The Farewell Tawaf: What is its ruling?

Question : This questioner, Honorable Shaykh, says: What is the ruling on the Farewell Tawaf?

Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. The Farewell Tawaf is obligatory (wajib) upon anyone who has performed a ritual (nisak), whether that ritual is 'Umrah or Hajj. So whoever has performed a ritual must not leave except by performing the Farewell Tawaf, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the saying of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) .
And his saying (may Allah be pleased with him), "except that it was made easier for the menstruating woman," indicates that the Farewell Tawaf is obligatory (wajib), because if it were a recommended practice (sunnah), it would have been made easier for the menstruating woman and others, since it is permissible for a person to leave off a recommended practice (sunnah) without blame. It is obligatory that the Farewell Tawaf be the last of his affairs, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in a narration by Abu Dawud, "until his last visit to the House is the Tawaf," or "until his last visit to the House is the Tawaf."
But the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) permitted staying to wait for the group, to pack the camel, and the like, because this is what is customary. However, if he performs the Farewell Tawaf and then intends to stay for something other than what is permitted, it is obligatory (wajib) for him to repeat the Tawaf again when he wants to travel.
And this Tawaf is performed by the person in his usual clothes, and there is no Sa'y after it. Except if the person had delayed the Tawaf of Ifadah until his departure, so he performed the Tawaf of Ifadah at the time of his departure, meaning at the time of his travel, and he was in the state of Tamattu', Ifrad, or Qiran, and he had not performed the Sa'y with the Tawaf of the Day of Arafah, then there is no blame on him if he performs the Sa'y after this Tawaf, because the Sa'y is attached to the Tawaf. And it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then he prayed the Fajr prayer after it, then he mounted his mount and departed for Madinah.