The Ruling on the Arrival Tawaf for the One Combining Pilgrimages and the One Performing Hajj Alone

Question:
The questioner: Is it obligatory for the pilgrim to go to the Sacred House? It is obligatory for the pilgrim to go to the Sacred House upon his arrival at.

Answer:
This is a question about Hajj. Yes, when the pilgrim first arrives in Makkah, he goes and performs the arrival tawaf. It is a recommended practice (sunnah); it is a recommended practice, not obligatory. It is recommended for him to go and perform the arrival tawaf. If he wishes to perform the sa'y for the Hajj and 'Umrah after it as an early sa'y, there is no harm in that. If he wishes to limit himself to the arrival tawaf, he may do so, and perform the sa'y after the Day of Arafah. The one combining pilgrimages and the one performing Hajj alone have only one sa'y. If he wishes, he may perform it after the arrival tawaf, and if he wishes, he may delay it until after the tawaf of the Day of Arafah. Even if the one combining pilgrimages and the one performing Hajj alone did not go to the Ka'bah and did not perform tawaf, there is no blame on him. He will come on the Day of Arafah, perform tawaf, and perform sa'y. Yes.