Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to perform tawaf if she fears missing her travel companions?
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Question:
Is it permissible for a student of knowledge to issue a fatwa based on the fatwa of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the permissibility of a menstruating woman performing tawaf in cases of dire necessity if she fears missing her travel companions, even though the hadith of the issue, which is "We are your companions," is explicit in that matter?
Answer:
O brothers, the fatwa of Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) was in a time different from our time, a time when travel was by camel or by ship at sea, taking months and involving dangers on the road and the risk of death. But in our time, when transportation has become easy by plane and fast ships, the time has changed. She can go with her guardian, and when she becomes pure, she returns. Transportation is fast now; it is only hours, or a day, or less than that, and she performs her rites. The time is different from the time of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Yes, even though the statement of Shaykh al-Islam is questionable even in his own time, it is questionable, but he said that dire necessity compelled this. Now there is no dire necessity. Now there is no dire necessity.
Is it permissible for a student of knowledge to issue a fatwa based on the fatwa of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the permissibility of a menstruating woman performing tawaf in cases of dire necessity if she fears missing her travel companions, even though the hadith of the issue, which is "We are your companions," is explicit in that matter?
Answer:
O brothers, the fatwa of Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) was in a time different from our time, a time when travel was by camel or by ship at sea, taking months and involving dangers on the road and the risk of death. But in our time, when transportation has become easy by plane and fast ships, the time has changed. She can go with her guardian, and when she becomes pure, she returns. Transportation is fast now; it is only hours, or a day, or less than that, and she performs her rites. The time is different from the time of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Yes, even though the statement of Shaykh al-Islam is questionable even in his own time, it is questionable, but he said that dire necessity compelled this. Now there is no dire necessity. Now there is no dire necessity.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للحائض الطواف إذا خافت فوات رفقتها؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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