Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to perform sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) before tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) if menstruation catches her before entering ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage)?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to perform sa'y before tawaf if menstruation catches her before entering ihram or after entering ihram?

Answer:
No, sa'y is not valid except after tawaf. Those who said that one begins with sa'y are mistaken. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it, nor did he order it. He did not order Aisha to do it; he said, “Perform sa’y before you perform tawaf,” but he did not order her to perform sa’y, because sa’y is not done except after tawaf. Yes.