What is the ruling on the farewell tawaf for a woman performing 'Umrah for whom tawaf is difficult?

The questioner : The questioner says: My mother performed 'Umrah and did tawaf after the Zuhr prayer, and she is about to leave now. Does she have to perform the farewell tawaf if it is difficult for her? And what is obligatory for her if she does not perform the farewell tawaf?

The Shaykh : We say that a person who comes to this House as a person in 'Umrah performs tawaf for the 'Umrah, does sa'y, and shaves or shortens his hair, then returns to his country and leaves Makkah; such a person does not have to perform tawaf, he does not have to perform a farewell tawaf. This is based on the hadith of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent her with her brother, and she came with an 'Umrah and then left. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) used this as evidence in his Sahih that if a man performs an 'Umrah, does tawaf and sa'y, and shaves or shortens his hair, then leaves, he does not need a farewell tawaf.
However, if he remains in Makkah and intends to stay, even for a short time, he does not leave until he performs the farewell tawaf, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people while they were departing from every direction: . Some scholars have held that 'Umrah does not have a farewell tawaf, and they said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only said: , meaning he said it in the Farewell Pilgrimage. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the 'Umrah of al-Qada' and the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, and it is not reported that he performed tawaf for farewell. This indicates that the farewell tawaf is not obligatory in 'Umrah. But our answer to that is that the default is that what is established in Hajj is established in 'Umrah, except where evidence or scholarly consensus indicates otherwise. This is the default, because Allah says: , and he should not prevent him from . And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding 'Umrah: . And because 'Umrah is also called the lesser Hajj by the scholars. As for the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform tawaf when he performed the 'Umrah of al-Qada' and when he performed the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, we say that as for the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, it is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed tawaf and left immediately. Indeed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered from there while he was a resident to distribute the spoils of Hunayn; he entered from al-Ji'ranah at night, performed 'Umrah, and left. And if a person performs 'Umrah and leaves immediately, there is no doubt that he does not have to perform a farewell tawaf.
As for the 'Umrah of al-Qada', although the apparent situation is that he did not perform the farewell tawaf, we say that the original obligation of the farewell tawaf was only established in the Farewell Pilgrimage, and before that it was on the default, which is the purity of the conscience, so it was not obligatory before. Its obligation occurred and arose later. So what we hold is that the farewell tawaf is obligatory for 'Umrah just as it is obligatory for Hajj, except that if a person performs 'Umrah and leaves immediately, the farewell tawaf is dropped from him, as the tawaf of 'Umrah suffices for it.

The questioner : The questioner says: I am a young man who is sleeping.

The Shaykh : And as for the questioner's statement that it is difficult for his mother to perform tawaf, the answer to that is that we say what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: . So we say: Let your mother be carried and have tawaf performed for her behind the people, and she is on the shoulders of men. And this is an easy matter, and praise be to Allah.