The ruling on separating the circuits of tawaf and between tawaf and sa'y?

Question : The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a person performing 'Umrah to separate tawaf and sa'y for a long period, such as performing tawaf at the beginning of the day and sa'y at the end of the day, or performing some of the circuits and then completing the rest on the same day or the next day? And if the woman performing 'Umrah is pregnant in her last month,

Answer : This is the question. It falls under two issues. The first issue is separating tawaf and sa'y. It is permissible to perform tawaf at the beginning of the day and sa'y at the end of it, or to perform tawaf at the beginning of the night and sa'y at the end of it, and there is no blame on you.
The second issue is separating the parts of sa'y. For example, one performs two or three circuits and then stops. If the separation is brief, there is no blame on him; when he returns, he starts from the place where he stopped and completes it. If the separation is long, such as performing three circuits at the beginning of the day and four circuits at the end of it, the scholars have two opinions on this. Some hold that there is no harm in it, based on the view that continuity in sa'y is not a condition, but rather a recommended practice (sunnah). Other scholars hold that one must repeat sa'y from the beginning because the continuity was lost, and for these scholars, continuity is a condition for validity, so it is not valid unless the parts are connected to one another.
Accordingly, it is better for the brother to repeat sa'y from the beginning as long as the interval between the circuits is long. However, if it is brief, such as a woman who is tired and sits to rest, or a sick person who sits to rest, or an old man who sits to rest, there is no harm in it, even if he rests after every circuit, and there is no blame on him. Likewise, if the call to prayer is made, he prays and then resumes sa'y from the place where he stopped.