order it except in the Farewell Pilgrimage, and it was not reported from him that he ordered it in the 'Umrah of Qada', nor that he performed tawaf in the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed 'Umrah four times, four times after the Hijrah. The first time, he was prevented from the House and did not complete the 'Umrah. When?
What? The 'Umrah of al-Hudaybiyyah. The second was the 'Umrah of Qada' the following year; he remained in Makkah for three days, and it was not reported from him that he ordered farewell or did it. The third was the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, and al-Ji'ranah is on the boundary of the Haram, not from the direction of al-Tan'im, but he entered Makkah at night.
And most of his Companions did not enter with him, and he performed 'Umrah, so he did tawaf and sa'y, and shortened his hair, and left immediately.
And this, even if we assume that the farewell tawaf is obligatory, it is not obligatory for him in this case because he did not stay in Makkah. How many 'Umrahs is this?
How many, people? The fourth 'Umrah was in his Hajj, because a person came to him while he was in the valley of al-'Aqiq and said to him: Pray in this blessed valley and say: "An 'Umrah and a Hajj," so he combined the 'Umrah and the Hajj.
And in that year, in the Farewell Pilgrimage, he said: No one should depart until his last act is at the House.
And the answer to this argument is to say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not make it obligatory except in that time. And what prevents the obligation of the 'Umrah tawaf, if it were not obligatory, is that the Messenger, after saying this, performed 'Umrah and did not do tawaf. So at that time we say it is not obligatory. But something that began in the Farewell Pilgrimage, and we say what came before it indicates the lack of obligation, we say yes, the original state before it was not prescribed to do tawaf for farewell. So there is no indication in this hadith that the farewell tawaf is not obligatory for 'Umrah. Rather, the evidence indicates the obligation of 'Umrah. But whoever issued a fatwa that there is no farewell tawaf for him, and he did it and did not bid farewell, he owes nothing. But once the evidence becomes clear to him, he must bid farewell.