The validity of the Hajj of one who forgot the sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. My father came to perform the obligatory Hajj the year before last, and by the grace of Allah the Exalted, he was able to do so. After he traveled to Egypt, it became clear that he had not performed the sa’y between al-Safa and al-Marwah when he returned from Mina; rather, he only performed the tawaf of the House. This was because he was unaware of it. He was performing the tamattu’ type of Hajj. Currently, he is unable to return here to perform an ‘Umrah so that he can perform the sa’y. Is it permissible for him to appoint someone to perform the sa’y on his behalf, or to appoint someone to pay the blood sacrifice on his behalf, or what should he do? I emphasize once again that he is unable to return here again to make up what he missed of the sa’y.
The Shaykh:
The sa’y is a pillar of the pillars of Hajj, and the Hajj is not complete without it. Therefore, he must return to Makkah and perform the sa’y. Whether he takes an ‘Umrah upon his arrival and performs it, then performs the sa’y for the Hajj, or he comes and does not take an ‘Umrah and limits himself to performing the sa’y for the Hajj. If he stays in Makkah after the sa’y for the Hajj, then when he travels, he must perform the farewell tawaf. However, he must perform the farewell tawaf here. He must perform the farewell tawaf, whether he travels immediately after the sa’y or delays after it. The farewell tawaf is necessary because the farewell tawaf is not valid except after completing the rituals, and he has not completed his rituals. So the sa’y remains upon him, and it is a pillar, and the farewell tawaf remains upon him, and it is an obligatory duty of the Hajj. So he must return and perform both of them. He should try, try to come as much as he is able, because his Hajj is not complete except by that. Yes.
The questioner:
He focuses on Shaykh Salih’s inability; he repeated it more than once in the message.
The Shaykh:
How was he able to come the first time and perform Hajj, but now he is unable?
The questioner:
Perhaps circumstances arose, perhaps, and perhaps.
The Shaykh:
He waits until he is able and comes. If this obstacle can be removed, then he comes. And if it becomes impossible in the end, then there is no harm in appointing someone to perform the sa’y of Hajj and the farewell tawaf on his behalf.
The presenter:
Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh:
Because if delegation is permissible in all of the Hajj, then it is permissible.
The presenter:
In a pillar of which we have sinned.
The Shaykh:
Part of it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. My father came to perform the obligatory Hajj the year before last, and by the grace of Allah the Exalted, he was able to do so. After he traveled to Egypt, it became clear that he had not performed the sa’y between al-Safa and al-Marwah when he returned from Mina; rather, he only performed the tawaf of the House. This was because he was unaware of it. He was performing the tamattu’ type of Hajj. Currently, he is unable to return here to perform an ‘Umrah so that he can perform the sa’y. Is it permissible for him to appoint someone to perform the sa’y on his behalf, or to appoint someone to pay the blood sacrifice on his behalf, or what should he do? I emphasize once again that he is unable to return here again to make up what he missed of the sa’y.
The Shaykh:
The sa’y is a pillar of the pillars of Hajj, and the Hajj is not complete without it. Therefore, he must return to Makkah and perform the sa’y. Whether he takes an ‘Umrah upon his arrival and performs it, then performs the sa’y for the Hajj, or he comes and does not take an ‘Umrah and limits himself to performing the sa’y for the Hajj. If he stays in Makkah after the sa’y for the Hajj, then when he travels, he must perform the farewell tawaf. However, he must perform the farewell tawaf here. He must perform the farewell tawaf, whether he travels immediately after the sa’y or delays after it. The farewell tawaf is necessary because the farewell tawaf is not valid except after completing the rituals, and he has not completed his rituals. So the sa’y remains upon him, and it is a pillar, and the farewell tawaf remains upon him, and it is an obligatory duty of the Hajj. So he must return and perform both of them. He should try, try to come as much as he is able, because his Hajj is not complete except by that. Yes.
The questioner:
He focuses on Shaykh Salih’s inability; he repeated it more than once in the message.
The Shaykh:
How was he able to come the first time and perform Hajj, but now he is unable?
The questioner:
Perhaps circumstances arose, perhaps, and perhaps.
The Shaykh:
He waits until he is able and comes. If this obstacle can be removed, then he comes. And if it becomes impossible in the end, then there is no harm in appointing someone to perform the sa’y of Hajj and the farewell tawaf on his behalf.
The presenter:
Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh:
Because if delegation is permissible in all of the Hajj, then it is permissible.
The presenter:
In a pillar of which we have sinned.
The Shaykh:
Part of it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4119- صحة حج من نسي السعي بين الصفا والمروة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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